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If you have been following news about Donald Trump, you would know that he got banned by Facebook, YouTube and Twitter for breaking their policy. It's now May and these tech brands aren't going to even consider allowing him back, which is why Mr Trump here has decided to set up his own social network website.

It seems that the craze of getting exclusive invites from Clubhouse is over, but that hasn't stopped some tech companies from making their own version. Facebook is currently experimenting with one on Messenger Rooms, as well as testing on Instagram with Instagram Live.

Facebook wants you to stay in the app even when you want to listen to music by releasing this Spotify miniplayer. From now on, users can directly play songs shared by others from Spotify in the social media app without the need to switch to the music app. It’ll be available on both iOS and Android and in 27 markets with Malaysia being one of them.

Yesterday, sources confirmed that Facebook would be launching new audio products for its platform soon. In its official announcement, the company confirmed that it's launching a total of three audio products - Soundbites, Podcast, and Live Audio.

Previously, we found out that Facebook was working on an audio chat version of Messenger Rooms. Funny enough, there's another one that's called Hotline. We're not sure how many apps Facebook will reveal, but it looks like there could be an official announcement tonight.

Earlier this year, WhatsApp made a serious blooper about explaining its new privacy policy which allows Facebook and Instagram to display ads that might be relevant to you. Many users didn't like that and have jumped ship to other platforms ever since. WhatsApp has since then made some changes in its Terms and Service and Privacy Policy about how the user's data is collected and shared.

After releasing Messenger Kids, Facebook is now moving on to develop another version of the Instagram app that is tailored for children under 13. However, it looks like the process will not be a smooth one as an international coalition of children's health advocates is urging Mark Zuckerberg to abandon the project.

Many Malaysians use WhatsApp as their primary messaging app. So what if you wake up one day to find WhatsApp no longer working for you? In a new report, security researchers have confirmed that this is possible.

Looks like a bunch of developers under Facebook has recently unveiled a new social media platform called Hotline, which is a hybrid between Instagram Live as well as Clubhouse. As of now, it seems that the platform is currently web-based, which means it can be accessed via a web browser instead of downloading an app.

It seems that Facebook has recently tweeted on their Facebook page stating that they are currently testing a feature that labels Facebook pages in order to provide more context about the page. Currently, there are labels such as ‘public official’, ‘fan page’ as well as ‘satire page’ at the time of this writing with more to come in the future.