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Meta expanding Instagram’s age verification test to 6 more countries

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San Francisco: Meta has announced that it is expanding its “age verification test” on Instagram to six more countries, including Europe and Canada.
“Starting today, we’re beginning to expand our age verification test on Instagram to more countries in Europe, Mexico, Canada, South Korea, Australia and Japan,” the company said in an updated blog post on Thursday.
It further mentioned that it is planning to make the age verification tools available in more countries globally within the next few months.
In June last year, the company had initially started testing new options for Instagram users to verify their age, starting with people based in the US.
Later, in October, Meta expanded this test to India and Brazil.
If someone attempts to edit their date of birth on the platform from under the age of 18 to 18 or over, they have to verify their age using one of three options — upload their ID, record a video selfie or ask mutual friends to verify their age.
According to the company, this will make sure “that teens and adults are in the right experience for their age group.”
“In addition to testing the new menu of options to verify people’s ages, we also use artificial intelligence (AI) to understand if someone is a teen or an adult,” it added.

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March 3, 2023
Meta rolls out its paid verification in Australia, New Zealand

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San Francisco: Meta has rolled out its paid subscription plan for Facebook and Instagram to users based in Australia and New Zealand.
The subscription plan known as “Meta Verified” offers a verified label, improved reach, better protection from impersonation, access to customer support and exclusive stickers on Facebook and Instagram, reports TechCrunch.
Last week, the company announced that it is testing paid verification for Instagram and Facebook for $11.99 per month for the web and $14.99 per month for mobile.
Moreover, users can look at the benefits offered by the subscription and the procedure to join on the company’s website.
As the company is doing a slow rollout of the plan, many users might not see the option to purchase it right away, said the report.
There are separate plans for Instagram and Facebook, and currently, only the web plan is available for Facebook.
So, if users want to purchase Meta Verified for both platforms, they will have to pay $27 per month.
For Meta Verified, users must be at least 18 years old, have a history of recent activity, such as posting, and have a profile photo that matches the government ID they provide.

As of now, Meta subscribers cannot change their profile name, username, date of birth, or profile picture without unsubscribing and reapplying.
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February 25, 2023
Meta Verified: This is what you get in return after shelling out money

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New Delhi: As Meta announced a new paid verification subscription service on Instagram and Facebook — copying Twitter CEO Elon Musk who already charges users for Blue badges — here is what you will get if you subscribe to ‘Meta Verified.’
With Meta Verified, you’ll get a verified badge, confirming you’re the real you and that your account has been authenticated with a government ID.
According to the social network, it will offer more protection from impersonation with proactive account monitoring for impersonators who might target people with growing online audiences.
It will also help when you need it with access to a real person for common account issues.
Meta Verified will allow increased visibility and reach with prominence in some areas of the platform — like search, comments and recommendations.
To be eligible, accounts must meet minimum activity requirements, such as prior posting history, and be at least 18 years old.
“Applicants are then required to submit a government ID that matches the profile name and photo of the Facebook or Instagram account they’re applying for,” said Meta.
Subscriptions will include proactive monitoring for account impersonation.

Businesses are not eligible to apply for Meta Verified at this time, said the company.
At this time, Meta Verified will only support your real name on your profile.
“Once your profile is verified, you can’t change the profile name, username, date of birth, or photo on your profile without going through the Meta Verified subscription and verifications application process again,” said the company.
‘Meta Verified’ is available for direct purchase on Instagram or Facebook in Australia and New Zealand starting later this week.
People can purchase a monthly subscription for $11.99 on the web and $14.99 on iOS and Android.
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February 20, 2023
After Twitter, Meta announces paid verification for FB, Instagram

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Delhi: Inspired by Elon Musk-run Twitter, Meta on Sunday announced it is testing paid verification for Instagram and Facebook for $11.99 per month for the web and $14.99 per month for mobile.
Meta Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that a “Meta Verified” account will grant users a verified badge, increased visibility on the platforms, prioritised customer support, and more.
The company is first rolling out the feature to Australia and New Zealand and it will arrive in more countries “soon.”
“This week we’re starting to roll out Meta Verified – a subscription service that lets you verify your account with a government ID, get a blue badge, get extra impersonation protection against accounts claiming to be you, and get direct access to customer support,” Zuckerberg said in an Instagram post.
“This new feature is about increasing authenticity and security across our services,” he added.
For Meta Verified, the user needs to meet minimum activity requirements, be at least 18 years of age or older, and submit a government ID.
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February 20, 2023
Meta introduces broadcast channels on Instagram

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San Francisco: Meta has introduced new broadcast channels on Instagram, which is a one-to-many messaging tool that will allow creators to engage directly with their followers at scale.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg made the announcement on the social networking platform with his own “Meta Channel.”
“Creators can also use voice notes to share their latest updates and behind-the-scenes moments, and even create polls to crowdsource fan feedback,” the company said in a blogpost on Thursday.
However, only creators can send messages in the broadcast channels and followers can react to content and vote in polls.
The company further mentioned that more features will be added to these channels in the coming months, such as the ability to bring another creator into the channel to discuss upcoming collaborations, crowdsource questions for an “ask me anything” and much more.
Once a creator gets access to broadcast channels and sends the first message from their Instagram inbox, their followers will receive a one-time notification to join the channel,” it added.
Moreover, followers can leave or mute these channels at any time and can also control their notifications from creators.
Creators can also encourage their followers to join by using the “join channel” sticker in Stories.

“We’re currently testing broadcast channels with a handful of creators in the US and plan to expand in the coming months,” Meta said.
“We’ll be testing broadcast channels in Messenger and on Facebook in the coming months,” it added.
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February 17, 2023
Meta to pay more for Mark Zuckerberg’s personal security amid job losses

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Meta, the parent company of Facebook, has said in a filing that it is increasing its spend on the personal security of chief executive and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg by $4m (£3.3m) to $14m, at a moment when the company has cut thousands of jobs in what Zuckerberg has called the “year of efficiency”.
Meta’s board declared that the 40% increase was “appropriate and necessary under the circumstances” and was in place “to address safety concerns due to specific threats to his safety arising directly as a result of his position as Meta’s founder, chairman, and CEO”.
Zuckerberg is allowed to use the money to pay for “additional personnel, equipment, services, residential improvement” and other safety-related needs.
His personal security costs were last reviewed in 2018 when he received $10m from the company, according to the filing.
The tech mogul’s salary is just $1 a year – but his earnings are far more. Zuckerberg ranks as the 16th richest person in the world on the Forbes billionaire list due to his shareholdings in Meta. In 2021 he received compensation from the company worth $27m.
The rise in security spending for its CEO comes at a difficult time for Meta. It delayed the finalising of budgets to prepare a fresh round of job cuts, according to the Financial Times. The company dismissed 11,000 employees, the equivalent of 13% of its workforce, in November.
On a call to analysts earlier this month, Zuckerberg said: “Next, we’re working on flattening our org structure and removing some layers in middle management to make decisions faster.”
He also mentioned that the company would be “more proactive about cutting projects that aren’t performing” – but ruled out any reduction in funding to the company’s virtual reality space the Metaverse, despite the division in charge of the project reducing the company’s overall operating profit by $13.72bn in 2022.

When announcing the job losses in November last year, Zuckerberg said falling ad revenue, increased competition and a wider economic downturn meant the company had to downsize.
In an email to staff, Zuckerberg said: “I want to take accountability for these decisions and for how we got here. I know this is tough for everyone, and I’m especially sorry to those impacted.”
Meta, once valued at $1 trillion, lost 70% of its value in 2022. In July, the company reported its first ever fall in revenue.
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February 17, 2023
Meta purged over 34 mn bad pieces of content on FB, Instagram in India in Dec

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New Delhi: Meta has said that it took down over 22.54 million pieces of content across 13 policies for Facebook and over 12.03 million pieces of content across 12 policies for Instagram in December 2022 in India.
Between December 1-31, Facebook received 764 reports through the Indian grievance mechanism, and the company said it provided tools for users to resolve their issues in 345 cases.
These include pre-established channels to report content for specific violations, self-remediation flows where they can download their data, avenues to address account hacked issues etc, said Meta in its monthly report in compliance with the IT (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021.
“Of the other 419 reports where specialised review was needed, we reviewed content as per our policies, and we took action on 205 reports in total. The remaining 214 reports were reviewed but may not have been actioned,” Meta added.
On Instagram, the company received 10,820 reports through the Indian grievance mechanism.
“Of these, we provided tools for users to resolve their issues in 2,461 cases,” it informed.
Of the other 8,359 reports where specialised review was needed, Meta reviewed content and took action on 2,926 reports in total.
The remaining 5,433 reports on Instagram were reviewed but may not have been auctioned.

Under the new IT Rules 2021, big digital and social media platforms, with more than 5 million users, have to publish monthly compliance reports.
“We measure the number of pieces of content (such as posts, photos, videos or comments) we take action on for going against our standards. Taking action could include removing a piece of content from Facebook or Instagram or covering photos or videos that may be disturbing to some audiences with a warning,” said Meta.
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February 2, 2023
Meta surprises analysts with good results, $40 bn stock buyback

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San Francisco: Meta (formerly Facebook) has surprised the market analysts with posting better-than-expected results for its quarter that ended December 31, 2022, and announcing a $40 billion stock buyback.
The company reported a revenue of $32.17 billion for the fourth quarter (down four per cent Y-o-Y) and $116.61 billion for the full year.
Meta said that its headcount increased 20 per cent (year-over-year) to 86,482 as of December 31. That number included a large chunk of more than 11,000 workers the company fired in November.
“Our community continues to grow and I’m pleased with the strong engagement across our apps. Facebook just reached the milestone of 2 billion daily actives,” said Mark Zuckerberg, Meta founder and CEO.
“The progress we’re making on our AI discovery engine and Reels are major drivers of this,” he added.
The family daily active people was 2.96 billion on average for December 2022, an increase of five per cent year-over-year.
The family monthly active people was 3.74 billion.
The Facebook daily active users were two billion on average for December 2022, an increase of four per cent year-over-year.

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February 2, 2023
Meta to restore Trump’s Facebook, Instagram accounts

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San Francisco: Meta, the parent company of Facebook, has announced that it will be reinstating former US President Donald Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts in the coming weeks.
The announcement was made by Meta’s President of Global Affairs Meta Nick Clegg in a blog post on Wednesday.
Meta, on January 7, 2021, suspended Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts for two years following his praise for people engaged in violence at the Capitol on January 6, 2021.
“The suspension was an extraordinary decision taken in extraordinary circumstances. The normal state of affairs is that the public should be able to hear from a former President of the US, and a declared candidate for that office again, on our platforms,” Clegg elaborated in the blog post.
“Like any other Facebook or Instagram user, Mr Trump is subject to our Community Standards. In light of his violations, he now also faces heightened penalties for repeat offences – penalties which will apply to other public figures whose accounts are reinstated from suspensions related to civil unrest under our updated protocol,” he added.
Clegg also said that Meta is reinstating Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts, however, with new guardrails in place to “deter repeat offences”.
“We know that any decision we make on this issue will be fiercely criticised. Reasonable people will disagree over whether it is the right decision. But a decision had to be made, so we have tried to make it as best we can in a way that is consistent with our values and the process we established…,” he asserted.

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January 26, 2023