Tag: Meta
Millions of Social Media Accounts Banned, Yet Kids Still Slip Through Loopholes
On March 31, Australia’s online safety watchdog, eSafety, announced it is considering legal action against...
Former Meta Executive Alleges Company Colluded With China on Censorship
On April 9 in Washington, D.C. Sarah Wynn-Williams, former Director of Global Public Policy at Facebook...
Meta to Replace Fact-checkers With ‘Community Notes’ Like System Similar to X
On Jan. 7, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that his social media company — responsible for platforms...
French Newspapers Sue Musk’s X Platform for Unpaid Usage of Content
Prominent French newspapers have gathered together against Elon Musk’s social media platform X, taking...
Tech Boom Leads Global Markets in First Semester of 2024
The first half of 2024 has been another whirlwind in world markets. Forecasts for a global interest-rate-cutting...
Threads, Meta’s Twitter Rival, Goes Viral in Mainland China Despite Great Firewall
Following its release, Meta’s Twitter Rival, Threads went viral in China, ranking fifth for downloads...
Former Meta Employee Says She Earned $190,000 a Year to ‘Do Nothing’
A former recruiter for social media giant Meta, Facebook's parent company, says that during her short...
Facebook Hit With Class-action Lawsuit Seeking $2 Billion in Damages for Spreading Misinformation and
A new class-action lawsuit has been launched against Facebook accusing the social media giant of playing...
YouTube, Meta Will Expand Policies, Research to Fight Online Extremism
Major tech companies said on Thursday they will take fresh steps to combat online extremism by removing...
South Korea Fines Google, Meta Billions of Won for Privacy Violations
South Korea levied tens of millions of dollars in fines on Alphabet's Google and Meta Platforms for privacy...
Twitter Users Hopeful After Musk Joins the Company’s Board of Directors, But Change Is Far From Certain
A day after revealing a multi-billion dollar investment in Twitter, Elon Musk has been appointed to a...
Meta Walks Back Policy Allowing Death Threats, Calls of Violence Against Russians on Its Platforms
After allowing citizens from a list of countries to openly call for violence against Russians and Russian...