Meta Platforms has agreed to pay $725 million to settle a long-running lawsuit that claimed Facebook illegally shared user data with the research firm Cambridge Analytica It’s “the largest recovery …
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MTN GlobalConnect lands 2Africa undersea cable in South Africa
The world’s longest undersea cable, 2Africa, has made landfall at Yzerfontein and is linked to its cable landing station at Duynefontein near Cape Town. MTN GlobalConnect officially announced the landing …
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Major Meta platform executive quits job at social media giant
A Meta Platforms Inc. executive who was instrumental in the acquisitions of Instagram, WhatsApp and Oculus said he is leaving the social media giant. Amin Zoufonoun, the company’s vice president …
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Mark Zuckerberg speaks on content moderation mistakes, explains company’s policy issues
Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook co-founder sought to explain some of the company’s more complicated policy issues this week during an interview with podcast host and martial arts commentator Joe Rogan. During …
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Meta Platforms-owned WhatsApp is rolling out several privacy features, including the ability to send messages while appearing offline and blocking screenshots of view-once messages. The messaging platform will also allow …
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Facebook and Instagram competes with TikTok, pushes more content.
Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg plans to more than double the amount of recommended content pushed to Facebook and Instagram users by the end of 2023. According to Zuckerberg, recommended …
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Apple’s stock plunges with $2trn market valuation on shaky ground
Tech giant Apple’s run as a $3 trillion stock which proved fleeting with its grip on a $2 trillion market value is looking wobbly, too. After briefly surpassing $3 trillion …
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Meta platforms’ COO Sheryl Sandberg announced in a Facebook post on Wednesday that she is leaving the company. She worked closely with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg for 14 years powering …
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TikTok has been conducting tests so users can play games on its video-sharing app in Vietnam, part of plans for a major push into gaming, four people familiar with the …