Reggie Fils-Aimé is not a fan of Facebook’s metaverse
The future potential of the Metaverse, which could best be summarised as a new iteration of Second Life, is a subject that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, has identified as a definin...
WhatsApp to launch new group polling functionality
WhatsApp is reportedly working on new functionality that will allow its users to create polls in group chats.
Facebook owner Meta will block access to Russia’s RT, Sputnik in EU
Meta Platforms Inc, parent company of Facebook, will restrict access to Russian state media outlets RT and Sputnik on its platforms across the European Union, the company’s h...
Meta says Ukraine’s military, politicians targeted in hacking campaign
Meta has said a hacking group used Facebook to target a handful of public figures in Ukraine, including prominent military officials, politicians and a journalist, amid Russia̵...
Facebook letting users in Ukraine lock their social profiles for security
Meta Platforms Inc, which owns Facebook, has set up a special operations centre to monitor the conflict in Ukraine, and it launched a feature so users in the country can lock their...
Meta’s Zuckerberg unveils AI projects aimed at building metaverse future
Facebook-owner Meta is working on artificial intelligence research to generate worlds through speech, improve how people chat to voice assistants and translate between languages, C...
US and Meta spar over the date of antitrust trial
US regulators and Meta Platforms Inc are at odds over when to start a high-profile antitrust trial, with the Federal Trade Commission proposing December 2023 and the Facebook paren...
Vestager says tech giants may prefer EU fines to compliance, cites Apple
Some US tech giants may prefer to pay a fine rather than comply with antitrust rules, the European Union’s antitrust chief said, and cited Apple’s fight with the Nether...
Facebook launches Reels globally, betting on ‘fastest growing’ format
Facebook is launching its short video feature Reels to more than 150 countries, its owner Meta Platforms has said, in a move to expand its fastest growing content format.
Ireland nears Facebook decision key to EU-US data transfers
The Republic of Ireland’s data watchdog expects to consult fellow EU regulators in April on its investigation into Facebook’s data transfers, moving closer to a decisio...
Spotify’s Joe Rogan saga spotlights podcast moderation challenges
At an ad industry conference in New York this month, one of the key architects of Spotify’s podcasting strategy outlined what she saw as the biggest challenge facing platform...
Growth stocks still not cheap, cautions JPMorgan
Tech-dominated “growth” stocks are still not cheap despite some sharp falls over the last six months, analysts at US investment bank JPMorgan has cautioned.
Trump’s Truth Social tops downloads on Apple App Store; many waitlisted
Former President Donald J Trump’s new social media venture, Truth Social, has now launched in Apple’s App Store, potentially marking the former president’s return...
Meta’s Facebook to pay $90 million to settle privacy lawsuit over user tracking
Facebook agreed to pay $90 million to settle a decade-old privacy lawsuit accusing it of tracking users’ internet activity even after they logged out of the social media webs...
US lawmakers introduce bipartisan bill to address social media addiction
US Senators Amy Klobuchar, a Democrat, and Cynthia Lummis, a Republican, introduced a bill aimed at addressing addiction to social media platforms like Meta Platform’s Facebo...