Facebook-owner explores decentralized social network app for meta text updates

Facebook owner Meta Platforms Inc said on Friday it was exploring a standalone decentralized social network for sharing text updates.

Indian business News The website Moneycontrol.com was the first to report the news citing sources. The report says Meta’s new content app will support ActivityPub, the decentralized social networking protocol that powers Twitter-rival Mastodon.

A spokesperson for Meta told Reuters in an emailed statement, “We have been exploring a standalone decentralized social network for sharing text updates. We believe there is an opportunity for a separate space where creators and the public Celebrities can share timely updates about their interests.”

The text of this story is published from a wire agency feed without any modification. Only the headline has been changed.

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