Category: meta

Sheryl Sandberg Exits Meta, but Company Will Keep Paying for Her Security

In June, Sheryl Sandberg stepped down as COO of Meta. However, the company has decided to continue paying for her security into 2023, citing “continuing threats to her safety.” According to Meta, from Oct. 1 through June 30, 2023, the company will pay for security services at Sandberg’s residences and when she is on personal…


Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta No Longer Among Top 10 Most-Valuable Companies

Meta Platforms Inc. is no longer among the top 10 most valuable companies in the world. What Happened As of 8 p.m. ET Saturday, Meta, with a market cap of $364.64 billion, has moved to the 11th position among companies with top market cap, data from companiesmarketcap.com shows. Visa Inc. stock is at the 10th position,…


Facebook’s Meta Freezes All Hiring, Warns of Possible Layoffs Due to Economic Turmoil: Reports

Facebook’s Meta has reportedly announced that it would freeze hiring and outlined a new plan to reorganize and cut back its staff for the first time in its history, as the company’s profit growth begins to slow down. The tech sector has been hit hard this year, as stocks on the NASDAQ and S&P 500…


Peter Menzies: You Can’t Build a Viable Media Culture on Bailouts and Political Favours

Commentary You wouldn’t think Justin Trudeau’s government and Fox News owner Rupert Murdoch would be caught dead dancing to the same tune, but if this week’s hearings on Canada’s latest media rescue plan was anything to go by, the two are twirling up a storm. According to advocates for Canada’s Online News Act (Bill C-18),…


Meta Removes Chinese and Russian Political Influence Networks Ahead of US Midterms

Meta, Facebook’s parent company, on Tuesday said it removed accounts linked to two unconnected covert operations in China and Russia seeking to influence political narratives in the United States ahead of the midterms in November. In addition to seeking to influence U.S. domestic politics ahead of the midterms, the Chinese operation targeted the Czech Republic’s foreign…


China Meddling in US Midterms; 2.5 Million Floridians Urged to Evacuate as Hurricane Ian Approaches | NTD Good Morning

China is attempting to meddle in the upcoming Midterm elections. Find out what Facebook’s parent company META discovered on its social media platforms. Hurricane Ian hurtles towards Florida after putting the lights out in Cuba.  2.5 million Florida residents are being asked to evacuate. Multiple Baltic Sea pipelines are damaged, and Europe cries foul. Meanwhile, Germany…


Meta Dismantles China-Based Covert Influence Operation Ahead of Midterm Elections

The parent company of Facebook and Instagram said on Sept. 27 that it disrupted a Chinese influence operation seeking to interfere in the upcoming U.S. midterm elections. Meta Platforms said that it had dismantled the China-based campaign, which targeted users in the United States with political content in an apparent effort to polarize voters. The…


COVID-19 Vaccine Harm Group Wary After Facebook Axes Discussion Forum

A British organisation representing those injured by COVID-19 vaccines has expressed concerns that legitimate discussion on social media could be threatened after a BBC investigation triggered Facebook into removing support groups. On Friday, the BBC reported that in response to one of its stories, Facebook’s parent company, Meta, had removed several vaccine injury support groups, including…


Meta’s Privacy Obligations May Be Added to German Antitrust Probe, Court Adviser Says

LUXEMBOURG—Antitrust authorities may assess whether companies comply with EU data protection rules during their investigations, an adviser to Europe’s top court said on Tuesday, dealing a possible blow to Meta Platforms in its fight against the German competition agency. The non-binding opinion, if followed by the Court of the Justice of the Europe Union (CJEU)…


Social Media Censorship of Speech May Head to Supreme Court

Commentary A New Orleans federal appellate court for the Fifth Circuit has reversed and remanded a lower court decision that held that a Texas law, House Bill 20, (HB20) was unconstitutional. The law bans social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter from censoring speech based on the user’s viewpoint, the viewpoint of another user, or the…