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Facebook parent company Meta joins UK anti-scams initiative

The tech giant has joined Stop Scams UK, a body of businesses working to stop scammers.

The Independent UK

Facebook angers Silicon Valley staff by axing free laundry service

Soon after social media giant recorded first ever drop in users, parent company Meta began ‘adjusting’ employee perks

The Independent UK

Irish Data Watchdog, South African Competition Commission Penalize Facebook Parent Meta

Privacy watchdog Irish Data Protection Commission penalized Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ:FB) €17 million ($19 million) for failing to prevent a series of data breaches on its Facebook platform in 2018, Bloomberg reports. The breach affected up to 50 million accounts. "This fine is about record-keeping practices from 2018 that we have since updated,…

Benzinga

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Irish Watchdog Fines Meta 17 Mln Euros for Data Breach

Ireland's data regulator on Tuesday said it was imposing a 17 million euro ($18.7 million) fine on Facebook parent Meta Platforms after an inquiry into 12 data breach notifications the regulator received in 2018. The country's Data Protection Commissioner said it had found that "Meta Platforms failed to have in…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Meta To Hire 2K Employees Over The Next 5 Years In Spain

Facebook owner Meta Platform Inc (NASDAQ:FB) is looking to hire 2,000 people over the next five years in Spain, Reuters reports. The 2,000 employees will mainly staff the company's first 'lab,' a flexible base for its remote workers, in Madrid. Facebook will establish a Metaverse Innovation Hub with local telecoms firm Telefonica SA (NYSE:TEF). Spain…

Benzinga

Facebook parent company hit by 17 million euro fine by Irish regulator

In a statement on Tuesday, the DPC said that it had found that Meta had breached EU data protection rules.

The Independent UK

Activist acquitted of lese majeste

The lower court has acquitted a political activist of lese majeste and computer crime charges due to the lack of witnesses and evidence to support the allegations.

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Russian government accounts are using a Twitter loophole to spread disinformation

In February this year, reports surfaced on Twitter and Facebook that the Ukrainian government was undertaking a mass genocide of civilians. Around the same time, conspiracy theorists began saying Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy was an agent of the “New World Order”.

The Conversation

Pakistan captain Babar Azam scores first Test century in two years as hosts end day four of second Test trailing by 313 runs

Pakistan captain Babar Azam scored his first Test ton in more than two years on day four to give his side hope of making it out of the second Test in Karachi with at least a draw.

ABC News

Inside Facebook and BJP’s world of ghost advertisers

Facebook allowed surrogate advertisers to secretly fund BJP’s election campaigns, boosting its reach on the platform.

Al Jazeera

Facebook owner to help train Australian politicians, influencers in run-up to election

Facebook owner Meta Platforms will help train Australian political candidates on aspects of cyber security and coach influencers to stop the spread of misinformation in a bid to boost the integrity of an upcoming election, it said on Tuesday.

Reuters

Ukraine-Russia war updates: Ukrainians claim Russian strikes hit apartment building in Kyiv, China denies claims Russia asked for military equipment — as it happened

Ukraine officials say a series of Russian strikes have hit a residential neighbourhood in Kyiv, igniting a huge fire and frantic rescue effort in a 15-storey apartment building.

ABC News

Brand new 106 bed luxury hotel for Dublin's Docklands given green light

It will be one of only three hotels in the north Docklands area which is home to such blue-chip business as Central Bank, Google, Facebook, Yahoo and Version

Dublin Live

Facebook's parent company Meta plans Australian election ramp-up as it prepares for rise in misinformation and threats against politicians

Facebook's parent company Meta will have dedicated staff monitoring the platform in the coming Australian federal election. But it's the safety of politicians that also has the company's attention.

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Benzinga

BofA Cuts Price Target On This Social Media Giant By 12%

BofA analyst Justin Post lowered Meta Platforms Inc's (NASDAQ:FB) price target to $290, down from $330, but reiterated a Buy. The price target implies an upside of 54%. Post noted that Russia's invasion of Ukraine would have a "modest impact" on advertising sales of the Facebook parent. Also Read: Deutsche Bank Still Finds Big Tech…

The Guardian - UK

Facebook and Instagram users not allowed to call for death of Putin

Update from parent company Meta says ‘calls for the death of a head of state’ are banned

StockNews.com

Inflation, Blockchain, and Bitcoin Futures: An Interview with Anthony Scaramucci

SkyBridge Capital Founder, Anthony Scaramucci, joins Melissa Francis in a discussion about inflation, blockchain, and Bitcoin Futures.

Chronicle Live

Introducing North East's biggest pizza as 32 inch beast that can barely fit through the door challenges super eaters and delights fans on TikTok

People are traveling from Manchester and Leeds to try the 32 inch pizza after spotting it on TikTok and Facebook

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The Independent UK

Russian influencers bid tearful goodbyes to followers after Instagram ban

Russia has blocked Instagram and Facebook amid social media crackdown

Input

Meta says Ukrainians can't wish for Putin's death on Facebook anymore

The company narrowed its guidelines on violent speech over the weekend. Whatever could have made them do that?

Edinburgh Live

Devastated bride finds out dream wedding cancelled after going on Facebook

The mum-of-two was dealt the final blow last month when she searched the site's Facebook page and discovered a series of posts announcing the hotel's closure - with all weddings off.

Benzinga

Meta Prohibits Ukraine's Content Policy Calling For Death Of State Head

Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ:FB) narrowed its content moderation policy for Ukraine to prohibit calls for the death of a head of state, Reuters reports. Meta's internal post stated, "We are now narrowing the focus to make it explicitly clear in the guidance that it is never to be interpreted as condoning violence…

Daily Record

Heartbroken bride-to-be finds out dream wedding is cancelled on Facebook

Jade White, 29, booked Park Hall hotel for her big day four years ago after looking all over the country for the perfect venue.

France 24

How Russian YouTubers are trying to get around censorship

The Russian government has blocked Facebook, Twitter and TikTok and passed a new media law that imposed a prison term of up to 15 years for intentionally spreading “fake news” about the country’s military. Our team spoke to Maya Volf, who works as a producer for Russian opposition YouTuber Ilya…

Asharq Al-Awsat

War Censorship Exposes Putin's Leaky Internet Controls

Long before waging war on Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin was working to make Russia's internet a powerful tool of surveillance and social control akin to China's so-called Great Firewall. So when Western tech companies began cutting ties with Russia following its invasion, Russian investigative journalist Andrei Soldatov was alarmed.

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