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  A nationwide disruption on social media platforms was experienced amid a virtual event organised by the PTI on Saturday, according to Internet monitor Netblocks. 

  ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) cautioned the public on Friday against phishing and fraudulent links circulating on WhatsApp, social media and through text messages, falsely claiming to be associated with the PTA’s Device Identification Registration and Blocking System (DIRBS). 

  Similar to what other platforms like X (formerly Twitter) and Telegram have been doing, Meta now allows users to pay to get verified and unlock some extra features on Facebook and Instagram. 

  Elon Musk plans to cut about 3,700 jobs at Twitter Inc or half of the company’s workforce in a bid to cut costs, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter. 

  The world's richest man, Elon Musk, has completed his $44bn (£38.1bn) takeover of Twitter, according to a filing with the US government. 

  Messaging platform WhatsApp had begun to return online by 2:00pm and the company said the issue has been fixed after users across the world reported problems earlier on Tuesday. 

  LAHORE: Federal Information Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb was trolled on social media for presenting wrong facts about the launch of the national anthem. 

  Facebook Inc on Tuesday said a recently reported data leak affecting potentially 530 million users stemmed from misuse of a feature in 2019 and that the company had plugged the hole after identifying the problem at the time.  Business Insider reported last week that phone numbers and other details from user profiles were available in a public database. Facebook said “malicious actors” had obtained the data prior to September 2019 by “scraping” profiles using a vulnerability in the social media service’s tool to sync contacts. The company said it identified the issue at the time and modified the tool.  “As a result of the action we took, we are confident that the specific issue that allowed them to scrape this data in 2019 no longer exists,” Facebook said in a blog post. Last week it was reported that information on more than 500 million Facebook Inc users — including phone numbers and other data — is being offered by an individual virtually for free.  The database appears to be the

SAN FRANCISCO : As Facebook reels from the scandal over hijacked personal data, a movement to quit the social network gathered momentum on Wednesday, portending threats to one of the most powerful internet firms.