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In the light of Facebook-Cambridge Analytica scandal, privacy concerns are becoming a major issue worldwide. And to save itself from any backlash, Facebook-owned WhatsApp came forward and said that it collects "very little data" of its users and "every message is end-to-end encrypted."
While this may be true that WhatsApp is not much interested in its users' messages and perhaps doesn't share that with its parent company Facebook, but it does share "information they collect under this Payments Privacy Policy with third-party service providers including Facebook." That is what it says under the terms and conditions that all of us agree to when we download the instant messaging app. WhatsApp also states that it not a licensed financial institution and is not responsible for UPI services.
Here is the full text: "We share information with third-party providers and services to help us operate and improve Payments. To send payment instructions to PSPs, maintain your transaction history, provide customer support, and keep our Services safe and secure, including to detect, prevent, or otherwise address fraud, safety, security, abuse, or other misconduct, we share information we collect under this Payments Privacy Policy with third-party service providers including Facebook.
To provide Payments to you, we share information with third-party services including PSPs, such as your mobile phone number, registration information, device identifiers, VPAs, the sender's UPI PIN, and payment amount." To recall, WhatsApp was acquired by Facebook in 2014.
With 200 million-plus active users, India is the biggest market for Facebook-owned instant messaging app. WhatsApp rolled out support for Unified Payments Interface (UPI) earlier this year. This is a payments platform in India that allows users to send money to a Virtual Payment Address (VPA).
Facebook last week revealed that it has almost 20 crore users in the country, of which 5.62 lakh people in India were "potentially affected" by global data leak episode involving UK-based Cambridge Analytica. A Facebook spokesperson said that while 335 people in India were directly affected through an app installation, another 562,120 people were potentially affected as friends of those users.

There seems to be no end to Facebook's woes. However, the latest controversy over the social networking giant retracting CEO Mark Zuckerberg's messages from recipients' inboxes may mean 'good news' for Facebook users. As the company may reportedly soon introduce the 'unsend' button, similar to the one in the instant messaging app WhatsApp, in Facebook Messenger as well.
The new feature is likely to work the same way as it works in Facebook-owned WhatsApp. This means it will allow users to recall sent messages. Facebook told TechCrunch in a statement, “We have discussed this feature several times. And people using our secret message feature in the encrypted version of Messenger have the ability to set a timer — and have their messages automatically deleted. We will now be making a broader delete message feature available. This may take some time.
And until this feature is ready, we will no longer be deleting any executives’ messages. We should have done this sooner — and we’re sorry that we did not.” Earlier this week, Facebook came in another eye of storm after a report in TechCrunch that said that the company removed some old Zuckerberg's messages from recipient's inboxes. Quoting sources, the report said, "...old Facebook messages they received from Zuckerberg have disappeared from their Facebook inboxes, while their own replies to him conspicuously remain."
Explaining the disappearance of messages, Facebook had told TechCrunch in a statement that this was done for corporate security. "After Sony Pictures’ emails were hacked in 2014 we made a number of changes to protect our executives’ communications. These included limiting the retention period for Mark’s messages in Messenger. We did so in full compliance with our legal obligations to preserve messages,” read the statement.
The company also said that till the 'Unsend' feature is rolled out for everyone, Facebook will not be retracting any more of CEO Zuckerberg's messages. Facebook is facing one of the biggest scandal in its corporate history over Cambridge Analytica data breach. The scandal has seen the company's market valuation tumble by billions. It recently said that the data of some 87 million users was improperly used in the breach. The number is higher than what was earlier claimed.

Facebook has not had a great past few weeks, with its latest misfortunes triggered by the Cambridge Analytica data breach scandal that broke out recently. Fuel was added to the fire this week, as Facebook confirmed it had deleted CEO Mark Zuckerberg's messages from several recipients' inboxes on Facebook. Facebook has now confirmed it is planning to roll out an 'Unsend' button that will offer similar functionality to all users on the platform.
Facebook will, until it rolls out this button, not delete any further messages that Mark Zuckerberg has sent. The social networking giant is turning the Zuckerberg message deleting incident into a beta testing opportunity for the new Unsend button, reports TechCrunch. A Facebook spokesperson in a statement to the publication to apologised for not extending the Unsend feature to all Facebook users. "We have discussed this feature several times. And people using our secret message feature in the encrypted version of Messenger have the ability to set a timer - and have their messages automatically deleted. We will now be making a broader delete message feature available.
This may take some time. And until this feature is ready, we will no longer be deleting any executives' messages. We should have done this sooner - and we're sorry that we did not," said Facebook to TechCrunch. Facebook Messenger currently offers a Secret chat feature wherein messages can be timed to self-destruct with durations ranging from 5 seconds up to 1 day. With the new feature, however, Facebook states that the process hasn't yet been finalised. The social media giant claims it could offer self-destructing messages similar to Secret chat.
TechCrunch cites a Facebook Messenger spokesperson who says the only possible implementation would be an expiration timer similar to the Secret chat feature, deleting messages after the timer expires. This is who the deletion of Zuckerberg's messages was achieved. The report adds, "Facebook didn't have details about whether recipients would be notified when a message was unsent and retracted from their inboxes, whether the feature would apply retroactively to old messages sent before the launch or whether users would need to designate a message as expiring/ unsendable before they send it." Additionally, other Facebook services also offer two different variations of the Unsend option.
WhatsApp offers users with the ability to delete messages for a limited amount of time after the message has been sent. The message, however, will be replaced with this text - "Your message has been deleted". On the other hand, Instagram offers users with the ability to complete unsend a DM (Direct Message) provided the recipient has not read the message or its push notification.

The Cambridge Analytica data scandal has created a lot of problems for Facebook. The social networking giant has revealed that the data of about 87 million users have been affected in the scandal. Taking lesson from the incident, the company is now focusing on improving the privacy settings giving more security and assurance to its However, it seems that the latest policy changes is affecting the functionality of popular dating app Tinder.
Some Tinder users took to Twitter for reporting the issues they are facing while logging into the app. The Tinder users revealed that they are facing a lot of problem in logging into the app because of the policy changes made by Facebook. Whenever, a Tinder user logs into the dating app using their Facebook account then the app asks then to provide Facebook some more permissions.
However, when they tap on ‘ask me’, the app requests them to again log into Facebook. The same process keeps on repeating and the users are not able to access their Tinder accounts. On the other hand, Downdetector, the website which keeps track of app and website outages have also reported the same issue.

With users losing trust in Facebook and organisations pulling off their ads from the social network, the company is in a deep mess. In a bid to gain back the trust and to give users more control over their privacy, the social media company has updated its privacy settings to make data management easier for users. The new privacy settings have a redesigned settings menu with a lot of new options. The recent Cambridge Analytica scandal has revealed how Facebook has misused personal information of millions of users and how Facebook may potentially misuse user data in the future.
Centralized Privacy Settings The company is rolling out a more centralized system for its privacy policy where users now will be able to control their privacy and security settings according to their requirements. The new privacy update will be rolled out to all the users globally in a few weeks. With the new system, it will allow the users on Facebook to alter and change privacy and security settings in one place.
The centralized page cover around 20 separate sections across the social media platform. Users can now control the settings and private information in a more easy manner like political preferences, social interests and can download to review a file of data the social media have collected. The company will also clarify the terms of use and what types of apps users have currently connected to Facebook. This will also include a list of apps users have given permissions to get access to their information.
User Details Won’t Be Shared With Advertisers Recently Facebook has halted its target advertising practice which was used by advertisers to target ads based on user information from the third-party data brokers. The data brokers primarily collected a wide range of user information about the individual consumers. The data includes personal information like buying habits, last purchases, interests, wallets you use, what products you like on Facebook and more. Facebook earlier allowed the third-party brokers to get access to user data and advertisers to use personal information of users to help serve targeted ads to users through third-party data providers.
There will be a privacy shortcuts menu as well where users can now control data with a few taps, with better navigation. There will be additional security options like two-factor authentication and options to manage user data accessed by Facebook advertisers with other features like adjusting who can see your posts and other private data in the profiles. Facebook is also reworking the terms of service and data collection practices.
Indian Government Summons Facebook Over Data Privacy The Indian government has asked Facebook to produce all the details regarding data breach by the first week of April. The Indian government has demanded a clarification from Facebook whether the company or any of the third-party data brokers have or had any access to user data which had been engaged in the manipulation of votes.
The Ministry of Electronics and IT is taking proactive measures beforehand to make sure the user data is secure and is not misused by any third-party broker. Recently, the Indian National Congress was found to be one of the clients of Cambridge Analytica, and the government now wants to know whether any user data of the voters in India was compromised by Cambridge Analytica or any other entity.

Facebook is having a not-so-good time since past few days as it has come under a barrage of criticism from several government authorities for sharing user data with a third-party consulting firm. Recently it was unearthed that the social media giant has also been gathering regular call and SMS data records from smartphones.
We already have given steps on how you too can get to see what call and SMS data Facebook is gathering. But the social media firm, in a blog post, has detailed how it gathers this data. The post says that it only captures this data whenever users give the permission.
Call and text history logging is said to come as a part of an opt-in feature for those using Messenger or Facebook Lite on Android. It is also possible to turn off this feature by visiting the Messenger settings page for Messenger and Facebook Lite users. “While we receive certain permissions from Android, uploading this information has always been opt-in only,” says the post.
Messenger users can visit the link - https://www.facebook.com/help/838237596230667 and delete all contact information from - https://www.facebook.com/mobile/messenger/contacts. Facebook Lite users can perform the same steps from - https://www.facebook.com/help/fblite/355489824655936.
While logging in to Messenger users get the option to ‘Learn More’ or ‘Not Now’ in addition to ‘Turn On’, while for Facebook Lite users option to turn it on or skip are there. “If you chose to turn this feature on, we will begin to continuously log this information, which can be downloaded at any time using the Download Your Information tool,” adds the post. The social media giant reconfirmed that it never sells these data and the feature does not collect the content of the SMS or calls.
You can however, check what all data of yours has Facebook captured until now. All you need to do is to download the .zip file. The steps are simple and can be found here. The document also shows what all advertisers are using your Facebook contact information.

Facebook is in a deep mess right now, and people around the world are going crazy about the data scandal. WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton is even urging people to delete Facebook. But, will deleting Facebook solve all your data privacy problems? Do you think that Facebook doesn’t have a database with all your data already? And Google collects your data too! So, deleting Facebook is not the solution.
The answer is to stay smart and stay alert on the internet. You need to be very selective about your exposure on social media and with the data you want people to see and also what data you are letting third-party apps and services use.
Instead of deleting your Facebook account, you can make some changes to your settings to make your account more secure. Facebook will not leak your private data, but the third-party apps connected to the social network may. We often give such apps the access to our private data and information, often unknowingly. It is with the access like this that the data may get compromised and give others an opportunity to misuse it. But, you can revoke the access of these third-party apps and regain control over your personal information.
How To Stop Third-Party Apps From Accessing Your Profile? The first thing you need to do is to remove the app from your Facebook account. Follow the steps to retract your personal data from your Facebook account. This cannot be done through the Facebook app, you will need to log in to Facebook’s desktop site.
Step 1 Log in to your Facebook account and click on ‘Settings’ from the drop-down.
Step 2 Click on ‘Apps’ in the left-hand menu. You will see all the apps which can access your Facebook data.
Step 3 If you hover your mouse pointer over any of these apps, you will see ‘Edit Settings’ and ‘Remove’ options. If you want to see all the permissions the app has, click on ‘Edit Settings’.
Step 4 If you want the app to stop accessing your Facebook profile altogether, click on ‘Remove’.
Follow This To Keep Your Data Safe On Facebook Deleting the apps or modifying their permissions is only the first step. Here are a few additional things you need to do to be safe on Facebook.
No More Sign-ins With Facebook It’s a one-step, easy process to log in using your Facebook credentials. But, here you are again allowing the third-party service or app to access your data.
Limit Information Access If you still need to use your Facebook account for some applications you trust, limit the access with minimal options like Bio and Name. Uncheck all the other boxes.
Disconnect Apps When You’re Done After you allow access to an app, it keeps tracking you even if you are not using it anymore. It’s better to disconnect the apps you don’t use anymore and stop them from tracking your data and every move.
Keep Your Data On Facebook To A Minimum Facebook doesn’t need to know about your recent check-in at CCD, and neither do your friends. Stop broadcasting your every move on social media. Be very selective with what you are putting in your profile and sharing with total strangers.
Browser Security Facebook tracks your activities around the web and across devices. So use a blocker like uBlock Origin to safeguard your data. Follow these simple steps to keep your data safe online. A little bit of common sense and proactive monitoring go a long way to keep you safe from opportunistic crimes. Stay alert, stay safe!

What turned out to be a billion-dollar idea a decade and a half back, has turned out to be a deadly proposition for the whole of humanity in 2018. Undoubtedly, Facebook remains one of the biggest technological revolutions in the history of the internet and social media, but things have changed lately.
Facebook has been slowly poisoning us. The recent Cambridge Analytica incident has a lot to say. The largest social media company in the world has quietly harvested personal data of more than 50 million users for illicit purposes. After the Cambridge Analytica news broke, the Facebook stock plummeted and the company lost a mammoth $60 billion valuation in less than a week. Lately, the company has been in news for its content-moderation techniques and proliferation of fake news.
What Has Actually Happened? Cambridge Analytica is a British data analytics firm which carries out analysis of different political activities. It moderates and assists political campaigns and target voters online. Cambridge Analytica has built a database with over 5,000 data points and data of over 230 million American voters.
The data allowed the political campaigns to target the voters with customised messages with precise accuracy. The data acquired from the users has been alleged to come from Facebook, and most importantly without user consent. According to a whistleblower, the personal data has been taken and been passed on to Cambridge Analytica.
How Did Facebook React? Facebook immediately suspended Cambridge Analytica from its site, which prohibits it from buying ads on Facebook or access data. The company has acquired data of 50 million Facebook users without their consent and used it for the political campaigns. Issuing clarification, Facebook has said that the data was provided to the firm by a Cambridge University researcher to create a personality quiz on Facebook and not for any other purpose. It also added that it provides data for research experiments to be used by scientists for building psychological profiles.
How The Data Got Compromised? According to Facebook’s developer policies, it allows user data to be used in certain ways like research and games. But Facebook doesn’t allow any developer to use any data for other things, which is what Cambridge Analytica is accused of doing.
The user data of the Facebook users ended up to be a part of voter modelling. The Quiz successfully transferred data of 50 million people (includes profiles of users and their friends) who took what was marked as a fun. The throwaway quiz was actually taking down all the detailed information to be used in the political campaigns, which was later used by Analytica to manipulate voting intentions in the future.
Why Is Facebook Data So Critical? Firstly, it provides all the general demographic data which can be used for any purpose. Personality traits are precursors to our behaviour. Facebook tracks all our activity like what we are ‘liking’, how we are reacting to a post, our texting habits and what we do on Facebook, which tells a lot about an individual.
That’s how Facebook Ads work, they target users with such specific traits and does a psychological profiling before showing a particular ad. Similarly, Cambridge Analytica made use of the Facebook data to target users to manipulate their voting decisions. Facebook straightaway dismissed the claims and said Cambridge Analytica was “certified” three years back and it had deleted the stored information on the request from Facebook.
The company further added that if the claims are true, it will take the appropriate legal action. On the other side, Cambridge Analytica too denied any wrongdoing.It denied using Facebook data in the Trump election campaign and also added, the whistleblower, Christopher Wylie was a contractor and not a founder of the business.
What Next? Most likely, Facebook will now be investigated by the FTC which will check whether the internet giant has taken adequate steps to protect its data. Finally, a structured law for data handling and protection may come up, and the governments and legal bodies around the world will get to understand what internet can do, and how some the big companies are misusing it.
WhatsApp Co-founder Urges People To Delete Facebook WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton, who left the company when Facebook took over, has gone against Facebook and has urged people to delete the app. He has started a new hashtag campaign on Twitter #deletefacebook. Facebook bought WhatsApp for a whopping $19 Billion in 2014.
The messaging platform has also been accused by experts of giving away user data to Facebook for its marketing and customer targeting purposes. We need stronger global data protection laws with more regulation. India has one of its biggest elections coming up in less than a year. You never know, you too might get manipulated unknowingly by Facebook and the internet!

Facebook might be in a sight of bother at the moment, but that doesn’t stop the company from introducing new features to the platform. Today, the social networking giant has pushed a new update to the Messenger application, which added two new features to the Messenger Groups.
The first one is admin privileges, which gives the group administrator a lot of controls that includes the approval of a new person to the group, remove members, and so on. The second feature is the joinable group links with which a user can easily join a group using a link. Both the features are currently rolling out to the Facebook Messenger Android and iOS apps. Firstly, let’s talk about the Admin Privileges feature. First and foremost, this feature allows an admin to approve new members before they join the group chat, and Facebook states that this feature will be helpful in large group chats.
With the latest update, admins also can remove group chat members if needed, and promote or demote any other person in the group chat as an admin. The great thing about admin privileges in Messenger is users have the option to decide whether they want to enable the admin rights for approving new members or not. And do make a note that the preference is off by default in your group chat settings.
If you want to enable it, head over to the group chat settings and manually enable it. Next up, Facebook also made it easier to add new people to the group chat by implementing joinable links. Anyone in a group can generate a joinable link and share it with others who’re looking to join the conversation. And if the admin privileges are turned off, users will be automatically added to the group by just tapping the joinable link. However, if the admin rights are turned on, the admin will review the person and will accept it later.
Doesn’t these two features sound familiar? Yes, these are the features which Facebook’s other company WhatsApp rolled out to its platform a while back. Joinable links feature was implemented in WhatsApp long back, whereas the admin privileges are slowly rolling out at the moment.

Like a lot of you might have heard that Facebook was planning to launch its own internet service, this news confirms that the strategy of the company is finally live and into play, as they introduce their Express Wi-Fi service which will allow mobile phone users in developing country to buy cheap data.
Facebook launched the latest ‘Express Wi-Fi’ app recently which is going to enable users to establish a web connection via Wi-Fi by carrier provided connectivity in an affordable manner rather than buying data at expensive rates from telecom companies. The app is presently available in Kenya and Indonesia only.
The prospects for the app above looks good in India as it’s promised to be available across 700 Wi-Fi hotspots in Uttarakhand, Gujarat, Rajasthan, and Meghalaya. Even though the Facebook Express Wi-Fi service has existed for quite some time now but to connect to the service, the user was required to open their web browser or download an app from their respective telco. However, this single app by Facebook eliminates the need to do either of the above things and eases things for the user by enabling them to buy data packs and also by helping them discover Wi-Fi hotspots nearby.
TechCrunch received the update of the app rollout first-hand by a Facebook spokesperson who said: “Facebook is releasing the Express Wi-Fi app in the Google Play store to give people another simple and secure way to access fast, affordable internet through their local Express Wi-Fi hotspots.”. The release of a single app instead of the requirement of multiple telco specific app is now expected to speed things up for the Express Wi-Fi program. This app is going to provide a much stable, secure and fast way to connect to the internet, buy data and discover hotspots nearby.
Like we said Express Wi-Fi is an appreciable step by Facebook to connect the deepest part of the developing countries to the internet. Things look to be going smoothly for Facebook, unlike last time when they were slammed by the Trai for launching FreeBasics, which violated the terms of net neutrality. Now it is to be seen how Facebook plans to expand their network in India and in other developing countries.

The social media company is also making it easier for the local businesses to get their listings online by letting them post their vacancies through the Facebook app. Job seekers can now use Facebook to search and apply for openings and vacancies at local businesses. The social media giant announced today that its Facebook job application feature will now be available in more than 40 countries including India.
The feature was initially rolled out in the US and Canada last year. The social media company is also making it easier for the local businesses to get their listings online by letting them post their vacancies and openings through the Facebook app. Once a business posts a job, managers can go through the applicants and directly reach out through the Messenger app.
Job seekers can also subscribe to company’s listings to get alerts of fresh openings. While the Microsoft-owned hiring platform LinkedIn is mostly focused on white-collar or skilled jobs, Facebook Jobs will primarily focus on the strengthening the local businesses with a low-skilled or semi-skilled workforce. With Facebook Jobs, one can create job posts on mobile, manage applications and can even schedule interviews for local businesses. So, it can do pretty much everything that LinkedIn does.
How Does Facebook Jobs Work? One can search for jobs on the ‘Jobs’ dashboard at Facebook.com/Jobs, the web version of the social media platform. On mobile, the Job section will be available in the ‘Explore’ section of the mobile app. You can also find new job openings on the business page of a company looking to hire employees.
The job locations will be limited to a radius of 161 km from the user’s location on Facebook and only jobs within that radius will show up on the user’s dashboard.
How To Apply For Facebook Jobs? Users will have to click on the ‘Apply’ button to start getting openings and vacancies in their feed. After clicking the Apply button, an application form will pop up with details filled-in from the Facebook profile.
Facebook will only take the public details mentioned in the profile. The form can be edited before submitting the final version. After filling the form, it can be directly sent to a company. The company can later contact the applicant through email, phone or through the Messenger to schedule an interview directly.
Facebook Job Alerts Job seekers can subscribe to Facebook Jobs to get timely alerts on the new listings and vacancies. To get job alerts, users need to subscribe to the various job openings in their locality by choosing the industry and job-type the users are interested in. Once the user makes all the required selections and clicks on subscribe, they will then be notified if there is a relevant job opening in the pre-set radius.
Job Listings on Facebook Jobs The page admins can directly put up job listings by filling in all the details such as job title, job type, salary, etc. The job openings will then appear on the business’ Facebook Page, Jobs dashboard, Marketplace and in the News Feed of interested users. Businesses can schedule interviews, send automated reminders and can contact the applicant directly through the Messenger app.
The international expansion marks the rollout of Facebook Jobs in 40 countries. The company has also planned to invest around $1 billion in Facebook Jobs to make the technology better, with the launch of newer programs in 2018. Google has also tried their hand at helping people to find jobs and unveiled its own job search tool. Though Facebook Jobs is targeting a different group, LinkedIn should be worried about Facebook’s massive presence and reach.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, on multiple occasions has confirmed that the social media website won't ever bring a 'dislike' button. One of the reasons given by the CEO was that it may increase the rate of online bullying. So although the firm cannot have a 'dislike' button per se, at least it can have the feature in disguise. Being called as 'Downvote', the new button was spotted being tested with limited users.
The new 'Downvote' button was seen in certain comments inside some posts by public pages. For now it is being tested in the US only. As mentioned by the company spokesperson to TechCrunch, the idea behind this new feature is to signal the social media firm about a comment that is inappropriate, uncivil or misleading. "We are not testing a dislike button. We are exploring a feature for people to give us feedback about comments on public page posts.
This is running for a small set of people in the U.S. only," said the spokesperson to the tech news website. The 'Downvote' button doesn't have a dedicated icon for now as it is simply seen as an option under each comment, as seen in the screenshots. When a user clicks on the particular button, Facebook asks you the reason for it. These include - Offensive, Misleading and Off Topic. These come in addition to the 'Hide' button, which already exists for each comment on pages.
Facebook has said that this is a test for limited time period and it won't affect the ranking of the posts in any way. There won't be a public display of the count on how many times a comment has been downvoted. As for the dislike button, Zuckerberg back in 2015, said in a Q&A session that "We didn't want to just build a Dislike button because we don't want to turn Facebook into a forum where people are voting up or down on people's posts. That doesn't seem like the kind of community we want to create."

Here's no fun of being on any social media platform without having lots of friends to interact with. The very purpose of any social media platform is to keep us connected to our loved ones. Be it sharing updates on Facebook, posting photos and videos on Instagram, telling the world our opinion on Twitter or making Stories on Snapchat -- it's not fun without friends. If you are new to any of these social networking platforms, here's a step-by-step guide on how you can add your friends:
Facebook
Step 1: Click the search bar at the top of any page.
Step 2: Type your friend's name, email or mobile phone number in the search bar and click the search icon.
Step 3: If you don't see your friend, try clicking People.
Step 4: To send a friend request to someone, click Add Friend next to their profile picture.
Instagram Method 1 - Finding friends from Facebook or your contact list
Step 1: Go to your Instagram profile and type on the three dot icon.
Step 2: Scroll down to 'Follow People'
Step 3: Click on 'Facebook Friends' or 'Contacts' to find friends on Instagram from your Facebook friends list or contacts in your phone.
Step 4: Tap 'Follow' next to the profiles of people you want to see in your Instagram feed.
Method 2 - Searching for people
Step 1: Click on the Search icon at the bottom of the page. On doing this, a Search bar will pop up.
Step 2: Type the name of the person you wish to follow.
Step 3: If the person's profile did not appear, click on People.
Snapchat
Method 1 - Via username
Step 1: Open Snapchat
Step 2: Tap on the ghost icon at the top of the screen
Step 3: Select Add Friends
Step 4: Click Add by Username
Step 5: Type the username of the person and their profile will pop up
Step 6: Click on '+' icon to add them as a friend
Method 2 - Via contacts
The first three steps remain the same as adding via username
Step 4: After selecting Add Friends, click Add from Contacts
Step 5: This will show you people on your contact list who are on Snapchat, but aren't added
Step 6: You can scroll down to see who you wish to add and then add them using the '+' icon.
Method 3 - Via snapcode
Step 1: Get the picture of the person's Snapcode
Step 2: Tap on the ghost icon Step 3: Select Add Friends
Step 4: Click Add by Snapcode
Step 5: Select the photo from your camera roll that has your friend's Snapcode. The person will be automatically added.
Twitter
Step 1: Click the search bar at the top of any page.
Step 2: Type your friend's name or username and click the search icon.
Step 3: If you don't see your friend, try clicking People.
Step 4: Press Follow next to people's profile to see updates from them on your Twitter feed.

here may be a number of reasons why you may want to change your name on Facebook. You may want people to recognise you by your pseudonym or a pen name. Or there may be a special name your friends call you by that you wish to use.
In a rare case, you may have changed your name, and you want to announce it to the world. Whatever the reason may be, the way to change your name on Facebook is quite easy and straightforward. Here's our step-by-step guide on how you can go about it:
On Desktop Step 1: Log in to Facebook
Step 2: Click on the arrow icon next to Notifications and Quick Help icons and select 'Settings'.
Step 3: Go to 'General Account Settings'.
Step 4: Click on the 'Edit' option next to 'Name.'
Step 5: Enter the new name you want on Facebook. Besides changing your first and last name, you can also enter a middle name.
Step 6: Press on the 'Review changes' button. On doing this, Facebook will give you the option of selecting how your name will appear.
Step 7: Select the option you like, enter your password and press 'Save changes.'
On App Step 1: Log in to Facebook
Step 2: Press the hamburger icon next to the notification bell icon on top right.
Step 3: Scroll down to Account Settings.
Step 4: Select the option of 'General' on the top.
Step 5: Select 'Name.' The rest of the process on the app is same as it is on the desktop.
After you do this, your name will be changed on Facebook immediately. However, Facebook does have a practice of asking its users why they opted to change their name. And note that if your reason is not listed in the requirements Facebook lists, your name will not be changed on the social networking platform. Also, keep in mind that there are some restrictions that Facebook places on changing names.
These include not using any unusual capitalisation, symbols, numbers, repeating characters or punctuation, characters from multiple languages, your title, words or phrases, and offensive or suggestive words. It is also notable that you can only change your name for the second time on Facebook before 60 days.