Facebook to hire 10,000 in EU to work on metaverse
A metaverse is an online world where people can game, work and communicate in a virtual environment, often using VR…
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Facebook whistleblower behind major leak is going to testify in Europe
The Facebook whistleblower who leaked an internal company investigation showing Instagram can be harmful to teens is ready to testify…
Facebook whistleblower reveals identity and blames the platform of ‘prioritizing profits over safety’
A Facebook whistleblower who brought internal documents detailing the company’s research to The Wall Street Journal and the U.S. Congress…
WhatsApp is fined $267 million for breaching EU privacy rules
Facebook-owned WhatsApp has been fined a record 225 million euros ($267 million) by Ireland’s data watchdog for breaching EU data…
Facebook exposes Russian disinformation campaign targeted at rival vaccines
The COVID-19 vaccination roll out is still a target for disinformation. This July, report on Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior Facebook team…
Why no one really knows how bad Facebook’s vaccine misinformation problem is
Is Facebook “killing people” by enabling the spread of Covid-19 misinformation, as President Joe Biden said a few weeks ago?…
Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn secure Afghan users’ accounts to prevent Taliban reprisals
Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn said this week they had moved to secure the accounts of Afghan citizens to protect them…
Facebook-affiliated social media to ban Taliban-related content
Facebook has banned the Taliban and any content that promotes it from the main Facebook platform, Instagram and WhatsApp. The…
Facebook, Twitter, TikTok, Google and Microsoft renew efforts against vaccine disinformation
Social media and big tech companies are stepping up their game when it comes to fighting disinformation. Just last month,…
Tommy Robinson was sued for slander and ordered to pay £100,000 in damages
A British activist has been ordered to pay £100,000 in damages to a Syrian refugee for libelling him on Facebook.…