TechFacebookTechFacebookMeta Is Spending More Than $1 Billion per Month on the MetaverseThe news comes just months after the company's first ever round of mass layoffs and a rocky 2022 in which Mark…ByLauren LefferPublishedFebruary 1, 2023Comments (46)
TechFacebookTechFacebookFacebook Is Bringing Back TrumpFacebook says Trump's account no longer poses the same "serious risk to public safety" as it did when he was banned…ByMack DeGeurinUpdatedJanuary 26, 2023Comments (37)
TechFacebookTechFacebookMark Zuckerberg Says They're Finally Rolling Out Default End-to-End Encryption on MessengerMeta's rolling out new encryption features on its app over the next few months, though it will randomly upgrade…ByKyle BarrPublishedJanuary 23, 2023Comments (2)
TechFacebookTechFacebookMeta Claims Metaverse Will Become 'As Important as Smartphones'Meta's not backing down on its ambitious plans to integrate its so-called metaverse into our everyday lives.ByNikki MainPublishedJanuary 19, 2023Comments (45)
TechFacebookTechFacebookMeta's Nudity Policies Discriminate Against Trans People, Oversight Board SaysAfter Instagram incorrectly removed two posts fundraising for gender-affirming surgery, the watchdog group says Meta…ByLauren LefferPublishedJanuary 17, 2023Comments (10)
TechFacebookTechFacebookMeta Sues 'Predictive Policing' Firm for Using Fake Accounts to Scrape More Than 600,000 Facebook ProfilesThe company allegedly took that data and sold it to clients promising them powerful social media surveillance of…ByMack DeGeurinPublishedJanuary 13, 2023Comments (1)
TechFacebookTechFacebookWhy Meta Is (and Isn’t) Driving the Metaverse ConversationIn an excerpt from "Disruptive Technologies," Paul Armstrong examines Meta's rocky pivot and why it's still the…ByPaul ArmstrongPublishedJanuary 5, 2023
TechFacebookTechFacebookThe EU Wants to Kill Targeted Ads by Fining Meta $414MEuropean Union regulators say the tech industry, starting with Facebook's parent, needs to get real consent before…ByThomas GermainPublishedJanuary 4, 2023Comments (1)
TechFacebookTechFacebookDocuments Show Zuckerberg Once Considered Announcing They Were Investigating Cambridge AnalyticaA SEC Deposition shows that the Meta CEO had planned to tell users they would analyze the political consulting firm…ByKyle BarrPublishedDecember 20, 2022Comments (5)
TechFacebookTechFacebookMeta Accused of Breaching Antitrust Policies Connected to Facebook MarketplaceEuropean regulators say that Facebook's online shopping section is "distorting competition" with other web-based…ByNikki MainPublishedDecember 19, 2022
TechFacebookTechFacebookJohn Carmack Quits Meta, Burns His Virtual Bridges Behind HimThe VR and video game pioneer says the company is mismanaging its plans for the Metaverse.ByKevin HurlerPublishedDecember 19, 2022Comments (30)
TechFacebookTechFacebookLawsuit Accuses Facebook of Permitting Posts That Spurred Civil War in EthiopiaTwo Ethiopian researchers accuse the tech giant of not removing hateful content they say helped drive bloodshed…ByLucas RopekPublishedDecember 14, 2022Comments (2)
TechFacebookTechFacebookNigeria Terrorist Attack Video Restored on InstagramA previously removed video of an attack at a church has been restored after the user appealed to Meta's Oversight…ByNikki MainPublishedDecember 14, 2022
TechFacebookTechFacebookMeta Oversight Board Says Facebook and Instagram Skirt Moderation Rules for Famous PeopleThe watchdog said that Meta’s "cross-check" systems on Facebook and Instagram gave celebrities and businesses more…ByKyle BarrPublishedDecember 6, 2022Comments (3)
TechFacebookTechFacebookFacebook and Instagram Say They'll Remove All News If Congress Makes Them Pay for ItThe company said that if Congress passes the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act, it would "be forced to…ByJody SerranoPublishedDecember 6, 2022Comments (47)
TechFacebookTechFacebookFacebook Will Use Age-Confirming AI to Check if You're Old Enough to DateMeta already asks users to submit video selfies to age-estimating AI for UK Instagram, but this is the first time…ByKyle BarrPublishedDecember 5, 2022Comments (2)
TechFacebookTechFacebookFacebook Is Failing to Remove Brutal Death Threats Targeting Election WorkersAn investigation found Facebook accepted 15 out of 20 ads including death threats towards election workers. TikTok…ByMack DeGeurinPublishedDecember 1, 2022Comments (7)
TechFacebookTechFacebookMeta Employees Were Reportedly Fired for Selling Account Information to HackersMore than a dozen security guards and other workers reportedly abused or sold account information to outside parties.ByNikki MainPublishedNovember 17, 2022Comments (6)
TechFacebookTechFacebookEnd of an Era: Facebook Takes Sexuality, Religion, Address, and Politics Off of Your ProfileThe update to the world's biggest social network will prevent you from broadcasting certain details in your bio, a…ByThomas GermainPublishedNovember 17, 2022Comments (37)
TechFacebookTechFacebookMeta's Oversight Board Says Moderators Wrongfully Removed Post Comparing Russian Army to NazisThe tech giant was forced to fully restore a Facebook post that was removed earlier this year that compared the war…ByNikki MainPublishedNovember 16, 2022Comments (4)