Payments from Facebook’s privacy settlement begin: Here’s how your amount is calculated
(Nexstar) – After several years of speculation, class action payments totaling $725 million against Facebook have finally begun to be distributed, according to the company overseeing the process. The social media platform is said to have breached user privacy by agreeing to compensate millions of individuals and sharing their data with outside parties. Although the […]
Meta’s growth accelerates as Facebook’s parent company sees rising revenue from AI advancements.
On Wednesday, Metaplatform adjusted its annual capital expenditure forecast, which led to a nearly 9% increase in stock prices during after-hours trading. The company aims to advance “super intelligence” amidst a competitive AI landscape. They now expect capital expenditures to fall between $66 billion and $72 billion, a shift from earlier estimates of $64 billion […]
Instagram would have succeeded without Facebook’s $1B takeover: co-founder
Instagram would have been a success if Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg had never bought a photo-sharing app for $1 billion in 2012, co-founder Kevin Systrom said in Tuesday’s FTC’s Landmark Anti-Trust trial. Systrom, who was called to the stands at the FTC, testified that Instagram was experiencing explosive user growth prior to the Zuckerberg acquisition […]
Republicans Cheer Facebook’s Retreat from Censorship
Conservatives praised Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg for reining in the company's longstanding practices of censoring political speech. Facebook, which has faced pressure from the Biden administration to tackle censorship, plans to end its fact-checking program and replace it with a community notes approach. Deliver a more personalized approach to political content. We're also removing some […]
Zuckerberg Ends Facebook’s Third-Party Fact-Checking, Citing Censorship Concerns
Facebook debuted its new corporate brand Meta on October 28, 2021 at its headquarters in Menlo Park, California. (Photo by Kelly Sullivan/Getty Images for Facebook) OAN Staff James Myers7:22am – Tuesday, January 7, 2025 Meta announced Tuesday that it is ending its fact-checking program in the U.S. and replacing it with a “community notes” system […]
Facebook’s Zuckerberg Learned an ‘Important Lesson’ the Hard Way — You Can’t Cancel Trump
On Friday, Sen. Katie Britt (R-Ala.) said on FNC's “Hannity” that despite Democrats' best efforts over the past four years, President-elect Donald Trump cannot be “cancelled.” said. Alabama Republicans included Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who recently attended a meeting with President Trump at Mar-a-Lago. “Look, I'm excited about the results on November 5th, and so […]
Mark Zuckerberg ‘comes clean’ in damning letter about Facebook’s election interference and pandemic censorship
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg told the House Judiciary Committee on Monday that he now regrets the outsized role his company played in not only helping the Biden-Harris administration censor Americans' protected speech, but also suppressing critical information ahead of the 2020 election. Recent American ElectionsZuckerberg also suggested he would end the “Zack Bucks” program, likely […]
SCOTUS to hear Facebook’s bid to toss shareholder suit over Cambridge Analytica scandal
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a motion by Meta-owned Facebook to dismiss a private securities fraud lawsuit accusing the company of misleading investors in 2017 and 2018 about the company and third parties’ misuse of user data. The Supreme Court was hearing Facebook’s appeal of a lower court decision that allowed […]
Facebook’s ESG Agenda Went Down to Georgia and Trashed a Trophy Fishing Lake
Meta, the parent firm of Facebook, was in the media promoting its environmental, social, and governance (ESG) virtues in December 2021. That preening didn’t end well for the company this month after a decision was handed down in a lawsuit dealing with the destruction of a trophy fishing lake in Lumpkin, Georgia. “We thank Silicon Ranch . […]
How to shut down Facebook’s nosy ‘People You May Know’ suggestions
Tired of Facebook constantly nagging you about people you think you might know? Facebook analyzes your engagement patterns, your uploaded contact lists, and your existing friends. , employs an algorithm that suggests new connection possibilities. These suggestions can be found in your news feed or[友達]in the tab[知り合いかもしれない人]section. Facebook’s goal is to encourage more connections and […]