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Here's Why Morgan Stanley Slashed Facebook Parent Meta's Price Target by 10%

Morgan Stanley analyst Brian Nowak lowered the price target on Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ:FB) to $325 from $360 and reiterated Overweight. The price target implies an upside of 59.7%. Nowak noted lower near-term monetization of Reels. Benchmark analyst Mark Zgutowicz harbored similar feelings and therefore initiated coverage on the stock with a Hold and without any…

Benzinga

NSW flood-affected towns turn to Facebook and WhatsApp after local news sources disappear

Larger mastheads have subsumed regional newspapers, creating news deserts and leaving communities reliant on social media

The Guardian - AU

Facebook, Apple, Google Ban Their Products and Services In Russia

Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ: FB) globally demoted content from Russian state-controlled media outlets' Facebook pages, Instagram accounts, and posts containing links to those outlets on Facebook,

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Biden's State of the Union Highlights Absurd Reach of Federal Government

Plus: Facebook blocks and free speech, Elizabeth Warren is wrong about cryptocurrency (again), and more...

Reason

Has Big Tech finally picked a side in Russia’s war on Ukraine?

It’s not just tanks, it’s technology on the frontline. Interventions like banning state-affiliated media and providing satellite internet are causing chaos for the enemy, says Chris Stokel-Walker

Evening Standard

TechScape: How the internet became a key front in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

Google, Meta, Twitter, TikTok (and Elon Musk, obviously) have been dragged into the conflict

The Guardian - UK

Nick Clegg has the power now to right Facebook’s wrongs. This is how he should do it

The former UK politician must act to end the company’s profit-driven cycle of tearing societies and democracies apart, says Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen

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Meta rejects Craig Kelly’s demand to suspend factchecking on Facebook during election campaign

United Australia party leader tells parliamentary committee Facebook enforcing its community standards on politcians’ posts is ‘foreign interference’

The Guardian - AU

How Indian cos, big & small, are building tech for the metaverse

Ever since Facebook took the radical step of putting all their eggs in a single metaverse basket, going so far as to change the company’s name to Meta, the concept has taken the tech world by storm. While some hail it as the next evolutionary step of the internet, others…

The Times of India

State of the Union: Joe Biden shuts US airspace to Russia over Ukraine invasion and outlines plan to ease cost of living for Americans — as it happened

The US President has promised further action to punish Russian leader Vladimir Putin and outlined his vision to ease Americans' rising cost of living in his first State of the Union address. Look back over our live blog.

ABC News

Apple to pause product sales in Russia as tech firms feel pressure over Ukraine

Tech giant details range of responses to invasion as Facebook faces calls for ‘more aggressive action’ after curbs on Russian media

The Guardian - US

Ukraine envoy, Facebook whistleblower to sit with Jill Biden

Ukraine's ambassador to the United States and the former Facebook employee who shed light on what her employer may have known about the damage it can cause are among first lady Jill Biden's guests for President Joe Biden's State of the Union address Tuesday night

The Independent UK

Facebook whistleblower attends State of the Union as Biden calls for crackdown on social media firms

Frances Haugen accused Facebook of prioritising money over public safety before Congress last fall

The Independent UK

At least 21 killed, over people injured in shelling of Kharkiv as Ukrainians flee to neighbouring countries: As it happened

The UN's nuclear watchdog believes Russia has taken control of the nuclear power plant site at Zaporizhzhia, in Ukraine's south-east. As it happened.

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NSW, Queensland floods live updates: Residents of several Sydney suburbs ordered to evacuate by SES

People in suburbs stretching across Sydney's north and south west have been ordered to evacuate as the flood-crisis in New South Wales worsens.

The Independent UK

The rise of hoax news: How a shameful new industry is profiting from war

The extremely online nature of modern warfare has spawned a cottage industry of scammers, fraud artists, and disinformation merchants trying to profit from crisis, Io Dodds writes

Reuters

Facebook, Instagram globally demoting posts from Russian state media -Meta

Meta Platforms is globally demoting content from Russian state-controlled media outlets' Facebook pages and Instagram accounts, as well as posts containing links to those outlets on Facebook, the company's head of global affairs said on Tuesday.

The Independent UK

Facebook hopes to stay online in Russia ‘to offer counter-speech to propaganda’

Head of global affairs, Sir Nick Clegg, said the platform wants to offer a place for Russians to get information and oppose the war in Ukraine.

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Wales Online

Collections for Ukraine near me: How you can help those in need

Most donation sites say they have received enough clothes - but they're desperate for toiletries, baby products and long-lasting food items

Asharq Al-Awsat

Google, Meta Face Penalties in Russia as Deadline Passes to Open Local Offices

Alphabet Inc's (GOOGL.O) Google and Facebook owner Meta Platforms Inc (FB.O) are among internet companies facing possible punitive measures in Russia after failing to open local offices and take other measures required by a communications law. Russian legislation signed by President Vladimir Putin has obliged foreign social media companies with…

Reuters

Russia reinstates Twitter slowdown, says Meta, Google are 'instigators of war'

Russia cracked down on social media companies on Tuesday, reinstating a slowdown of Twitter traffic on computers, as a foreign ministry official accused Meta, Google and other Western tech giants of inciting war.

The New Daily

Armed selfies and Molotov cocktails: What the invasion of Ukraine looks like on social media

Social media platforms are saturated with surreal images and videos from Ukraine, from civilians making Molotov cocktails to a beauty queen taking up arms.

Al Jazeera

Profile: Who are Ukraine’s far-right Azov regiment?

The far-right neo-Nazi group has expanded to be part of Ukraine’s armed forces, a street militia and a political party.

Los Angeles Times

'It's all from Bunnies': Inside the 'vicious' feud tearing Playboy alumni apart

LOS ANGELES — For the last month, PJ Masten says her Facebook inbox has been filled with death threats.

Chicago Tribune

‘What do you do when you can’t agree on reality?’ Demise of popular suburban coronavirus Facebook group highlights pandemic’s divisions

CHICAGO — The final argument in the 4,500-member Oak Park Coronavirus Facebook group earlier this month was more exhausted than fierce.

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