Whistleblower: "Almost no one outside of Facebook knows what happens inside Facebook"
Frances Haugen, the Facebook whistleblower who released tens of thousands of pages of internal research and documents, said the social media company could "destroy" her for speaking out, but she believed that "as long as Facebook is operating in the.....»»
Facebook shutters news rather than pay up under new Canadian law
Meta says it will cease providing news services on Facebook and Instagram before Canada's new law requiring it to pay news publishers comes into effect.Canada's Online News Act (Bill C-18) has cleared its final Senate hearing and now needs only royal.....»»
Malaysia to take legal action against Meta over "undesirable" content
Malaysia said Friday it would take legal action against Facebook parent company Meta for failing to remove "undesirable" posts, the strongest measure the country has taken to date over such content......»»
Facebook vows to restrict news access in Canada
Facebook owner Meta will restrict news access in Canada after lawmakers passed legislation designed to force it to pay news outlets for hosting their content......»»
Facebook and Instagram to restrict news access in Canada
It comes after parliament passed a bill requiring tech giants to compensate publishers for news......»»
First on CNN: Senators press Google, Meta and Twitter on whether their layoffs could imperil 2024 election
Three US senators are pressing Facebook-parent Meta, Google-parent Alphabet and Twitter about whether their layoffs may have hindered the companies' ability to fight the spread of misinformation ahead of the 2024 elections......»»
Worried you"re spending too much time on your phone? Study seeks to answer this complex question
Look around and it's clear that people have become devoted to digital technologies such as mobile phones. Whether its Facebook, Instagram or any of the myriad other platforms available today, many are concerned that they or their loved ones are spend.....»»
Meta’s new AI app is both for patients with vocal cord damage and in-game NPCs
Meta (formerly Facebook) is introducing its first artificial intelligence offering in a text-to-audio app called Voicebox......»»
Meta confirms ongoing outage impacting Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp
An ongoing outage means that users are unable to access Meta services including Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp. According to Meta, the problems are being caused by an outage affecting its Ads Manager platform. more… The post Meta confirms on.....»»
Meta lowers the minimum age for its Quest headsets from 13 to 10
Facebook-parent Meta plans to lower the minimum age for its virtual reality headsets from 13 years old to 10 years old, despite pressure from lawmakers not to market its VR services to younger users......»»
Facebook will start paying creators for actually posting on Facebook
Facebook is really getting desperate to compete with TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube. In a blog post, the company announced that it is starting to test … The post Facebook will start paying creators for actually posting on Facebook appeared firs.....»»
People are missing out on job opportunities on Facebook because of gender, research suggests
Facebook-parent Meta is the subject of four new complaints from human rights groups in Europe alleging that the algorithm it uses to target users with companies' job advertisements is discriminatory. Nonprofit Global Witness shared new research with.....»»
Dublin’s Silicon Valley: A Thriving Tech Hub
Dublin has long been known as a city of culture and history, but in recent years, it has also become a major hub for technology. With the arrival of major tech companies like Google, Facebook, and Twitter, the area around Grand Canal Dock has been du.....»»
Facebook owner Meta plans to create Twitter rival
A text-based version of Instagram could potentially let users carry across followers from other apps......»»
The rivalry between Meta and Apple is moving to a new playing field: virtual reality
Months after Apple unveiled a privacy change that threatened Facebook's core advertising business, the social networking company rebranded as Meta and shifted its focus to virtual reality......»»
The world is evolving faster than we imagined
ChatGPT has swept across the world with roaring momentum, accumulating a million users in just five days. For comparison, Facebook and Netflix took 10 months and 41 months respectively to reach their first million users. Compared to predecessor platf.....»»
Meta threatens to pull news content in California if bill to pay publishers passes
Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, threatened to remove news from its social media sites in California if the state passes a bill requiring big tech companies to pay news outlets for their content......»»
Third round of Meta layoffs sends another 6,000 to the unemployment line
Meta has begun making the last of what it has claimed would be three major rounds of layoffs, although there may yet be further smaller series of redundancies to come.Facebook's parent company initially laid off 11,000 in November 2022, and at the ti.....»»
Meta"s business groups cut in latest round of layoffs
Facebook-parent Meta on Wednesday began cutting employees in its business groups as part of a previously announced round of layoffs, according to social media posts from impacted workers......»»
Minister attacks Meta boss over Facebook message encryption plan
Minister Tom Tugendhat criticises Mark Zuckerberg over Facebook's extension of message encryption......»»
How Meta got caught in tensions between the US and EU
Facebook-parent Meta has perhaps become the most high-profile casualty of a long-running privacy dispute between Europe and the United States — but it may not be the last......»»