Meta platforms will charge around 47.5 per cent from creators on the sale of digital assets Facebook’s parent meta platform will charge creators approximately 47.5 percent on sales of digital assets and experiences made within the company’s virtual reality platform Horizon Worlds. A Meta spokesperson told Reuters that the total fee includes a 30 percent […]
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Meta Launches Virtual Goods Testing Sale at Horizon Worlds, Bonus Program for Creators
Meta is testing new tools that will allow creators to sell virtual items and effects within Meta’s social virtual reality app, Horizon Worlds. The new feature is rolling out to select creators in the US and Canada where Horizon Worlds is currently available. Creators selling items will see a commerce tab and gizmo in the […]
Meta Plan Virtual Currency Zak Bux and NFT
Meta Plan Virtual Currency Zak Bux and NFT Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, has announced plans to create its own virtual currency, which employees have dubbed “juke boxes”. The firm is working on various virtual products to diversify its revenue and revitalize its user base, which is rapidly expanding to new competitors such as […]
Ukraine crisis: Russian invasion is spreading more propaganda online, Facebook-parent meta says
Hackers allied with Russia broke into the social media accounts of dozens of Ukrainian military officers and were working to upload videos of defeated and surrendered Ukrainian soldiers when, according to a report by Meta, the conspiracy was interrupted, detailing a disturbing rise in social media disinformation. The year. The Facebook and Instagram owner’s report […]
Facebook accounts removed in Philippines ahead of election to curb misinformation: Meta
Meta Platforms on Wednesday suspended a network of more than 400 accounts, pages and groups ahead of the general election in the Philippines as the Facebook parent moves to crack down on hate speech and misinformation. The social media company said the accounts included Facebook pages and groups affiliated with the New People’s Army of […]
Tik-Tok’s battle is going badly, says propaganda expert
Experts say the war in Ukraine has increasingly ranked TikTok as the number one source of misinformation, thanks to its vast number of users and minimal filtering of content. Every day, Shayan Sardarizadeh, a journalist on the BBC’s propaganda team, plows through a confusing mix of fake and misleading information about the war on the […]
Guns, Tanks and Twitter: How Russia and Ukraine Are Using Social Media as a Warfare
Social media has become the primary source of information for news-hungry audiences around the world trying to understand the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Also, it is being used by the governments of Russia and Ukraine to set the agenda for widespread media reporting. Official Russian government accounts have been found on Twitter fueling pro-Russian propaganda. […]
Facebook, Instagram briefly block hashtags on Ukrainian civilian killings
Ukraine War: Russia denies any allegations relating to civilian killings. (file) Facebook owner Meta Platforms temporarily banned hashtags related to civilian deaths in northern Ukraine, where bodies of people shot at close range were found in a town seized back from the Russian military, a company spokesperson said. Confirmed on Monday. The killings in Buka, […]
Facebook criticizes Russia’s move to block its platform
Russia claimed it blocked Facebook over “discrimination” of Russian state media outlets. Washington: Facebook on Friday attacked Russia’s block of major social media networks, saying the move would cut off millions of people from a platform to share credible information and their views. Russia claimed it blocked Facebook over the “discrimination” of Russian state media […]
Facebook blocks Russia’s state media from running ads, monetizing
Facebook will “continue to apply the label to additional Russian state media.” San Francisco, United States of America: Facebook on Friday restricted the ability of Russian state media to make money on the social media platform as the invasion of Moscow’s neighbor Ukraine hit the streets of Kiev. “We are now preventing Russian state media […]