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'When we started our studio, we were building the wrong games.' Millions of Meta Quest owners are playing games like Ug VR every month, and they're redefining VR as we once knew it

Many thought games like Assassin's Creed, Batman, and The Walking Dead were the future of VR. Turns out, they were wrong.

Android Central

Meta's subscription plans are the tip of a terrible pay-to-engage iceberg and may be the beginning of the end for social media as we know it

Meta's Plus subscription plan is probably the worst thing to happen to social media since the dislike button.

TechRadar

How Is Meta’s Stock Performance Compared to Other Internet Stocks?

Meta has trailed behind the broader internet industry recently, but analysts are highly upbeat about its future prospects.

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Meta launches subscription push to ease investor concerns over soaring AI costs

Meta on Wednesday launched paid subscription plans for its flagship apps, marking a major push by the tech giant to diversify beyond its long-standing reliance on advertising revenue.

Euronews

Meta Introduces Paid Subscriptions for Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp

In a major shift away from its heavily advertisement-driven business model, Meta has officially announced paid subscription plans for its three biggest platforms — Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp. The move marks one of the company’s biggest attempts yet to diversify its revenue streams beyond digital advertising.

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73 Unhinged FB Marketplace Finds Deep Within The Appalachian Mountain Towns

Scrolling through local classifieds in a quiet mountain town usually reveals ordinary furniture and used trucks. Instead, digital explorers tracking regional internet listings have stumbled onto an entirely different world of bizarre items and homegrown inventions hidden deep in the hills. These highly questionable local listings feature everything from strange…

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Fake Pride, masked men and a surge in misinformation ahead of Armenia’s election

There has been a “tenfold increase” since the start of May in misinformation circulating online in Armenia ahead of the June 7 parliamentary elections, according to Artur Papyan, the director of Armenia’s Media Diversity Institute. Both the ruling party and the opposition – as well as foreign interests – have…

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Racist comments, antisemitic videos, AI deepfakes: Social media fails to remove hate speech in EU

Social media users complained of hate speech mainly from France, followed by Belgium and Italy.

Euronews

Meta's paid subscription: Soon you have to pay more for Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp Plus to access new features

Meta subscription: Meta has introduced paid subscription plans for Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp. These plans offer users extra features for a monthly fee. Instagram Plus and Facebook Plus cost $3.99, while WhatsApp Plus is $2.99. The company is also developing subscription plans for businesses and creators. This move comes as…

The Economic Times

Meta launches paid subscriptions for Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp

Meta has launched paid subscriptions for Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, offering enhanced features like audience growth tools, premium stickers, and custom app icons. These new plans aim to diversify revenue beyond advertising, with Instagram Plus and Facebook Plus priced at $3.99/month and WhatsApp Plus at $2.99/month.

The Economic Times

No, federal government does not spend $1tn each year

A social media post makes multiple claims about how much the Australian government spends each year, but several of the figures are wrong.

AAP

Anti-abortion activist concedes pictures of human foetuses may have been sugar glider joeys

Joanna Howe posts on social media that if purported images of human foetuses are in fact sugar gliders, ‘it doesn’t actually matter’

The Guardian - AU

“Dangerous” Stepbrother Accused In Anna Kepner Cruise Ship Tragedy Walks Free While Chilling New Details Emerge

The 16-year-old accused of asphyxiating his stepsister aboard a cruise ship remains free ahead of trial.

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Lawyer For Tourist Who Hurled Rock At Beloved Seal Provides Unusual Justification For His Client’s Actions

“Weakest excuse ever,” a netizen wrote while reacting to the lawyer’s explanation.

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The Medicare “Benefit Boost” Claim Circulating on Facebook — and Why Experts Say Seniors Should Be Careful

If you have spent any time on Facebook recently, chances are you have seen advertisements promising seniors a huge new Medicare “benefit boost.” Some ads...

The Guardian - UK

Calls for Barnsley Reform councillor to resign over apparent swastika tattoo

Publicly accessible Facebook images dating back to 2018 appear to show the symbol on Andy Arnold’s arm

Radio France Internationale

Meta accused of restricting sexual health and queer Instagram accounts

Instagram accounts linked to reproductive rights, sexual health and LGBTQIA+ groups have been disabled or restricted, organisations affected by the measures say.

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‘POST HIS PICTURE’: NY man gives server his number since she is ‘not married.’ Then a simple Facebook search exposes him

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The Guardian - UK

Reform UK spending on Facebook ads surged before May elections

Party spent £252,000 in last two weeks of campaign on its main Facebook pages compared with Labour’s £276,000

Euronews

Can social media be safer? | Euronews Tech Talks

Content moderation, regulation, and litigation are some of the ways to make social media platforms more secure, but how effective are they?

AAP

Fake professor used in housing minister smear campaign

Disinformation spreaders have used a fictional academic to raise questions about the claimed rise in wealth of a government minister.

The Independent UK

Supreme Court rejects Meta's appeal in Vermont social media addiction case

The Supreme Court has rejected a push to avoid a lawsuit alleging Facebook and Instagram harmed young users, a decision that comes as social-media companies increasingly face legal scrutiny

The Independent UK

70-year-old skydiver killed after mid-air collision with another jumper

Randy Hubbs of Kennewick, Washington, died after colliding with a fellow skydiver at about 1,000 feet above the ground

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71 Savage And Clever Comments That Completely Upstaged The Post

The internet is full of witty and creative people. You don’t have to look far to find them—very often, they’re lurking in the comments, typing something hilarious to make everyone laugh. And there are moments when the comments are far funnier than the original posts, elevating them from merely good…

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Daughter’s crispy chicken lunch infested with maggots

A woman who bought crispy fried chicken at a market, intending to share it with her young daughter, was horrified to find the inside meat was crawling with maggots.

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