Meta separates groups from Facebook and launches a new app
Meta is disconnecting one of the central and most popular features on the social network. The new app, Forum, will concentrate all group activity in one place.
Meta to lay off 100 in Israel, reassign 200 to AI
Meta employees launch protest against mouse-tracking tech at US offices
Meta unifies all accounts under one roof
OpenAI's chief people officer to depart, company says
OpenAI's CEO of applications will be hiring a new chief people officer, while its chief strategy officer will be running the position in the interim.
'Entire attack livestreamed on Facebook': Oct 7. victim relatives file lawsuit against Meta
Relatives of October 7 victims are suing Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Threads, for livestreams of Hamas's massacre, broadcasting footage of their relatives' murder.
A decade after Facebook: Instagram enables memorializing people after their death
Instagram now lets users appoint a memorial contact to manage parts of their account after death - without posting or reading messages - joining Facebook in offering tools to cope with loss.
Navigating loss in the digital world: Instagram adds memorialization option for deceased users
This feature was introduced following a legislative initiative by Shas MK Erez Malul, who has worked to raise awareness of users' post-death rights and enable memorialization on social media.
Investigation exposes X, WhatsApp as hotbeds for arms trade involving Houthis, US weapons
TTP identified 130 Yemen-based X accounts that were advertising a range of weapons, including high-powered rifles, grenade launchers, and other military-grade arms.
Donation infiltration: How Iranian spies infiltrate IDF donation networks to target Israel
Iranian operatives are using Facebook or WhatsApp groups of mothers of IDF soldiers to spy on Israel.
Thinking of using an SMM panel: Here is what you should know first!
Rise in antisemitic harassment on Facebook targeting Jewish members of Congress - ADL
“Meta bears responsibility for the harm that its recent moderation policy roll-back has caused, as it is enabling... antisemitic, hateful, and toxic activity on its platform," said the ADL CEO.
Diver purchases 3,300-ton WWI shipwreck off Cornwall for £300 via Facebook
The SS Almond Branch was sunk by a German submarine's torpedo in 1917 near Cornwall.
Grapevine April 30, 2025: Identity Theft
Movers and shakers in Israeli society.