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Lingerie for aide, 'come to bed' request: The shocking claims against ex-Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg
Fp Explainers •Former Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg is facing backlash over sexual harassment allegations. In a new book, former Facebook employee Sarah Wynn-Williams has made serious accusations against Sandberg. She claimed the executive instructed her to buy lingerie for both of them and recounted being asked to share ‘the only bed on the plane’

Zuckerberg shares a Pakistan story: ‘Someone tried to get me sentenced to death for blasphemy’
Fp Staff •The lawsuit claims that Facebook allowed content that violates Pakistan's strict blasphemy laws, which enforce harsh penalties for religious offences

History Today: When Facebook made its debut and changed how we connect forever
Fp Explainers •On February 4, 2004, Harvard sophomore Mark Zuckerberg launched ‘The Facebook,’ a social media platform, which would go on to become the world’s largest social network. Also, on this day in 1922, the Chauri Chaura incident took place, where peaceful protesters clashed with police in the Gorakhpur district. The conflict escalated when the police opened fire on the protesters, leading to a violent clash and the burning of the police station

Zuckerberg ends fact-checking on Meta's Facebook, Instagram: Why it could lead to a flood of misinformation
Fp Explainers •Mark Zuckerberg-led Meta has announced that it will end its fact-checking programme in the US, citing that the checkers have become ‘too biased’. While some believe the move is an attempt by the tech mogul to appease US President-elect Donald Trump, others have slammed it, calling it an ‘abdication of responsibility’

Why New Orleans attacker Shamsud-Din Jabbar wore Meta smart glasses
Fp Explainers •The man behind the truck attack in New Orleans, Shamsud-Din Jabbar, had visited the city twice in the weeks leading up to the incident and used to wear Meta smart glasses. Did they have any connection with the incident?

Meta is planning to deploy millions of AI-bots on Facebook and Instagram as user base shrinks
Fp Staff •These AI-bots, according to Meta’s vice-president of product for generative AI, Connor Hayes, will function similarly to traditional user accounts, complete with bios, profile pictures, and will have the ability to create and share AI-generated content

What led to Facebook, Instagram, Whatsapp global outage? Why was ChatGPT down?
Fp Explainers •On Wednesday evening, thousands of users worldwide experienced outages on Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, all owned by Meta. OpenAI’s popular chatbot, ChatGPT, also experienced a significant outage on Thursday morning. The issues were resolved in a few hours

Facebook’s UK office laid off over 700 workers, reduced tax bill to aggressively cut costs last year
Fp Staff •Meta has channelled its energy into artificial intelligence, predicting capital expenditure could reach $50 billion next year. The Meta AI assistant, already boasts over 500 million active users. However, user growth across Meta’s platforms has been slower than analysts hoped

No place for Khalistan in India: Modi govt blocks 10,500 URLs linked to pro-Khalistani referendum
Fp Staff •In the last three years, the Indian government has blocked almost 10,500 URLs linked to pro-Khalistani referendum under Section 69A of the Information Technology Act

Amid Google-Facebook pressure, Australia takes another step to ban social media for children
•Despite opposition from companies like Google and Meta, Australia’s lower house has passed a bill to ban social media for children under 16, requiring age-verification protections



