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By Elisa Facebook-parent Meta Platforms needs to streamline by cutting jobs and capital expenditure, its shareholder Altimeter Capital Management said Monday in an open letter to Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg. The …
Read MoreBy Wayt Facebook, Instagram and TikTok’s iPhone apps are capable of tracking everything users type in their in-app internet browsers, according to warnings from a security researcher. All three popular …
Read MoreBy Zilber European Union officials have agreed on the language of new legislation aimed at reining in powerful American tech giants like Meta-owned Facebook and Alphabet Inc.’s Google. Approval is …
Read MoreBy Wayt The Meta executive in charge of the social media giant’s youth initiatives – including its controversial “Instagram for Kids” – is leaving the company. Pavni Diwanji, the company’s …
Read MoreBy Barrabi Facebook parent Meta fell out of the top 10 among the world’s most valuable companies by market capitalization after a string of brutal setbacks in recent weeks. Mark …
Read MoreBy Zilber Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg and his counterpart at Google, CEO Sundar Pichai, secretly struck a deal in 2018 to carve up the digital advertising market between the two …
Read MoreBy Zilber The Biden administration was given another chance to pursue legal action against Facebook over claims that the social network is a monopoly. A federal judge rejected parent company …
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By Elisa Facebook announced on Tuesday it is shutting down its facial recognition system, which automatically identifies users in photos and videos, citing growing societal concerns about the use of …
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By Wayt The escalating supply chain crisis isn’t just hurting manufacturers and retailers that sell goods off the shelf – it’s bleeding into the tech world. Companies that sell everything …
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By Wayt Details of alleged collusion between Google and Facebook to squash competition in the online ad space are set to be made public this week, a federal judge has …
Read More By Feuer A developer who created a browser extension that helps Facebook users spend less time on the site claims he has now been banned from the social media platform …
Read More By Meyer Facebook’s controversial algorithms protect its users from being exposed to extreme content, hate speech and misinformation, the beleaguered company’s vice president for policy and global affairs claimed in …
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By Elisa Russian authorities on Thursday warned social media giant Facebook it faces a fine of up to 10 percent of its annual turnover in the country unless it deletes content Moscow …
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By Wayt Senators slammed Facebook in a contentious hearing with its safety chief on Thursday, blasting the company over leaked research showing that Instagram can make body issues worse for …
Read MoreBy Feuer UK politicians slammed Facebook and Twitter for not doing enough to combat hate speech on their platforms – in wake of racial abuse against members of England’s national …
Read MoreBy Chamberlain A former spokesman for former President Donald Trump launched a new social media platform on the Fourth of July by defiantly declaring “independence” from what he called the …
Read More By Elisa A bipartisan group of US lawmakers expert in antitrust urged the Federal Trade Commission Friday to press on with its lawsuit against Facebook, according to a statement from Sen. …
Read MoreBy Wayt Tech giants like Facebook, Twitter and Google will be forced to swiftly remove abusive online posts or face stiff fines under a tough new law passed by the …
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By Feuer Regulators in Europe and the United Kingdom on Friday announced they have launched formal competition investigations into Facebook in a two-front offensive on the social media giant’s use …
Read More By Elisa Facebook lost a legal battle Friday with Ireland’s data privacy watchdog over a European Union privacy decision that could result in the social network being forced to stop …
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