Facebook, Instagram down for thousands of US users
Downdetector recorded more than 17,000 reports of problems with Facebook as of 9:11 pm ET, Meta’s social media platforms Facebook...
Inside Meta, Debate Over What’s Fair in Suppressing Comments in the Palestinian Territories
Oct. 21, 2023 12:54 pm ETAfter Hamas stormed Israel and murdered civilians on Oct. 7, hateful comments from the region...
Talk of a U.S. TikTok Ban Is Shaking Up the Creator Economy
Influencers and others who make money on TikTok are looking to hedge their bets by diversifying their content across other...
WSJ News Exclusive | Amazon Layoffs to Hit Over 17,000 Workers, the Most in Recent Tech Wave
WSJ News ExclusiveTechCuts focused on the company’s corporate staff exceed earlier projection Source link
Twitter Plans to Remove Tweets Promoting Rival Social Media Platforms
TechElon Musk’s company said it would no longer allow ‘free promotion’ of platforms such as Facebook and Mastodon Source link
Facebook Says It Is Prepared to Block News Content in Canada
OTTAWA— Facebook META -1.16% owner Meta Platforms Inc. has warned Canada it is prepared to block the sharing of Canadian...
Facebook Parent Meta Agrees to Settle Cambridge Analytica Lawsuit
Facebook META -4.15% parent Meta Platforms Inc. META -4.15% agreed to settle a lawsuit that accused the social-media platform of...
Twitter Whistleblower Peiter Zatko Has Warned of Cyber Disasters for Decades
In November 2020, Twitter Inc. TWTR 2.33% co-founder Jack Dorsey picked a famed ex-hacker, Peiter Zatko, to solve some of...
WSJ News Exclusive | Roblox Poaches Seasoned Meta Executive as It Chases Growth in Asia
HONG KONG— Roblox Corp. RBLX -2.19% has poached a Meta Platforms Inc. executive for the newly created role of Asia-Pacific...
WSJ News Exclusive | Facebook Marketplace and DoorDash Team Up for Local Deliveries
The deal is an attempt to get more people, especially younger ones, to use Meta-owned Facebook, according to a person...
Mark Zuckerberg’s Bid to Reinvent Facebook Parent Meta Hits Early Snags
Meta on Thursday walked back some new Instagram features central to the revamp that had drawn swift user backlash. The...
WSJ News Exclusive | Facebook Parent Meta Pulls Out of Sponsorship Deal for U.S. 250th Anniversary Project
WASHINGTON— Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc. said Wednesday it has canceled its sponsorship agreement with the organization planning the federal...
WSJ News Exclusive | Inflation, Political Division Put U.S. in a Pessimistic Mood, Poll Finds
Americans are deeply pessimistic about the U.S. economy and view the nation as sharply divided over its most important values,...
The Tech Crash Could Be a Talent Bonanza for Big Tech
Apple, Amazon, AMZN 3.66% Microsoft, Google and Facebook FB 1.83% parent Meta Platforms have spent years battling for engineers and...
Buffalo Shooting Tests Internet Antiterrorism Accord
WELLINGTON, New Zealand—The live-streaming of a shooting rampage at a supermarket in Buffalo, N.Y., demonstrated the strengths and limitations of...
Facebook Deliberately Caused Havoc in Australia to Influence New Law, Whistleblowers Say
Last year when Facebook FB -5.90% blocked news in Australia in response to potential legislation making platforms pay publishers for...
Google-Facebook Ad Deal Is Investigated by EU, U.K.
The European Union and the U.K. opened formal antitrust investigations into whether Alphabet Inc.’s GOOG -0.88% Google and Facebook FB...
Russia Targets Media Outlets With ‘Fake News’ Law, Blocks Facebook
Russia passed a law that threatens prison time for anyone publishing what authorities consider to be false information about the...
Tech Companies Are Reopening Their Offices, but Tech Work Has Changed Forever
Tech companies are inching closer to reopening their offices, but it’s clear the way they work will never be the...
Facebook, Apple and Other Tech Giants Face Rising Pressure Over Ukraine
U.S. tech giants are under pressure from both Russia and the West to respond to the conflict in Ukraine, highlighting...
