World’s richest tech execs lose over $400 billion in 2022 Elon Musk’s wealth has been the hardest hit this year, losing over $140 billion Evening Standard · Dec 28, 2022
WhatsApp to stop working on 49 smartphone models TODAY leaving millions without app Users with older iPhones and Androids handsets will need to get an upgrade after December 31 in order to use WhatsApp going into the New Year Daily Mirror · Dec 27, 2022
Sorry, 'metaverse' is the word of the year whether you like it or not Thanks to brands like Fortnite, Meta, and Roblox, the metaverse is making an obvious impact on the way we socialize, shop, and play. Inverse · Dec 24, 2022
Meta Employees Undermine Zuckerberg’s Metaverse Strategy Meta employees are expressing discontent with Mark Zuckerberg and his metaverse strategy on anonymous jobs forums such as Blind. Zenger · Dec 24, 2022
Facebook parent Meta will pay $725M to settle user data case Facebook’s corporate parent has agreed to pay $725 million to settle a lawsuit alleging the world’s largest social media platform allowed millions of its users’ personal information to be fed to Cambridge Analytica The Independent UK · Dec 23, 2022
Facebook parent Meta will pay $725M to settle a privacy suit over Cambridge Analytica The proposed settlement is a result of revelations that the information of up to 87 million people may have been improperly shared with the data analytics firm that worked for political campaigns. WEKU · Dec 23, 2022
Meta agrees to pay $725 million over Cambridge Analytica scandal Meta Platforms Inc. 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. Tribune News Service · Dec 23, 2022
Zuckerberg testifies that Meta's lack of VR fitness app doesn’t keep him up at night Meta Platforms Inc. Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg says the fact his company doesn’t have a virtual reality fitness app up doesn’t keep him up at night, but acquiring it would boost competition and improve such applications. Tribune News Service · Dec 20, 2022
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg takes witness stand in FTC case Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Facebook parent company Meta, is on the witness stand in a California courtroom as part of the U.S. antitrust regulators' effort to stop the tech giant from buying a virtual reality startup The Independent UK · Dec 20, 2022
Twitter users voted Elon Musk out. But CEO or not, he’ll still call the shots Even if the multi-billionaire owner accepts his user poll and stands down, his machinations seem likely to ruin the company, says tech writer Sarah Manavis The Guardian - UK · Dec 20, 2022
Commentary: What we should and should not do about kids and social media Chances are if you’ve read the news in the past year you’ve seen a headline like these: It's time to go nuclear. Mark Zuckerberg is choosing profit over children. We need to ban kids from social media … And who could disagree with them? After all, you must be some… Tribune News Service · Dec 19, 2022
The tech ‘nepo babies’ are coming Dual-class shares are ensuring founder families can control companies indefinitely Financial Times · Dec 18, 2022
Tech titan John Carmack leaves Meta as doubts swirl about Mark Zuckerberg’s metaverse push Comments like "we constantly self-sabotage and squander effort" in his exit letter will do little to reassure nervous Meta investors. Fortune · Dec 17, 2022
FTC didn't stop Facebook-Instagram. How about Meta-Within? Facebook parent Meta is sparring with the FTC over its pending acquisition of a virtual reality fitness company Within Unlimited in federal court in San Jose, California, where CEO Mark Zuckerberg is expected to testify as a witness The Independent UK · Dec 16, 2022
The Independent UK · Dec 15, 2022 Florida freshman facing legal threats for tracking Elon Musk’s jet says the Twitter CEO is a ‘hypocrite’ Jack Sweeney, 20, says he’s not worried about being sued by world’s second richest man: “He has spiralled the whole Twitter thing out of control”
InsideEVs · Dec 13, 2022 Industry Leaders Weigh In On Elon Musk And His Moves On Twitter Musk added Twitter to his repertoire of high-profile companies, undergoing increasing scrutiny. Despite much uncertainty, he is getting some positive attention.
The Independent UK · Dec 11, 2022 Election nonprofit that drew GOP ire in 2020 renews grants A nonprofit group that became a point of controversy for distributing millions of dollars in election grants during the 2020 presidential campaign is releasing a fresh round of money to local election offices
The Guardian - AU · Dec 9, 2022 Five Great Reads: Facebook’s virtual insanity, looking back on Qatar, and an awkward breakup Guardian Australia’s weekend wrap of essential reads from the past seven days, selected by Kris Swales
The Independent UK · Dec 8, 2022 FTC challenges Meta acquisition of VR company in court Federal regulators open their campaign to block Facebook parent Meta’s acquisition of virtual-reality company Within Unlimited and its fitness app Supernatural, with opening arguments beginning Thursday in San Jose, California
Daily Mirror · Dec 7, 2022 WhatsApp brings in new avatar feature for its 2billion users starting today WhatsApp is making a huge change it its app today as Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that it will finally start rolling out 3D avatars that can be personalised
The Guardian - UK · Dec 7, 2022 First Thing: Democrats celebrate as Raphael Warnock wins Georgia runoff Republican Herschel Walker concedes as Warnock celebrates bolstering the Democratic party’s Senate majority
Los Angeles Times · Dec 7, 2022 Commentary: What Sam Bankman-Fried’s grungy T-shirt reveals about genius and gender Is slovenliness an index of genius? This is one of the questions raised by the downfall of “crypto wunderkind” Sam Bankman-Fried, or SBF, as he is known.
The Guardian - UK · Dec 7, 2022 ‘The metaverse will be our slow death!’ Is Facebook losing its $100bn gamble on virtual reality? The company now known as Meta has spent staggering amounts on creating an immersive successor to the traditional 2D internet. But what has it got to show for it, apart from 11,000 job losses?
Fortune · Dec 6, 2022 Meta had a system to protect celebrity Facebook and Instagram accounts from moderation An independent review found Meta's "cross-check" program to have protected celebrity figures from moderation protocols.
Fortune · Dec 6, 2022 Meta bans staff from discussing 'very disruptive' topics including abortion, gun rights and vaccines in new 'community engagement expectations' “We’ll no longer allow for every type of expression at work, but we think this is the right thing to do for the long-term health of our internal community.”