Facebook is building Lasso, a video music app to steal TikTok’s teens
Facebook is working on a new app that it hopes could win back the attention of teens while capitalizing on its recently-attained major label music licenses.
Facebook unveils 4 key trends Identified for Southeast Asia’s emerging middle classes
Facebook Thailand released a consumer study focused on emerging middle-class people in Thailand and Southeast Asia, highlighting how digital technology is shifting their behaviour and purchasing patterns.
Facebook Groups can now launch up to 250-person chat rooms
If you miss the old AOL chat rooms, you’ll love Facebook’s plan to combine Groups and Messenger without spamming you to death. Starting today, Facebook will gradually roll out the ability for members of Facebook Groups to launch group chats about specific sub-topics that up to 250 members can join.
Facebook Marketplace launches “Property for Rent” in Thailand
Thailand is the first country in Asia-Pacific to see the launch of Facebook’s new Marketplace category, Property for Rent.
Study calls out ‘dark patterns’ in Facebook and Google that push users toward less privacy
More scrutiny than ever is in place on the tech industry, and while high-profile cases like Mark Zuckerberg’s appearance in front of lawmakers garner headlines, there are subtler forces at work. This study from a Norway watchdog group eloquently and painstakingly describes the ways that companies like Facebook and Google push their users towards making choices that negatively affect their own privacy
Facebook Launches Community Help on Facebook Lite
Facebook is adding Community Help to Facebook Lite in more than 100 countries, including Thailand, so people and organisations on Facebook Lite and in areas of low connectivity will now be able to connect with one another to directly support each other with goods and services like water, supplies, or shelter after a crisis.
Messenger Kids, a New Safe Space for Families to Connect
Facebook has announced the launch of Messenger Kids in Thailand. Previously available in the US, Canada, Mexico and Peru, Messenger Kids is an app that makes it easier for kids to safely video chat and message with family and friends when they can’t be together in person.