Facebook investors urge revival of Cambridge Analytica fraud case
By Jody Godoy (Reuters) – Meta Platforms Inc investors formally asked a U.S. appeals court to revive a proposed class action accusing the Facebook parent of concealing a serious privacy…
20 years of Facebook, merits and many flaws of a colossus immune to crisis
20 years of Facebook have changed the world like few other digital revolutions. Mark Elliott Zuckerberg’s intuition in creating a site in two weeks to facilitate meetings and acquaintance among Harvard students…
Plaintiffs lawyers in Facebook data privacy case seek $181 million in fees
By Sara Merken (Reuters) – Plaintiffs’ lawyers have asked a San Francisco federal judge to award more than $181 million in legal fees as part of a $725 million data…
Meta Layoffs Worldwide
Meta has announced the layoffs of 11,000 employees. This is the largest internal restructuring in the history of the former Facebook Inc., the Menlo Park-based company founded in 2004 and renamed Meta…
The Metaverse…of Privacy?
Late last year, Meta/Facebook announced the arrival of the Metaverse: the massive, immersive, shared, virtual reality. It could be the next evolution of entertainment, a new internet — or an…
RayBan Stories arrive, yet another privacy issue for Facebook
They have finally arrived. Facebook’s first connected glasses are a reality. Or rather, the hand of Facebook is there and you can feel it, but the bulk of it is…
Meta tweaks its controversial ‘cross-check’ system for VIPs
By Chavi Mehta and Katie Paul (Reuters) – Meta Platforms said on Friday it would implement most of the recommendations made by its independent oversight board to its policy of…
Meta to test monthly subscription service priced at $11.99
By Juby Babu (Reuters) – Meta Platforms on Sunday announced that it is testing a monthly subscription service, called Meta Verified, which will let users verify their accounts using a…