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Instagram reels, ‘passports’ and neon signs: Nanyang Poly students help heartland merchants attract younger consumers

The fakes were passed off as genuine and sold at a fraction of the price of the real items.
Singapore

High Court orders Instagram seller to pay Louis Vuitton S$200,000 in damages over counterfeit goods

The US Federal Trade Commission has sought to show that Meta, then known as Facebook, illegally dominated the market for social media platforms used to share updates with friends and family through its acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp.
International

Meta asks judge to rule that FTC failed to prove its monopoly case

At the peak of the outage, which started around 12.50 pm ET, more than 100,000 incidents were reported with Facebook and nearly 70,000 with Instagram.
Telcos, Media & Tech

Meta’s Instagram says services back up after outages

Meta, then known as Facebook, overpaid for Instagram in 2012 and WhatsApp in 2014 to eliminate nascent threats instead of competing on its own in the mobile ecosystem, the FTC claims.
Telcos, Media & Tech

Meta will face antitrust trial over Instagram, WhatsApp acquisitions

Platforms such as Facebook, TikTok and Instagram would be held responsible for enforcing the age ban and face potentially hefty fines for failing to do so.
International

Australia moves to ban children under 16 from social media

Meta has slashed around 21,000 jobs since November 2022 to keep costs low with CEO Mark Zuckerberg calling 2023 the “Year of Efficiency”.
Telcos, Media & Tech

Meta lays off employees at WhatsApp and Instagram, the Verge reports

The broader universe of Instagram users will be able to make a themed chatbot for their profile, for example, a bot focused on mixed martial arts, dining or pets.
Telcos, Media & Tech

Instagram to let users create custom chatbots for their profiles

X leaned further rightwards last week, as its owner Elon Musk publicly endorsed presidential candidate Donald Trump on the platform, after the latter was injured in a shooting over the weekend.
Opinion & Features
THINKING ALOUD

When social media gets stuck between a rock and hard news

Meta says Trump, who is running against US President Joe Biden, will no longer be subject to the additional monitoring.
Companies & Markets

Meta to roll back some restrictions on Trump's Facebook, Instagram accounts

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