A Facebook logo is displayed on a smartphone in this illustration taken January 6, 2020. —Reuters/Dado Ruvic/IllustrationFacebook e-mailed users to activate its Facebook Protect feature.Many users thought it was spam and ignored the e-mail.Facebook is now locking people out who did not activate the feature.Facebook is now locking out people who did not respond to…Continue Reading
U.S. Congress has asked Facebook: Who used fake overseas accounts to promote Canada’s protest convoys? The chair of a powerful committee sent a letter to company founder Mark Zuckerberg that mentions past Russian behaviour as a concern.Mark Zuckerberg, head of Facebook parent company Meta Platforms, seen during past testimony before a U.S. congressional committee, has…Continue Reading
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SynopsisThe India Human Rights Impact Assessment report was an important element of Facebook human rights due diligence and—at a minimum—should be made public, the group says in a letter to Facebook’s director of human rights.ReutersIn a response to the letter, Facebook’s Director of Human Rights Miranda Sissons says the India human rights report had taken…Continue Reading
The elite FAANG stocks have a combined market capitalisation of about $7.416 trillion so far this year, up from about $5.8 trillion last year. MAANG? MANGA? Or MAMATA?Facebook’s rebranding to Meta Platforms has launched a search for a new name for the high-flying FAANG group that also includes Apple, Amazon.com, Netflix and Alphabet.Facebook on Thursday…Continue Reading
Expect the metaverse to reach a billion people within the next decade, says Mark Zuckerbeg Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said his company is rebranding itself as Meta in an effort to encompass its virtual-reality vision for the future, what Mr. Zuckerberg calls the “metaverse.”Skeptics point out that it also appears to be an attempt to…Continue Reading
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg hug after a town hall meeting, at Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, California, on Sept. 27, 2015. Susana Bates/AFP via Getty Images Thanks to whistleblower Frances Haugen’s testimony and the news articles based on documents she leaked, the public has gained an alarming new perspective…Continue Reading
According to documents from a former Facebook employee obtained by The Associated Press, Facebook has struggled to curb hateful content in India. These documents were a part of files handed over to Congress and provided to the Securities and Exchange Commission by Frances Haugen, who happens to be a former Facebook employee and whistleblower. The…Continue Reading