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2024-11-12 21:04:54
Facebook’s Growth Has Stalled
The world's biggest social network isn't getting any bigger.
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2024-11-12 21:02:54
Meta's Ads Being Deemed Unlawful in the EU Serves as a Warning to Other Ad-Funded Platforms
Well, before proceeding with any plan to force behavioural ads on Twitter users in the European Union, Elon Musk should take note of a recent major privacy fine for Meta.
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2024-11-12 21:00:32
Meta Plans Ad-Free Subscription or "Tracking Ads Choice" in the EU, According to WSJ — Latest Effort to Maintain Data Collection
New battle lines may be being drawn in the European Union between Facebook and Instagram owner Meta and the rights of regional users to privacy.
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2024-11-12 20:57:08
Leaked Facebook Ads Document Raises New Concerns Over GDPR Enforcement
Motherboard/Vice published an explosive report on Facebook's business yesterday that is sure to raise fresh questions over the lack of enforcement of European privacy laws against the adtech giant.
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2024-11-12 20:54:01
Facebook's Leading Crypto Executive, David Marcus, Announces Departure from the Company
Meta, the parent of Facebook, sees its top crypto executive leaving later this year.
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2024-11-12 20:39:15
Court Orders Meta Content Review Partner Sama to Compensate Moderators
A Kenyan court has ordered Sama's content moderation partner in Africa to pay April salaries to a section of moderators it had left out days after moderators picketed outside Sama headquarters in Kenya demanding April pay.
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2024-11-12 20:28:28
A Decision on the Continuation of Meta’s Prosecution in Kenya to Be Made Early Next Year
A ruling on whether or not Meta has a case to answer in Kenya will be made early next year, after legal submissions that were tabled today by lawyers representing the social media giant and the plaintiff, Daniel Motaung.
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2024-11-12 20:24:41
Meta Introduces Feature to Share Videos from Third-Party Apps Directly to Facebook Reels
Facebook is now allowing users to post Reels from third-party apps, Meta announced on Tuesday.
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2024-11-12 20:09:08
Meta’s Giphy Deal Survives: Competition Appeals Tribunal Blocks Forced Sale Over Disclosure Issues
Facebook parent Meta has been mounting a fierce appeal of the U.K.
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2024-11-12 20:00:27
Meta to Allow Third-Party Apps to Make Calls to WhatsApp and Messenger Users by 2027
On Friday, Meta published an update on how it plans to comply with the Digital Markets Act, the European law which seeks to promote competition in digital marketplaces, where the law concerns the company's messaging apps, Messenger and WhatsApp.
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2024-11-12 19:56:58
Well... Facebook Now Has Its Own Version of TikTok
What's Facebook up to on TikTok? Scoping out the competition?
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2024-11-12 19:50:22
Meta and Twitter Remove Accounts Spreading Pro-US Propaganda Overseas
In the post-2016 U.S. election world, secretive online campaigns intended to shape global politics have ceased being anything out of the ordinary.
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2024-11-12 19:42:34
Texas Attorney General Files Lawsuit Against Meta Over Facebook's Facial Recognition Technology
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Monday filed a lawsuit against Meta over Facebook's facial recognition practices, his office said.
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2024-11-12 19:34:02
Meta Announces Payments to Creators for Original Content on Facebook Reels
Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, told the world today it would focus its algorithms on original content. Now it's going to pay for it.
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2024-11-12 03:23:00
How Will Trump's Second Term Affect Social Media Companies?
Here’s an overview of Trump’s comments on social media platforms during his campaign.
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2024-11-12 03:20:35
Meta Opens Retail Pop-Up Store in Los Angeles to Display Its Smart Glasses
Meta aims to boost Ray-Ban sales this Christmas.
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2024-11-11 22:18:21
Meta plans to appeal a court ruling that classifies its content moderators as employees.
Meta plans to file an appeal against a decision by a Kenyan court that termed it the primary employer of moderators who review material on its platforms in sub-Saharan Africa.
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2024-11-11 22:15:56
Meta continues to resist giving EU users a free choice over tracking, but changes are on the way.
After significant privacy enforcement finally hit Meta's tracking ads business in Europe earlier this year, the tech giant has confirmed that it will be changing the legal basis it claims for microtargeting users in the region.
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2024-11-11 22:13:14
Meta's next major push is focused on expanding into the metaverse for enterprise use.
In this blog in January, when we covered the news that Meta signed on fast food giant McDonald's as a customer for Workplace
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2024-11-11 21:43:07
Meta is testing a new livestreaming platform for influencers, called 'Super.'
In a new development, Meta will test a new livestreaming platform for the influencer dubbed "Super."
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2024-11-11 21:36:34
A new report suggests that Facebook is losing interest in its podcasting plans.
Facebook announced a suite of new audio products, including new support for podcasts and a Clubhouse live audio competitor, which was an indication that it was taking the threat from other audio platforms more seriously.
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2024-11-11 21:28:23
The Attorney General of Washington, D.C. is suing Mark Zuckerberg over the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
The District of Columbia has filed new litigation against Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg for his role in the Cambridge Analytica Facebook data misuse scandal
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2024-11-11 21:25:36
Meta has introduced the game development platform Crayta to Facebook Gaming's cloud streaming service.
Meta is also bringing Crayta, a game development platform where you can build and play games with your friends in real time, which kind of reminds me of Roblox, to Facebook Gaming's cloud streaming service.
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2024-11-11 21:11:00
Italy issues an urgent request to Meta for information on its election interference measures.
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2024-11-11 20:43:34
Meta Verified currently doesn’t allow changes to your name, username, or profile photo.
After seeing the impersonation problems that Elon Musk saw when re-launching Twitter Blue, Mark Zuckerberg is going to set guardrails ahead of launching Meta Verified.
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2024-11-10 18:54:37
Meta is phasing out Facebook logins as the ID system for its metaverse.
Despite the name change and metaverse hyperbole, Facebook has always been at the center of the Meta suite of software for users engaging with its wider ecosystem.
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2024-11-10 18:50:27
Meta may encounter additional restrictions on its surveillance-based ads model in the EU.
Meta's tracking ads business could suffer further legal blows across the European Union
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2024-11-10 18:46:15
Meta reports an 11% revenue increase, though challenges in the metaverse persist.
Meta had one of its best quarters since it changed its name from Facebook.
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2024-11-10 18:42:12
Facebook, TikTok, and Twitter did not pass the election integrity test during Kenya's elections.
Social media companies Facebook, TikTok and Twitter did not ensure their election integrity commitments in the August Kenyan elections
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2024-11-10 03:09:06
Meta is extending its political ads blackout beyond the election period.
Meta is aiming to reduce tension surrounding the U.S. election by extending its political ads blackout.
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