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…
Facebook’s Meta Freezes All Hiring, Warns of Possible Layoffs Due to Economic Turmoil: Reports
Twitter Lawyer Tells Court Musk Has Not Backed Up Claims of Fake Accounts
WILMINGTON, Del.—Elon Musk’s review of Twitter Inc. accounts by his advisers did not back up the billionaire’s allegation that the number of fake users was “wildly higher” than 5 percent as he claimed when he said he was ending the Twitter takeover deal in July, a Twitter lawyer told a judge on Tuesday. Documents obtained…
UK Warns TikTok Could Face £27 Million Fine for Failing to Protect Children’s Privacy
The Chinese-owned social media site TikTok could face a £27 million ($29 million) fine after British authorities found that it may have breached UK data protection law by failing to protect children’s privacy. On Monday, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) said in a statement that the video-sharing platform may have processed the data of…
Twitter Expands Research Group to Study Content Moderation
Twitter Inc. plans to provide more data to external researchers who study online misinformation and moderation, the social media company said Thursday, part of what it says is an effort to increase transparency on the platform. The company will also open an application process to allow more people working in academia, civil society and journalism…
Musk Says Activating Starlink, in Response to Blinken on Internet Freedom in Iran
September 24, 2022
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SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said on Friday that he would activate the firm’s satellite internet service, Starlink, in response to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s tweet that the United States took action “to advance internet freedom and the free flow of information” to Iranians. The U.S. Treasury Department on Friday issued guidance expanding internet…
Snap CEO Attributes TikTok Success to ‘Billions and Billions of Dollars’ Spent by Communist China
September 23, 2022
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Snap CEO Evan Spiegel has spoken out about the influence of the Chinese state in the success of TikTok, claiming that the c0mmunist regime has spent billions of dollars to equip the short video content app to dominate the market and edge out competitors. Speaking at the Code Conference 2022, Spiegel warned of the influence…
YouTube, TikTok Say Liberal Online Streaming Bill Fails to Protect Digital Creators
Online streaming giants YouTube and TikTok are asking Canadian senators to take a sober second look at an online streaming bill that they say would cause significant harm to Canadian digital creators. TikTok executive Steve de Eyre said in a Senate committee meeting on Wednesday evening that the federal Liberals’ Bill C-11 doesn’t just fail to protect…
COVID-19 Vaccine Harm Group Wary After Facebook Axes Discussion Forum
September 21, 2022
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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…
Lawsuits Allege Instagram Endangers Teens’ Mental Health
Some addictive products come from screens, not syringes, according to new lawsuits against Instagram. As stated in whistleblower documents, Instagram’s parent company Meta knew for years that its network caused addiction that damaged children’s mental health. Lawsuits by eight former teen Instagram users including Laura Ashman, Chesapeake Dowdy, and Brianna Perez demand damages based on Instagram’s alleged…
Social Media Censorship of Speech May Head to Supreme Court
September 19, 2022
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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…
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