Facebook and Twitter ‘failing to tackle fake review factories’ January 13, 2022 Facebook and Twitter have been accused of failing to tackle an online industry of fake product reviews, with new research uncovering schemes on the platforms with hundreds of thousands of members.
Facebook fails to block antitrust lawsuit over WhatsApp and Instagram ownership January 12, 2022 Meta faces another blow as it loses its attempt to dismiss a US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) antitrust lawsuit, which could force it has to sell WhatsApp and Instagram.
Facebook warns 50k accounts about cyber hackers December 19, 2021 Facebook has warned around 50,000 users that they may have been targeted by "cyber mercenaries", as the company tries to stop private companies hired by authoritarian countries to spy on people.
Facebook says it’s behind the £45m deal for Meta name rights December 13, 2021 Meta, the owner of social media network Facebook, is behind a $60m (£45m) deal to acquire the trademark assets of U.S. regional bank Meta Financial Group, spokespeople for the companies said this evening.
US tech firms dominate web searches reaching more than 40m monthly hits each December 7, 2021 Alphabet's Google, Facebook, Amazon and Microsoft are the only website publishers to reach more than 40m people in the UK each month, according to Ipsos Iris data.
Twitter confirms it removed 3000 accounts connected to state-linked information operations December 2, 2021 Twitter said this morning that it has removed more than 3,000 accounts which were operating as state-linked information operations.
UK competition watchdog directs Facebook to sell Giphy November 30, 2021 The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has today concluded that Facebook’s acquisition of Giphy would reduce competition between social media platforms and that the deal has already removed Giphy as a potential challenger in the display advertising market.
Facebook delays encrypted messages until 2023 following child abuse fears November 21, 2021 Facebook has delayed plans to encrypt private messages until 2023 out of fear that it will make it harder to spy catch child abuse.
Facebook owner says encryption of all messaging services not until 2023 November 21, 2021 The rollout of encrypted messaging will not be completed until some point in 2023, Facebook’s owner has said, after fears such a move could put children at greater risk of exploitation and abuse. Meta, which owns the social networking giant as well as the messaging service WhatApp, said it is taking time to “get this [...]
Facebook served climate falsehoods ads throughout COP26 November 18, 2021 Facebook advertisers promoted false and misleading claims about climate change on the platform in recent weeks, just as the COP26 conference was getting under way.