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For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. Facebook-owned Instagram is adding a way for users to create and donate to fundraisers during live videos as more people turn to these real-time broadcasts while they’re staying at home to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus. …

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has reportedly recast his board of directors to cast aside dissenters and consolidate decision-making power at the social media giant. The campaign culminated in the recent departures of two directors from the board and the appointment of a longtime friend of Zuckerberg, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. The moves have also allowed Zuckerberg to take …

Even though you’ve been working from home for a few weeks now, there’s a good chance you still don’t have all the gear you need. Or maybe you’ve been brushing up on your culinary chops during quarantine, but now your knives are dull and you’re tired of cooking rice on the stovetop, but you haven’t upgraded any of your kitchen tools …

For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. James McConnell didn’t know much about Facebook’s Portal until Nan Owen, his 91-year-old neighbor, needed help setting up her video chat device last month as the UK locked down to combat the coronavirus. Owen’s active social life — friends and family would stop …

WhatsApp has seen a major reduction in viral messages since it imposed new limits on message forwarding earlier this month, according to TechCrunch. The spread of “highly forwarded” messages on the service has dropped by 70% globally, a spokesperson told the site. The Facebook-owned service pushed back against misinformation linked to the coronavirus outbreak by introducing friction into the message …

Now, it’s Facebook official. The social network said a federal court on Thursday officially approved a settlement Facebook reached with the US Federal Trade Commission last July following a lengthy investigation into the company’s privacy mishaps.  “This agreement has already brought fundamental changes to our company and advances in how we protect people’s privacy beyond anything we’ve done before,” Michel …

For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. Facebook is releasing a new feature that lets you video chat with multiple people through Messenger even if you don’t have a social media account, a move that could help the company compete with popular videoconferencing app Zoom. The world’s largest social network …

To help its users stay in touch during the coronavirus pandemic and after, Telegram will add group video calls this year to its popular messaging app, the company said Friday. Telegram also noted that its app — available on Android, iOS, Windows and Mac, as well as through a web browser — now has 400 million monthly users, up from 300 million …

This story is part of Elections 2020, CNET’s coverage of the voting in November and its aftermath. Facebook has begun adding location information to posts by high-reach Facebook pages and Instagram accounts on all their posts. It’s part of a greater effort to ensure people know who is behind the posts, accounts and pages on its social media platforms, especially …

Facebook on Tuesday revealed that it’d made a $5.7 billion investment in India’s Jio Platforms, making it the telecom giant’s largest minority shareholder at nearly 10%. The company, which is a subsidiary of Reliance Industries, has brought 388 million people online in less than four years, making it the country’s biggest carrier. The social network tried to bring internet access …