Databricks said on Wednesday Meta Platforms had joined as an investor in a $10 billion funding round intended to fuel the data analytics startup's expansion plans and new product development.

Databricks, a firm specializing in Data and AI, has completed its Series J funding round, with the company now valued at $62 billion. The funding round included participation from existing investor QIA,

Users plan week-long boycott of the platform after it announces the removal of fact-checkers and sparks controversy.

Meta is facing accusations of political bias after Democrat-related hashtags were hidden on its Instagram app following Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration Monday.

Some social media users have accused Meta, the parent company of Instagram, of political bias following the discovery that searches for “Democrats” on the platform yield a “results hidden” message. This issue has cast a cloud over Meta’s impartiality,

Some Meta users said that they believed they were forced to follow Donald Trump and JD Vance’s pages, and that Instagram was blocking searches for the #democrat hashtag.

Handing over control of the official presidential and vice presidential social media accounts has become a standard part of the transition process.

Meta has denied claims that it is helping to increase support of the new administration on its platforms by “forcing” people to follow the president Donald Trump and vice-president JD Vance. Users on Facebook and Instagram,

Meta extended the length of Reels videos, and launched a bonus program targeting TikTok creators in a bid to bring them to the Instagram and Facebook video platform.

TikTok made a triumphant return Sunday morning after only a few hours offline. But Meta isn’t ready to give up the fight for its market share. Instagram is offering popular TikT