Meta’s Sheryl Sandberg to exit board after 12 years
By Surbhi Misra (Reuters) – Meta Platforms‘ former chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg plans to step down from her position on the company’s board of directors after her term ends…
Austrian activist Schrems broadens Meta privacy complaint
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Privacy activist Max Schrems’ advocacy group Noyb on Thursday expanded its complaint about Meta Platforms‘ paid no-ads subscription service as it urged Austrian…
When science meets art: recycled metal and lab-grown gems
By Lara Brehmer LONDON (Reuters) – For some a natural diamond, created over billions of years, is the ultimate luxury, but an award-winning British designer sees greater worth in jewellery…
Facebook’s Meta fined for breaches of Italian gambling ads ban
By Keith Weir ROME (Reuters) – Meta Platforms, the parent company of Facebook, has become the latest tech company to be fined in Italy for breaches of a ban on…
Meta to start fully encrypting messages on Facebook and Messenger
By Akanksha Khushi and Baranjot Kaur (Reuters) – Meta Platforms said on Wednesday it has started to roll out end-to-end encryption for all personal chats and calls on Messenger and…
TikTok, Meta, X CEOs to testify at US Senate hearing in January
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The chief executives of social media companies Meta, X, TikTok, Snap and Discord will testify on online child sexual exploitation at a Jan. 31…
Meta Platforms’ paid ad-free service targeted in Austrian privacy complaint
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Meta Platforms’ paid no-ads subscription service launched in Europe this month faced one of its biggest tests as advocacy group NOYB on Tuesday…
What happened to the Metaverse?
2023 seemed to be the year in which the Metaverse would establish itself as the next communication channel, transporting us all into a digital world of infinite economic and social…
Meta moves members of its Responsible AI team to other groups
By Gursimran Kaur (Reuters) – Meta Platforms is dispersing the members of its Responsible AI team among other groups in the company where they will continue to work on preventing…
TikTok joins Meta in appealing against EU gatekeeper status
By Supantha Mukherjee STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – TikTok on Thursday joined Meta in appealing against the “gatekeeper” status under the Digital Markets Act (DMA), an EU law that brings in tougher…