Chaotic as X may be, it’s still the only viable platform for what’s happening right now — unless Threads cares to join it.
Meta’s ban on Canadian news is part of a larger pattern of upending and preventing access to information.
Meta’s trying to be cool again. The results are mixed.
It’s no cage match, but Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta dropped Threads, an app to rival Elon Musk’s Twitter.
Big Tech org charts aren’t the only thing getting flattened.
Meta now plans to open the platform up to teens.
Meta’s confusing nudity policies often wrongfully delete posts from women, trans, and nonbinary users.
Amazon is suing 10k+ Facebook group admins, saying they run groups to solicit bogus reviews.
Meta’s 1st brick-and-mortar show will let customers dip a toe in the metaverse through hands-on experiences.
Meta hired a political consulting firm to coordinate a nationwide media campaign against TikTok.
The company’s top execs are dialing in from all over the map.
Meta is facing many challenges: stalling growth in its user base, the rise of TikTok, and Apple’s new privacy changes.
It isn’t easy bringing a 68k-person social media company into the metaverse.
New unredacted evidence reveals that Facebook and Google CEOs knew about the Jedi Blue ad-rigging scheme.
Plus: Taco lovers rejoice and Facebook’s health conundrum.
Meta is spending $10B on AR/VR and metaverse hardware this year. One project: a prototype VR glove that uses inflatable pads to simulate touch.
Microsoft wants in on the metaverse, and its vision could pit it squarely against Meta.
Microsoft passed Apple to become the world’s most valuable firm. How? Unlike other Big Tech firms, it largely avoided supply chain and advertising issues.
Another round of The Facebook Papers highlight shortcomings in the platform’s safety. Meanwhile, Google’s monopolistic ad exchange model is exposed in an unredacted lawsuit.
Facebook wants 2 things: To rule -- ahem -- to help build the metaverse, and to keep you on Facebook while doing it.
WhatsApp is used by 2.5B+ people and is the most popular app in 100+ countries. When it goes down, people lose more than messaging -- they lose critical infrastructure.
The Wall Street Journal released a 5-part investigation -- from leaked documents -- showing that Facebook knows its platform is riddled with “flaws that cause harm.”
A recent report revealed Accenture to be Facebook’s biggest content moderation partner, pulling in $500m a year for the work.
Facebook disabled accounts for a team of NYU researchers that were trying to learn more about its ad targeting model.
To beat back the TikTok threat, Facebook will offer creators $1B to use its platform.
A DC federal court threw out 2 antitrust suits against Facebook. But the court leaves the door open for a new case.
Facebook is on a VR acquisition spree and wants to beam ads into the Oculus headset. Nothing to see here.
These Facebook Groups allow users to exchange goods without paying. Now, it wants to offer the service...but off of Mark Zuckerberg’s platforms.