Category : Facebook

How a Fisherman Uses WhatsApp to Grow His Business

Manuel Y. is a third generation fisherman on the island of San Cristobal in Galapagos. Manuel works with the company Frescapesca, which allows him and other fishermen to sell directly to restaurants. Fishers and buyers are able to communicate t...

Celebrating Women Who Are Inspiring India and the World

In honor of International Women’s Day, we celebrated the women who are pursuing their passions and inspiring India in the process. Be it a public figure, creator or an entrepreneur, their stories are unfolding on Facebook and Instagram for the...

How Meta Is Advancing Democracy

This week, the United States, Costa Rica, the Netherlands, Republic of Korea and Republic of Zambia will co-host the second Summit for Democracy, bringing together the public and private sector in support of a common set of goals to advance dem...

New Analysis Shows News Industry Reaps Considerable Economic Benefit from Facebook

The way we consume news is always changing. First radio, then television and now the internet have changed people’s habits and had an impact on traditional news publishing. Data from S&P Global Market Intelligence shows the decline in daily...

Network Fee Proposals Are Based on a False Premise

We recognise the financial challenges that European telecom operators now face after decades of strong performance. However, proposals by some European telecom operators to impose network fees on Content Application Providers (CAPs) such as Met...

Faster Speeds and Improved Calling For WhatsApp Desktop

Today, we’re introducing a new WhatsApp app for Windows that loads faster and is built with an interface similar to the mobile version of the app. You can now host group video calls with up to eight people and audio calls with up to 32 people....

Getting More Out of Groups on WhatsApp

Last year, we rolled out Communities to help people get the most out of their groups on WhatsApp. Since launching, we’ve wanted to build even more tools for admins and users alike. Today we’re excited to roll out a few new changes we’ve made to...

Quickstyle Announces a Reels Dance Challenge for Creators in India

Norwegian dance group Quickstyle, on their maiden India tour, announced a Reels challenge while addressing a group of more than 350 content creators at our office in Mumbai. The challenge is to create a dance to the song “Dilbar” by @tech_panda...

Update on Meta’s Year of Efficiency

Mark Zuckerberg just shared the following with Meta employees: Meta is building the future of human connection, and today I want to share some updates on our Year of Efficiency that will help us do that. The goals of this work are: (1) to make...

Testing the EU’s AI Act’s Effectiveness With the Open Loop Initiative

AI is at the core of our work, helping to improve our existing products and serving as a foundation for innovative new applications. It has recently hit an inflection point in capturing the imagination of the general public and people are becom...

An Update on Meta’s Civil Rights Progress

Today, we’re sharing an update on Meta’s civil rights work. Since our last update in 2021, we’ve continued to make progress when it comes to advancing civil rights throughout the company. The following are key highlights: Helping Researchers M...

Introducing a More Inclusive Dataset to Measure Fairness

For AI to serve communities fairly, researchers need diverse and inclusive datasets to rigorously evaluate fairness in their models. In applications of computer vision and speech recognition, AI researchers need data to assess how well a model...

Facebook Today and Tomorrow

Facebook is off to a great start this year. Contrary to reports otherwise, Facebook is not dead nor dying, but in fact alive and thriving with 2 billion daily active users. People are using Facebook for more than connecting with friends and fam...

India celebrates women’s cricket with a billion plays on Reels from the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup

Ahead of International Women’s Day, we are sharing insights about the way India celebrated the players and teams at the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup in South Africa. Smriti Mandhana was one the most popular players and the India vs. Pakistan matc...

Using Facebook Groups to Support Black Women and Wellness

Delilah A. turned to yoga and meditation when she struggled with her mental health but didn’t feel welcome. After trying and failing to find holistic resources and practitioners who looked like her, she started the Facebook Group, Black Girl’s...