Tweetdeck, Twitter’s productivity tool, may soon be combined with Twitter Blue, the company’s subscription service. Reverse engineer Jane Manchung Wong claims that Twitter has built up a new signup page for Tweetdeck that highlights two important modifications. To begin with, the legacy Tweetdeck platform may be “deprecated in the future.” Second, unlike the previous Tweetdeck, the new Tweetdeck is being advertised with an ad-free experience. Wong also points out that Twitter isn’t modifying the UI of the legacy Tweetdeck, but rather creating a new platform for subscribers from the ground…

Facebook was caught red-handed eleven years ago after it engaged a prominent public relations firm to try to plant stories in major news publications harshly criticising Google’s privacy practises. In 2018, it engaged Definers, a public relations firm, to conduct opposition research on the company’s opponents, including George Soros, a wealthy philanthropist. Elliot Schrage, Facebook’s longstanding head of communications, accepted responsibility for the employment of Definers and comparable firms and resigned. The Washington Post reported on Tuesday that Facebook’s parent company, Meta, is employing similar strategies to combat another rival,…

Every month, WhatsApp bans lakhs of accounts in India, and the picture remains the same in February. According to the IT Rules 2021, the Meta-owned instant messaging platform released its ninth monthly report for the month of February 2022, stating that more than 10 lakh WhatsApp accounts (1.4 million to be exact) were banned between February 1 and 28. These accounts may have been banned for engaging in detrimental behaviour on the network, such as harassing other users, spreading false information, and so on. “Over the years, we have consistently…