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TikTok is valued higher than Facebook and Instagram

May 15, 2023 News Centre 0

With over 3 billion downloads since its launch in 2016 TikTok is taking the tech world by storm and has Facebook and Instagram shaking in their (virtual) boots. Read more…

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Social media as we know it is about to be disrupted big-time

November 3, 2022 Jouko Ahvenainen 0

Meta’s ad revenues are down. Elon Musk bought Twitter. TikTok’s political situation is shaky. Is the social media status quo about to shift? Probably. Read more…

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Meta investors are losing patience with Zuck’s metaverse bet

October 28, 2022 News Centre 0

Meta Platforms forecast a weak holiday quarter and significantly more costs next year, as investors voiced skepticism about the company’s pricey metaverse bets. Read more…

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Meta braces for economic downturn, cuts new hire numbers

July 2, 2022 News Centre 0

Facebook owner, Meta Platforms Inc, has cut plans to hire engineers by at least 30% warning to brace for economic downturn. Read more…

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Facebook moderators can’t keep up with Russian war propaganda

April 11, 2022 News Centre 0

Meta’s moderators say Facebook’s content policies and enforcement mechanisms have enabled pro-Russian propaganda during the Ukraine invasion. Read more…

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Moscow struggles against social media giants to control Ukraine narrative

February 28, 2022 News Centre 0

Moscow ramps up efforts to control the Ukraine narrative as Meta and Google put restrictions on Russia’s state-controlled media outlets. Read more…

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Australian mining billionaire takes on Facebook over scam ads

February 3, 2022 News Centre 0

Iron ore magnate Andrew Forrest is launching criminal proceedings against Facebook in an Australian court over money laundering and scam ads. Read more…

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Meta builds AI supercomputer to protect the metaverse from evil

January 25, 2022 News Centre 0

Meta said its research team has built a new AI supercomputer to spot harmful content that will be the fastest in the world by mid-2022. Read more…

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Fines are mounting against Meta and others – how long can they last?

January 19, 2022 Alex Leslie 0

Fines are mounting against Meta and other tech giants and they must, finally, be beginning to hurt. Every week there is a new lawsuit. Read more…

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VR and the metaverse could make data surveillance even worse

January 18, 2022 John C. Tanner 0

With VR sets collecting even more data on us than traditional screens, the metaverse could take data surveillance to new levels of creepy. Read more…

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Digital drives global ad growth amid the pandemic

December 7, 2021 News Centre 0

The global ad industry will notch higher than expected growth this year as firms go digital to reach customers during the pandemic. Read more…

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Metaverse pioneers unimpressed with Facebook’s Meta plan

December 1, 2021 News Centre 0

Facebook risks missing the point of the metaverse – and a coming shift in consumer behaviour – if it fails to permit digital ownership. Read more…

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Social networks are changing, slowly but seismically – that must be good

December 1, 2021 Alex Leslie 0

Social networks are changing. The first signs are already emerging and it not just about the imminent (or not) arrival of a metaverse or two. Read more…

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Facebook ordered to sell Giphy by UK competition regulator

November 30, 2021 News Centre 0

UK competition regulator tells Facebook owner Meta to sell Giphy, ruling the acquisition harms social media users and UK advertisers. Read more…

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The metaverse doesn’t have to be a dystopia – but it probably will be

November 30, 2021 John C. Tanner 0

Whether the metaverse is good or bad depends on how far we blur the lines between physical and digital, and who controls/shapes that process. Read more…

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Meta shutters its facial recognition software – what else should be paused?

November 9, 2021 Alex Leslie 0

Meta is pausing facial recognition software over ‘societal concerns’. This poses questions about other tech potentially in the same basket. Read more…

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UN investigators hopeful Facebook will hand over information on Myanmar

November 6, 2021 News Centre 0

UN team of investigators on Myanmar is hopeful that Facebook will hand over more evidence of international crimes. Read more…

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Welcome to Meta – will a name change stop the lawmakers circling?

November 4, 2021 Alex Leslie 0

Facebook is Meta now. What comes next is hard to say, but it’s worth remembering that Facebook has more than a metaverse up its sleeve. Read more…

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Facebook shuts down facial recognition amid regulator uncertainty

November 3, 2021 News Centre 0

Facebook is shutting down its facial recognition system – at least until regulators can come up with a clear set of rules governing its use. Read more…

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‘Tarnished and toxic’ Facebook Inc becomes Meta in rebrand for metaverse

October 29, 2021 News Centre 0

‘Tarnished and toxic’ Facebook Inc now called Meta in a rebrand that focuses on building the metaverse, the successor to the mobile internet. Read more…

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