Make no mistake, the Metaverse is already here. It has been here for a while. No, it doesn’t look like what movies would have you believe, and it doesn’t involve people wearing headsets or augmented reality (AR) glasses at the office – yet – but it is here. Every time you see someone doing a […]
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The House’s assigned Committee to investigate the January 6th Capitol riot issued subpoenas to question four tech giants concerning their platform’s role in endorsing the attach and its causes. Alphabet Inc., Meta Platforms Inc., Reddit Inc., and Twitter Inc. were subpoenaed by the committee following what it considered an insufficient collaboration when it came to providing […]
Facebook’s parent company, Meta, submitted an appeal to the UK competition watchdog ruling forcing the tech giant to sell the recently acquired company, Giphy, under the pretense that it removed a potential advertising rival. In December 2020, the Big Tech giant appealed against the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) for prohibiting the acquisition, after it […]
A Moscow court on Friday slapped Google with a nearly $100 million fine and also fined Facebook’s parent company Meta $27 million over their failure to delete content banned by local law, as Russia seeks to step up pressure on technology giants. The Tagansky District Court ruled that Google repeatedly neglected to remove the banned […]
According to the New York Times, Facebook’s parent company Meta Inc is reaching to acquire ‘deep compatibility’ with blockchain technology, revealed in a letter from an official executive sent to employees. In the letter, the soon-to-be Meta’s Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Andrew Bosworth, informed his employees that the company is structuring its future vision for […]
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission will launch a thorough examination into Meta’s scheme to acquire the famous Virtual Reality (VR) fitness platform Supernatural, according to The Information. The investigation highlights only one aspect: antitrust watchdogs have officially initiated their scrutiny on Meta – formerly known as Facebook – for its heavy investments into its latest […]
As governmental entities abuse social media platforms’ influence on a universal scale, Facebook released on Wednesday a report highlighting its takedown on global disinformation networks promoting false information to manipulate the public’s opinion. One thing the January 6 Capitol riot uncovered is that social media platforms, especially Facebook, have an influential effect on shaping the […]
Top cryptocurrency executive at Meta Platforms Inc., David Marcus, publicized on Tuesday his departure from Meta’s Diem Project after seven years of service to pursue different entrepreneurial projects. Marcus joined Facebook’s team in 2014 to supervise the networking platform’s Messenger division. Then, in December 2017, he was reshuffled to take charge of the giant’s cryptocurrency […]
It is expected that the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) will reverse Facebook parent company Meta’s purchase of Giphy in the coming days, according to the Financial Times. If that happens, it will mark the first time that the country’s competition regulator has unraveled a major tech acquisition. Meta (Facebook previously) announced in May […]
Instagram CEO, Adam Mosseri, will give testimony before Congress on December 6th, in a set of hearings for the platform’s approaches towards teens’ online protection, The New York Times reported. The testimony will be a follow-up after Senate lawmakers intensified their scrutinizing gaze on the platform concerning how its parent company Meta – previously Facebook – […]