SYDNEY, Australia - Facebook and Instagram began a week-long rollout of their first paid verification service on Friday, testing users' willingness to pay for social media features that until now have been free. Facing a drop in advertising revenues, parent company Meta is piloting a subscription...
The Securities and Exchange Commission has advised the public against dealing with six more entities due to their unauthorized solicitation of investments without the necessary license from the Commission. In separate advisories, the SEC discouraged the public from investing with WebMining, Oyala,...
SAN FRANCISCO, United States -- Social networking giant Meta announced Tuesday it would soon reinstate former president Donald Trump's accounts on Facebook and Instagram with "new guardrails," two years after he was banned over the 2021 US Capitol insurrection. "We will be reinstating Mr. Trump's...
In 2022, Filipinos loved seeing content related to animals and pets across both Instagram and Facebook Reels, making it the topmost engaged Reels topic in 2022. Fashion and Family & Parenting were also among the top 5 Reels content topics that Filipinos engaged with the most on both Instagram...
(Unsplash) Meta, owner of Instagram and Facebook, on Tuesday said it will stop allowing advertisers to target ads at teens based on gender, as it fights accusations that its platforms are harmful to young users. Beginning in February, the social media giant said advertisers, the source of the...
Brigiding sashaying to the Magic of Divas with Instagram from Meta Meta celebrates the creativity of Filipinos on Facebook, Instagram, and Messenger with creators across different social spheres in its latest campaign. Through “Facebook, Instagram, and Messenger from Meta, Magic From You,” ...
Facebook's Meta and Philippine law enforcers on Wednesday, July 27, agreed to fight against online abuse and exploitation of children by immediately taking down exploitative online content. This came after Meta, the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) met...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) slammed Facebook on Friday, June 3, for its "much delayed" takedown of accounts engaged in illegal e-sabong operations. PNA photo DILG Undersecretary Jonathan Malaya recognized Facebook’s takedown of the illegal e-sabong pages on June 2...
Just recently, Meta rolled out updated 3D Avatar to Facebook and Messenger in the Philippines. And for the first time, these new, more expressive, customizable and diverse Avatars will also be enjoyed in Instagram stories and DMs marking Instagram's first time avatars will be made available. Meta...
The Facebook (FB) page of lawyer Vic Rodriguez, spokesperon and chief of staff of presidential bet Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr., was suspended by Meta on April 25, a move which he claims is "censorship of the highest degree". (Screenshot courtesy of Atty. Vic Rodriguez) "FB/Meta suspended my...
Karapatan, a human rights group in the Philippines, called on the suspension of the Facebook pages and accounts of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) and its spokesperson Undersecretary Lorraine Badoy-Partosa for being “instruments of disinformation.”...
A look into the past, present, and future After its successful digital leap in 2021, the Panasonic Manila Fashion Festival (PMFF) opens the season of style this year with its 13th edition under the theme “Redefined,” as it continues its mission of spotlighting the best of Filipino fashion...
