Senior officials in the Biden administration pressured Meta Platforms to censor COVID-19 content during the pandemic, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said, adding that he would push…
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DeepSeek: A Chinese AI startup that wiped $2T off US stock market cap
Founded just 20 months ago in China, artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek has demonstrated the inaccuracy of performance metrics touted by tech giants, causing a seismic…
Mark Zuckerberg criticizes US for fueling global censorship
The CEO of Meta Platforms, Mark Zuckerberg, criticized the U.S. for “emboldening” censorship on a global scale. Zuckerberg announced a comprehensive overhaul of Facebook and…
EU probes Meta over protection concerns for minors on Facebook, Instagram
The European Commission, the EU’s executive body, announced on Thursday that it has opened formal proceedings into Meta over protection concerns for minors regarding its…
Apple pulls WhatsApp, Threads from China app store per govt order
Tech giant Apple has pulled Meta Platforms’ WhatsApp and Threads applications from its App Store in China on orders from the country’s internet regulator, according…
Meta’s removal of monitoring tool sparks unease in election year
CrowdTangle, a digital insights tool considered essential for tracking viral falsehoods is set to be discontinued by Facebook owner Meta in a major election year,…
EU launches probes into Apple, Google, Meta under new digital law
The Europen Union on Monday announced it had launched investigations into Apple, Google parent Alphabet and Meta in the first probes under a new sweeping…
Meta’s Facebook and Instagram experience worldwide outage
Meta Platforms’ popular social media apps Facebook and Instagram were down for hundreds of thousands of users on Tuesday, according to Downdetector.com. There were more…
Türkiye fines Meta Platforms with $160,000 daily fine
Türkiye’s competition watchdog on Wednesday said it had decided to impose a fine of TL 4.8 million ($160,165) per day on Meta Platforms effective from…
Meta, Facebook owner, breaks privacy rules: Norway regulator
Meta Platforms is breaking European data privacy rules in Norway, the country’s data regulator told a court on Wednesday, in a case that could have…