Here are the top trending news from the world of technology. News that we feel every tech enthusiast should keep a tab on.
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Meta warns employees ‘no discussion on abortion law’
Mark Zuckerberg’s company Meta has sent an internal memo to all its employees, strictly warning them that it won’t tolerate any discussion on the issue of ‘abortion ban’ in the office premises. The company was forced to issue this memo as there has been a huge hue and cry in the U.S. after the U.S. Supreme Court officially banned abortion in the country. Meta’s top official has cited that the company has zero tolerance for any open conversation on politically sensitive issues. One of the company’s employees has said on LinkedIn that Meta has already started taking down chats & messages around abortion from its internal messaging system.
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Instagram is testing a ‘video selfie’ feature for age verification
The days of young teens trying to fool Instagram by falsifying their age may soon well become a thing of the past. That’s because the Meta owned platform is currently testing several features that will help in ascertaining & knowing the precise age of its users. One of the interesting features happens to be a video selfie feature where users will be asked to take a video and Instagram will use facial analytical software for determining the correct age of the users. Remember Instagram has to apply many child safety features for users below 18 years of age. Recently the photo sharing...
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