9 Breaking News found.
  • Apr 04, 2023

    If you're tired of censorship, cancel culture, and the erosion of privacy and civil liberties subscribe to Reclaim The Net. In an unprecedented case, a woman from northern France is set to face trial for allegedly insulting President Emmanuel Macron on social media. The incident occurred when the wo...

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  • Mar 15, 2023

    Facebook-parent Meta Platforms on Tuesday announced its second round of firing. It said it would cut 10,000 jobs in this round of mass layoffs. Only about 4 months back, the company had let go 11,000 employees.  "We expect to reduce our team size by around 10,000 people and to close around 5,000 add...

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  • Mar 14, 2023

    Meta will lay off 10,000 more workers and incur restructuring costs ranging from $3 billion to $5 billion, the company announced Tuesday, with CEO Mark Zuckerberg warning economic instability could continue for “many years.” Shares of Meta were up about 5.5%. Here’s the timeline you should expect: o...

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  • Dec 28, 2022

    Facebook parent Meta has agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit over the Cambridge Analytica data harvesting scandal for $725 million, or just under 2.5 days of revenue (based on Q3 figures). To recap - in 2014, Aleksandr Kogan of Cambridge University in the UK built a Facebook app that paid hundre...

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  • Dec 23, 2022

    Facebook owner Meta Platforms Inc has agreed to pay $725 million to resolve a class-action lawsuit accusing the social media giant of allowing third parties, including Cambridge Analytica, to access users' personal information. The proposed settlement, which was disclosed in a court ling late on Thu...

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  • Dec 08, 2022

    'Your new book is disgusting - it's child abuse': Parents flood American Girls Doll Facebook page with complaints over new book telling girls to seek puberty blockers without telling parents - as Mattel refuses to apologize Worried parents are continuing to attack toy giant Mattel over their publica...

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  • Dec 01, 2022

    A European regulator hit Facebook parent company Meta with a fine of 265 million euros, or more than $276 million, as punishment after data on more than half a billion users was "scraped" and leaked online.   Ireland’s Data Protection Commission said Meta Platforms failed to protect users’ date, vio...

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  • Nov 18, 2022

    Facebook parent Meta has fired or disciplined over two dozen employees and contractors over the last year who have been accused of improperly hijacking user accounts - in some cases for bribes, according to the Wall Street Journal (https://www.wsj.com/articles/meta-employees-securityguards-fired-for...

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  • Nov 03, 2022

    Interoperability of messengers is coming, soon you don't have to be locked down to any single provider. It's gonna hurt established market participants. Messaging interoperability is the idea that instant messaging should be like email. We can each use our preferred service and app, while still bein...

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