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Facebook bans Philippine ‘fake accounts’ group followed by millions

The online giant removed 220 Facebook pages, 73 Facebook accounts and 29 Instagram accounts run by Twinmark Media Enterprises, whose pages were followed by about 43 million accounts. — Reuters pic MANILA, Jan 10 — Facebook says it has banned a Philippine digital marketing group which runs hundreds of pages across the social network with 43 million followers, accusing it of “inauthentic behaviour” and using fake accounts. Facebook has stepped up efforts to root out fake accounts after being criticised for failing to tackle hate speech and misinformation on its platforms. Filipinos are among the world’s heaviest users of social media, and the country has been a key battleground for fake news. The online giant said that yesterday it removed 220 Facebook pages, 73 Facebook accounts and 29 Instagram accounts run by Twinmark Media Enterprises, whose pages were followed by about 43 million accounts. “Our decision to remove this organisation, and the pages and accounts it controls, i...

Now, you can post that Insta to multiple accounts at once

Instagram now lets 'grammers posts their pics to multiple accounts simultaneously. — Reuters pic SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 10 ― To simplify the lives for multi-Instagram account owners, the company has begun rolling out a new feature that lets 'grammers posts their pics to multiple accounts simultaneously. An Instagram spokesperson confirmed to Tech Crunch yesterday that the application is officially gaining a new feature but only if you're an iOS user: “self regramming,” which is to say that users can now publish posts to multiple accounts at the same time. When the feature rolls out, you'll find the option beneath “tag people” when you're about to publish a new pic. If you tap “Post to Other Accounts,” you'll be able to select which other profiles you would like the image to be published on and voila! Two or more Instas posted at once. You'll be able to regram yourself but still not natively regram anything from anybody else. Because of this, the new fe...

Twitter Reveals What New Features Will Look Like

Twitter  used to be one of the biggest social media platforms in the world, and while it is still fairly popular it is fair to say that Facebook has won the long drawn out war over who would be better able to capture the hearts and minds of the people on the internet. The fact of the matter is that Twitter needed to do something in order to make itself seem like a more viable contender in the world of social media, and as a result of this the micro-blogging network  announced a bunch of new features that we would soon be able to use on the site as well as the app. Basically, Twitter is inviting people to see their new features which will involve conversation bubbles as well updates that are also going to be revealed in a similar bubble form. This is going to give the platform a bit of an aesthetic update, something that a lot of people are probably going to appreciate because of the fact that the current look has started to seem very old especially when you consider how often...