Facebook accused of blacklisting OnlyFans’ rivals
Facebook has been accused of colluding with OnlyFans to blacklist rival adult websites in a lawsuit filed in the US. | Read more|
Russia issues ‘metaverse’ warning
Regulators in Russia are looking into the possibility of new restrictions on virtual reality (VR), saying they are worried that it could enable illegal activity, while acknowledging that the “metaverse” also offers new possibilities for human interaction. | Read more|
Australian billionaire launches criminal case against Facebook
An Australian billionaire has launched a criminal case against Facebook, alleging the company failed to prevent scam ads that used his image. | Read more|
China Mines Social Media Data For Info On Foreign Targets: Report
China is mining Western social media to equip its military and police with information on foreign targets, according to a new report by The Washington Post. This revelation was made following the review of hundreds of Chinese bidding documents, contracts, and company filings. | Read more|
Australian Billionaire To Help Publishers With Google, Facebook Deal
Australian mining billionaire Andrew Forrest's philanthropic organisation will help 18 small news publishers in the country collectively negotiate with Google and Facebook to secure licensing deals for the supply of news content. | Read more|
Tripura violence: After SC lawyers, 102 social media accounts face UAPA charge
Three days after they charged four Supreme Court lawyers under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), police in Tripura have invoked the same stringent anti-terrorism law against 102 social media handles, and served notices on US-based Internet companies seeking detailed information on the owners of these acc | Read more|
Facebook "Knew What It Was Doing," Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt Says
Facebook's conduct revealed in leaked documents is "pretty concerning," said former Google Chief Executive Officer Eric Schmidt, who called for companies in the tech industry to show more restraint. | Read more|
Facebook Whistleblower Blasts Meta Rebrand
In her first public address since she leaked a trove of damaging documents about Facebook's inner workings, whistleblower Frances Haugen urged her former boss, Mark Zuckerberg, to step down and allow change rather than devoting resources to a rebrand. | Read more|
Facebook Changes Its Name To 'Meta' In Rebranding Exercise
Facebook changed its parent company name to "Meta" on Thursday as the tech giant tries to move past being a scandal-plagued social network to its virtual reality vision for the future. | Read more|
Findings on hate speech, misinformation in India led to deeper analysis, says Facebook
The user account created by a Facebook researcher in Kerala two years ago that encountered several instances of hate speech and misinformation on the basis of algorithmic recommendations led the company to undertake a “deeper, more rigorous analysis” of its recommendation systems in India, the social media platform | Read more|
Facebook to act on illegal sale of Amazon rainforest
Facebook says it will begin clamping down on the illegal sale of protected areas of the Amazon rainforest on its site. | Read more|
"A Coward's Palace": Australian PM Slams Social Media Amid Facebook Fight
Australia's prime minister lambasted social media on Thursday as "a coward's palace", saying platforms should be treated as publishers when defamatory comments by unidentified people are posted, pouring fuel on a raging debate over the country's libel laws. | Read more|
Facebook blames ‘faulty configuration change’ for massive outage
Facebook has issued a mea culpa after disrupting the business and social interactions of millions of users as a Facebook-owned social media trio lagged for over six hours, while blaming an engineering error for the web apocalypse. | Read more|
‘Betrayal of democracy’? Whistleblower blasts Facebook for prioritizing profits over fighting ‘hate speech & misinformation’
A former Facebook data scientist, responsible for censoring “dangerous” and “misleading” information during the 2020 US election, has all but accused the social media giant of facilitating the January 6 “insurrection.” | Read more|
CNN denies Australians access to its Facebook pages
CNN has prevented people in Australia from accessing its Facebook pages, citing a risk of defamation, after a court ruling decreed that publishers were liable for the content of the comments section. | Read more|