Billions of WhatsApp users must update their devices today to stop scammers with new triple alert feature
WHATSAPP has started to roll out a new triple alert feature that can help users detect a dodgy group chat - and you'll need to…
Mother hits out at Meta over sextortion death data delay
Ros DoweyMurray Dowey took his own life aged 16The mother of a teenager who ended his life after becoming the victim of a sextortion gang…
‘In shadows’: Meta, YouTube black market clouds India election integrity | India Election 2024 News
New Delhi, India – In 2019, political consultant Tushar Giri found himself in a room with a distraught veteran leader from Indian Prime Minister Narendra…
Families of Uvalde school shooting victims sue Microsoft, Meta and gunmaker | Gun Violence News
Families of the victims killed in a school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, have filed two wrongful death lawsuits: one against the firearm manufacturer and another…
EU opens probe into Meta over advertising, political content
1 of 3 | The European Commission said Tuesday Meta faces a new probe over deceptive advertising and political content on its Facebook and Instagram…
EU launches disinformation probe against social media giant Meta | News
Meta defends risk mitigation process after EU says the companies efforts at moderating content was ‘insufficient’. The European Commission has launched a disinformation probe against…
Hacked Facebook accounts leave businesses out of pocket as ombudsman records spike in Meta complaints
In short: Small businesses that have had their social media accounts hacked are facing a lengthy response process from parent company Meta.Catherine Wilson's business has lost…
European Commission opens investigation into Apple, Alphabet, Meta
1 of 3 | The Apple logo hangs outside of an Apple retail store in the SoHo Section of Manhattan in New York City on…
Apple, Google and Meta being probed by EU regulators for anti-competitive practices
In short: Some of the world's biggest tech companies are being investigated by the European Commission.The Commission says it is concerned Apple, Meta and Google are…
EU to investigate Apple, Google, Meta under new digital law | European Union News
Antitrust regulators will probe the Big Tech companies for potential breaches of the Digital Markets Act. European Union regulators have opened investigations into Apple, Alphabet’s…
Instagram down: Meta website suffers outages as thousands of users report problems with the app
SOCIAL media app Instagram has stopped working for thousands of users in a major outage. Reports of an outage began to flood Down Detector at around 11pm…
What will happen when Facebook stops paying for news? Here’s what happened when radio stopped paying for music
Why are musicians so keen to get played on the radio?It can't be because of the money.In Australia they are paid at rates so low…
US prosecutors investigating Meta for role in illicit drug sales, WSJ says | Social Media News
The Wall Street Journal report also says the Food and Drug Administration is helping to investigate the Facebook owner. US prosecutors in Virginia are probing…
Closed Cyberspace: Does Meta censor pro-Palestinian content? | Social Media
An Al Jazeera social media experiment tests whether some platforms discriminate against pro-Palestinian, Arabic content. Al Jazeera investigates how social media moderation and censorship policies…
Half million users hit by nationwide Meta outage on Facebook, Instagram platforms
Users on the three platforms owned by social media giant Meta on Tuesday experienced an hours-long glitch in what was Meta's second major technical mishap…
Meta to drop ‘Facebook News’ tab in U.S. and Australia in April
Meta said Thursday it has decided to end news tabs on Facebook in the United States and Australia. The company said it will no longer…
Meta says it will stop funding news in Australia, prompting backlash | Social Media News
Canberra blasts Meta’s decision as a ‘dereliction of its commitment to the sustainability’ of the media industry. Facebook parent company Meta has announced that it…
As AI use rises, Meta boosts efforts to crack down on disinformation ahead of EU elections
People walk by a sign on the Meta campus In Menlo Park, Calif., in 2022. Meta announced that it has expanded its election disinformation team…
Meta, Amazon shares surge by $279 billion after cuts boost profit
Breadcrumb Trail LinksInvestorEarnings got a boost from tens of thousands of job cuts since 2022 and strong sales that beat analysts’ estimatesAuthor of the article:Bloomberg…
Meta, Amazon smash earnings expectations, as stock markets surge | Economy
Asian markets rally after US tech giants post stronger-than-expected financial results. Asian markets have rallied after the release of stronger-than-expected earnings results by Meta and…