according to Facebook has been overhauling its Messenger app recently, slimming it down to focus more on chat, and promised that it would eventually roll out a dark mode for users. That mode is now rolling out, but there's a tongue-in-cheek trick you need to do in order to activate it: you have to moon someone. The trick, spotted by Android Police, 9to5Mac, and others, is simple: send someone (or yourself) a crescent moon emoji ( ). Once you do so, a shower of moons appears in the chat window, and you'll get a prompt to activate the mode in settings. Go to your profile page in the app, and it'll present you with an option to turn the mode on.
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Facebook plans to let Messenger, Instagram, and WhatsApp users message each other
Facebook is working to allow cross-messaging between Facebook Messenger, Instagram, and WhatsApp, according to a report in The New York Times this morning. "We want to build the best messaging experiences we can; and people want messaging to be fast, simple, reliable and private," a Facebook spokesperson said in a statement. "We're working on making more of our messaging products end-to-end encrypted and considering ways to make it easier to reach friends and family across networks. Facebook has the most users of any other social media platform, and by combining its assets this way, the company could more directly compete with Apple's iMessage and Google's messaging services. ET: Updated to include a statement from Facebook.Facebook decided which users are interested in Nazis — and let advertisers target them directly
as declared in "Finely targeted digital advertising allows anonymous advertisers with who knows what political agenda to test messages that try to tap into some vulnerability and channel a grievance in some particular direction," said Anthony Nadler, a professor at Ursinus College in Pennsylvania who researches how social networks and ad platforms can assist radicalization and spread disinformation. "I imagine that the more sophisticated white supremacists out there are trying to figure out how to expand their base."Some Valley Facebook users deactivating, deleting accounts
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