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Philippines, Meta agree on child-safety measures and rapid-response group after Zamboanga shooting
The Philippine government and U.S.-based Meta Platforms, known for its social media platform Facebook, agreed to deepen cooperation on protecting children online and countering disinformation, harmful content, and threats of violence.
August 28, 2026
News,Cybersecurity,Social Media,Asia
WhatsApp expands passkeys and strengthens account security
WhatsApp says more than one billion people use passkeys as it adds multiple-passkey support, stronger two-step verification and caller context.
August 26, 2026
Mergers and Acquisitions,News,Singapore,AI,China
Singapore-based Manus AI to leave Meta as China blocks Meta’s $2B acquisition
Manus, a Singapore-headquartered AI agent startup founded in China, will return to operating as an independent company and delete some user data, months after Chinese regulators blocked Meta's $2 billion acquisition of the startup.
August 12, 2026
News,Singapore,Social Media,Media / Streaming
Meta launches Digital Dialogue IRL in Singapore to help teens, parents navigate online safety
Meta has launched Digital Dialogue IRL, a free interactive experience designed to help teens, parents, educators, and community stakeholders have conversations about online safety, social media habits, and digital wellbeing.
June 25, 2026
AI agents will not just support customer journeys in Southeast Asia; they will redesign them
Southeast Asia’s customer journeys were never built like Western funnels. They are conversational, mobile, social, and trust-driven. The brands that win in the next phase will be those that recognize this reality and design AI agents around local behavior, not imported playbooks. In this region, the future of customer engagement will not simply be…
May 29, 2026
AMD unveils rack-scale platform based on ORW introduced by Meta
American technology firm AMD has showcased a static display of its “Helios”, a rack scale platform which is developed based on the new Open Rack Wide (ORW) specification, introduced by Meta.
October 16, 2025
News,Singapore,Asia,SEA,Telecommunications
SoftBank, Meta, and others team up to build submarine cable system connecting Japan and Singapore
Japan-based SoftBank announced Monday that it is collaborating with Meta, IPS, TM Technology Services, and PT XLSmart Telecom Sejahtera to develop a new international submarine cable system, "Candle", that will connect Japan and Singapore.
September 23, 2025
TikTok’s top management summoned to Malaysia’s federal police HQ over fake news concerns, Meta next – report
“TikTok was very slow in providing information to PDRM (Royal Malaysian Police), to the point that I had to call TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew to inform him, 'this is a crime that's being committed and your organisation is very slow', Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil said.
September 2, 2025
Analysis,TNGlobal Insider,AI,Opinion,SaaS
Telcos turn to the cloud to power AI innovation
Resilient, scalable cloud infrastructure empowers Asia Pacific’s Telcos to sustainably drive new revenue streams, enable AI-powered customer experiences, and accelerate modernization initiatives
March 27, 2025
News,Indonesia,Telecommunications
Indonesia’s Telkom plans to integrate Meta’s LlaMa technology
Indonesia-based telecommunications firm Telkom Group said Tuesday that it plans to implement LlaMa, a state-of-the-art, open-source AI model developed by global technology firm Meta, into the customer chatbots of its enterprise clients.
March 20, 2025
PFN and Tenstorrent win NEDO xPU research project
October 22, 2026
PFN and Tenstorrent win NEDO xPU research project
October 22, 2026













