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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.

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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.

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.

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.

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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…

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.

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.

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.

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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

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.