Yo Instagram! ‘Family Stallone’ Is a Heavyweight in Social Media Paramount Plus show’s millions of followers could attract sponsors for season 2 Broadcasting & Cable · Jun 28, 2023
You can't buy much for $1, except maybe a global company. Why PwC could be sold for less than the price of a stamp In a move that has taken the business world by surprise, PwC Australia this week offloaded its government consultancy business to Allegro Funds for just $1. The Conversation · Jun 28, 2023
Meta is making it easier to manage your kids' Instagram and Messenger addictions Messenger's Parental Supervision hub helps parents keep a close eye on things while Instagram tests message invites. TechRadar · Jun 27, 2023
Media mogul Mathias Döpfner plans to ‘be ahead of the curve’ on the A.I. boom—but says there’s a key value that only humans will be able to provide The Axel Springer CEO sat down with Fortune’s Alyson Shontell at Cannes Lions: “What we need is more investigative reporters, more experts who are reporting on certain topics, more great writers.” Fortune · Jun 27, 2023
Meta beefs up protections for teens on Messenger and Instagram, as new laws loom It probably won’t ward off all unwelcome regulation, but it does give Meta’s lobbyists some ammo. Fortune · Jun 27, 2023
Vital new parental controls are rolling out on Facebook, Instagram, and Messenger Meta is rolling out some new parental controls for its holy trinity of apps. iMore · Jun 27, 2023
Elon Musk vs Mark Zuckerberg fight: Training, odds and is it really happening? Twitter boss Elon Musk and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg have suggested that the two tech billionaires could meet in an MMA fight after back-and-forth on social media Manchester Evening News · Jun 27, 2023
Celebrity impersonators banned from Facebook protest outside Meta offices Dolly Parton, Taylor Swift, George Michael, Britney Spears, Adele and Freddie Mercury tribute artists stood outside the offices in King’s Cross. Evening Standard · Jun 27, 2023
Good news - WhatsApp will soon let businesses send you personalized messages Meta is trying to increase WhatsApp and Messenger revenue, but it’s building the tools to justify the costs. TechRadar · Jun 27, 2023
Social app IRL closes after just 5% of accounts found to be real IRL raised hundreds of millions of dollars, but will now return funds to shareholders Evening Standard · Jun 27, 2023
TechScape: Can the EU bring law and order to AI? As countries scramble to deal with the risks and rewards of AI, the European Union is way ahead on the first laws regulating artificial intelligence. Here’s what’s really in the new AI Act The Guardian - UK · Jun 27, 2023
Christina Aguilera sends fans into frenzy with totally see-through bodysuit Christina Aguilera sent fans into a frenzy as she stepped out to perform in a see-through bodysuit as she performed at New York's Pride Island event Daily Mirror · Jun 27, 2023
Social media news consumption slows globally It’s mostly due to Facebook's global pullback from news Axios · Jun 27, 2023
Meta launches more parental supervision tools for Instagram. Is it enough? Instagram and Facebook's parent company Meta is adding new parental supervision tools and privacy features to its platforms beginning Tuesday The Independent UK · Jun 27, 2023
Pedestrian.tv · Jun 27, 2023 A Qld Woman Was Ordered To Pay $280k To Her Neighbours After Making A Rancid FB Post About Them “The defamatory post has changed me," wrote one of her neighbours in a court statement.
Zenger · Jun 26, 2023 Tech Overload: Older Generation Struggles With Smart TVs And AI New poll shows 64% of over-65s comfortable with WhatsApp but only 12% with TikTok
Los Angeles Times · Jun 26, 2023 Brian Merchant: The tech elite's embrace of RFK Jr. is a grim omen for Silicon Valley's future Silicon Valley's archetypal hero is the founder of humble beginnings — he who, through grit, sweat and genius, unleashes a world-changing idea from his garage. It's hard to imagine someone more antithetical to that formula than a scion of the most powerful political dynasty in the nation. Yet Robert F.…
The Conversation · Jun 26, 2023 Fake news: EU targets political social media ads with tough new regulation proposal Throughout Europe, strict rules govern how traditional media operates during elections. Often that means imposing a period of silence so that voters can reflect on their choices without undue influence. In France, for example, no polls are allowed to be published on the day of an election.
The Conversation · Jun 26, 2023 Canada's Online News Act may let Meta and Google decide the winners and losers in the media industry The Online News Act, Bill C-18, was barely a few hours old when Meta announced it will soon start blocking Canadians from accessing and sharing news on Facebook, Instagram and all of its platforms.
The National (Scotland) · Jun 26, 2023 Labour bin 'temporary' pledge to raise taxes on tech giants LABOUR have ditched a pledge to raise taxes on multinational companies such as Facebook and Amazon in order to support small businesses ...
Wales Online · Jun 26, 2023 Protesters descend on Meta's office over censorship of women's health issues BBC Three presenter Cherry Healey joined the demonstrators, after a Bodyform advert was taken down by Facebook
Daily Mirror · Jun 25, 2023 Tom Holland reveals unlikely skills that helped him win over his girlfriend Zendaya Tom Holland has revealed that he once fixed his girlfriend Zendaya's door, flexing his carpentry skills and essentially winning over the Spider Man: No Way Home star
Daily Mirror · Jun 25, 2023 'Thousands of monkeys are being killed in blenders for sick online torture rings' There are among 20 people under investigation globally for being involved in trading brutal videos of baby long-tailed macaques having body parts amputated and being tortured and decapitated in Indonesia
Daily Mirror · Jun 25, 2023 Lily Rose Depp finds The Idol's racy scenes 'therapeutic' as the series attracts backlash Lily Rose Depp, who stars as upcoming pop star Jocelyn in The Idol, has admitted that she finds scenes where she strips off "therapeutic" and doesn't think there's "anything wrong" with enjoying it
Zenger · Jun 25, 2023 Former Kickboxer Offers To Train Musk For Cage Match Against Zuckerberg Andrew Tate assures the billionaire he won't lose; Meta banned Tate from platforms in 2022