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Suit says Meta board 'turned blind eye' to human trafficking

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 22 09:43 AM

A shareholder lawsuit filed late Monday accuses board members of Instagram and Facebook parent Meta of shirking their duties by ignoring human and sex trafficking on the tech giant's social platforms. Read more »

Meta axes 10,000 jobs in new round of cuts

Agence France Presse
Updated as of Mar 14 10:36 PM

Facebook owner Meta announced a wave of job cuts on Tuesday, part of what CEO Mark Zuckerberg called the company's "year of efficiency" as the US tech sector continues to downsize. Read more »

Meta considers launching potential Twitter rival

Deutsche Welle
Updated as of Mar 12 01:26 PM

The Facebook owner announced it was working on a "text sharing" platform. It comes at a time when Twitter faces unprecedented turmoil. Read more »

BI warns vs. cryptocurrency scam offers sent via Facebook, TikTok

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 27 12:09 PM

The Bureau of Immigration warned Filipinos against accepting job offers from Facebook, TikTok, and Telegram as these are used cryptocurrency scam syndicates. Read more »

Meta shutters fake account 'cheerleaders' for Cuban, Bolivian governments

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 24 03:12 AM

California-based Meta launched a probe last year into the two fake news rings, which it said had no ties to one another. Read more »

Meta subscriber plan risks digital divide, say critics

Agence France Presse
Posted at Feb 21 07:19 AM

Years after Facebook quietly removed a slogan that declared the site was "free and always will be", parent company Meta announced on Sunday a paid-for subscription service that has already been widely criticised. Read more »

Meta launches paid subscription, for whom and why?

Julie Jammot, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 20 11:54 AM

The new service will cost $11.99 a month for users who sign up via the Internet and $14.99 for those using mobile apps. Read more »

Facebook-owner Meta to roll out paid subscription

Agence France Presse
Posted at Feb 20 05:25 AM

Facebook and Instagram owner Meta will launch a paid subscription service starting at $11.99 a month allowing users to verify their accounts, CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced Sunday. Read more »

Catriona Gray calls out ‘fake news peddler’ on Facebook

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 18 04:09 PM

Miss Universe 2018 Catriona Gray did not let a fake post about her get away, as she denied her involvement in a certain project. Read more »

Meta completes virtual reality deal after US court win

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 10 08:28 AM

Facebook-owner Meta finalized its buyout of virtual reality firm Within Unlimited, the VR company's chief executive said, after a court rejected an attempt by US regulators to block the deal over competition concerns. Read more »

Biden accuses social media companies of exploiting children

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 08 03:10 PM

President Joe Biden called on US lawmakers to restrict how social media companies lure children and collect their data. Read more »

Fakes on Facebook: Energy scammers plague FB

Anuj Chopra, with Lucille Sodipe and Faith Brown in Manila and Gemma Cahya in Jakarta, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 08 11:04 AM

AFP's fact checkers have uncovered a slew of energy-related scams proliferating on Facebook including the sale of dud devices in the Philippines. Read more »

Meta reports sales fall, but beats expectations

Glenn Chapman, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 02 07:34 AM

Facebook and Instagram owner Meta on Wednesday reported its first annual sales drop since the company went public in 2012, but the fall was less brutal than expected, sending its share price soaring. Read more »

Meta says Trump to be allowed back on Facebook, Instagram

Agence France-Presse 
Posted at Jan 26 10:52 AM

Social networking giant Meta announced that it would soon reinstate former US president Donald Trump's accounts on Facebook and Instagram. Read more »

Trump to be allowed back on Facebook, Instagram

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 26 07:15 AM

Meta announced Tuesday that it would soon reinstate with "new guardrails" former president Donald Trump's accounts on Facebook and Instagram, which have been banned since the US Capitol riot in January 2021. Read more »

Meta says reviewing call to make adult nudity policies more inclusive

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 20 11:04 AM

Meta was reviewing a call by its oversight board to make its policies on adult nudity more inclusive, a spokesperson, after the tech giant removed two Instagram posts showing transgender and non-binary people with their chests bared. Read more »

Trump presses Facebook to restore his account

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 19 06:24 AM

Former US president Donald Trump is urging Facebook to reinstate his account two years after it was deactivated, his aides said Wednesday, as he gears up for a third bid for the White House. Read more »

Meta bans ads targeted at teens based on gender

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 11 08:19 AM

Meta, owner of Instagram and Facebook, said it will stop allowing advertisers to target ads at teens based on gender, as it fights accusations that its platforms are harmful to young users. Read more »

Hackers na nanghingi ng pera sa social media, arestado

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 10 07:31 PM

Arestado ang grupo ng hackers na nanghihingi ng pera sa social media gamit ang na-hack na Facebook account. Read more »

Meta bruised in EU data fight

Joseph Boyle and Laurent Barthelemy, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 06 08:28 AM

European regulators have laid down one of the biggest challenges so far to the multibillion-dollar business model of Facebook owner Meta, analysts said. Read more »