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Pakistan

Social media slow down: Here is what govt did during firewall trial

Govt plans to purchase the firewall after successful trial

Updated 23 Jul, 2024 02:58pm

Pakistan

Facebook down on multiple ISPs in Pakistan, users and observers say

Netblocks and Meta have not confirmed the outage

Updated 17 Jul, 2024 03:31pm

World

Meta lifts restrictions on Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts

Trump was banned from the use of X and Youtube

Published 13 Jul, 2024 01:10pm

Technology

Blanket ban on word ‘shaheed’ to be lifted by Meta

Company had previously banned the word due to possible hype to violence

Published 03 Jul, 2024 02:04pm

Technology

Meta to restrict news content from Facebook in Australia

Meta struck deals with Australian media firms including News Corp (NWSA.O)

Published 28 Jun, 2024 10:03am

World

Facebook takes down dozens of accounts belonging to Bangladesh’s ruling party

Certain accounts purported to be opposition supporters, Facebook said

Published 30 May, 2024 08:50pm

Technology

EU probes Facebook, Instagram over election disinformation worries

Probe is under the EU's new Digital Services Act

Published 30 Apr, 2024 05:05pm

Technology

Facebook deletes popular Pakistan support group for women: founder

Kanwal Ahmed says Facebook deleted group after warning her of unspecified ‘intellectual property violation’ linked to a post

Published 05 Apr, 2024 06:00pm

Life & Style

Meme fest starts as Facebook, Instagram go down

Several users share memes on X to express emotions

Updated 05 Mar, 2024 10:41pm

Technology

Facebook, Instagram services restored after global outage

Meta spokesperson says technical issue caused to have difficulty in accessing some of their services

Updated 06 Mar, 2024 12:03am

Pakistan

Senator Tangi tables resolution seeking ban on social media platforms

He alleges the platforms are being used for propaganda against armed forces

Updated 02 Mar, 2024 06:57pm

Pakistan

VPN usage surges in Pakistan amid continuous internet shutdowns

Social media platforms have been down multiple times since Jan 7

Updated 20 Feb, 2024 02:13am

Pakistan

Social media platforms down in Pakistan amid PTI virtual jalsa: Netblocks

PTA says internet services restored after brief disruption

Updated 20 Jan, 2024 10:45pm

Pakistan

Social media platforms down in Pakistan

Users reporting slow or non-existent accessibility

Updated 17 Dec, 2023 11:13pm

Technology

Meta to start fully encrypting messages on Facebook and Messenger

End-to-end encryption has been a bone of contention between companies and governments

Published 07 Dec, 2023 11:59am

Pakistan

Anju returns to India after spending four months with Pakistani husband

She was interrogated by Indian officials after her return through Wagah Border

Published 29 Nov, 2023 07:07pm

World

Facebook allowed Indian propaganda, hate speech against Muslims thrive

Platform’s Indian executives resisted combating fake news

Published 01 Oct, 2023 11:16am

Pakistan

Four foreigners among five arrested for fraud through Facebook

Four mobile phones recovered from suspects, say police

Published 28 Sep, 2023 08:23pm

Technology

Zuckerberg, Musk throw verbal jabs over proposed cage match

Tesla boss said he would head to Silicon Valley Monday: 'Can't wait to bang on his door tomorrow'

Published 14 Aug, 2023 08:23am

Technology

Pakistan comes up with an alternative to WhatsApp

Beep Pakistan will be on 30-day trial run in first phase

Published 07 Aug, 2023 03:37pm

Life & Style

All proceeds from Zuck Vs Musk cage fight to go to charity

X owner says the fight will be live streamed

Published 06 Aug, 2023 01:21pm

Pakistan

Toshakhana judge disowns posts made from his Facebook account

Imran Khan's lawyer says judge should not hear the case

Published 18 Jul, 2023 12:26pm

Technology

Facebook services down for many users due to international outages

Incident not related to country-level internet disruptions or filtering, says internet observatory

Updated 07 Jul, 2023 09:19pm

Technology

Cage match: Zuckerberg asks Musk to send him location

The development was also confirmed by Meta spokesperson Iska Saric.

Updated 22 Jun, 2023 01:17pm

Technology

Facebook, YouTube ‘monetization’ policy updates leave revenue questions for creators

Creators may face a hit in revenues

Published 14 Jun, 2023 01:05pm

Pakistan

Ex-army man alleges agency got his social media channels terminated

Adil Raja urges followers to let YouTube, Facebook know what they think

Published 27 May, 2023 11:38am

Pakistan

Twitter, Facebook, YouTube services restored in Pakistan: PTA

Says broadband services also start resuming

Updated 15 May, 2023 04:49pm

Technology

Twitter, Facebook, YouTube down again shortly after restoration

Govt restored internet services on Friday evening after three days

Updated 13 May, 2023 01:21pm

Technology

Meta surges as earnings beat expectations after belt tightening

We had a good quarter and our community continues to grow

Published 27 Apr, 2023 11:38am

Business & Economy

Russia’s VTB to launch digital bank on VKontakte social network

Russia is pushing its Mir payment cards

Published 26 Apr, 2023 01:34pm