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Meta Warns of Password Stealing Phone Apps

Meta warned a million Facebook users Friday that they have been "exposed" to seemingly innocuous smartphone applications designed to steal passwords to the social network. So far this year, Meta has identified more than 400 "malicious" apps tailored for smartphones powered by Apple or Android software and available at the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

This Is What Whales Are Betting On Meta Platforms

A whale with a lot of money to spend has taken a noticeably bearish stance on Meta Platforms. Looking at options history for Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META) we detected 41 strange trades.

Benzinga

Meta alerts Apple, Google to malicious apps designed to steal personal data

The apps are promoted as photo editors and games, and lure users in before asking for their social media login details.

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Meta detects more than 400 mobile apps stealing Facebook passwords

About 1M Facebook users were possibly affected, one company leader said.

Axios

Here's what Elon Musk will likely do with Twitter if he buys it

Musk says he'd loosen rules against spreading misinformation, allow former President Donald Trump back on Twitter, shake up the company's business model and find new revenue sources.

WEKU

Facebook UK pays £29m corporation tax despite record £3.3bn sales

Advertising revenue surged last year at social media firm where average staff pay rose to £262,000

The Guardian - UK

Disinformation in Spanish is prolific on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube despite vows to act

Social media platforms’ failure to eradicate the false information amounts to aiding and abetting disenfranchisement, advocates say

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Facebook’s London employee pay surges past £260,000

Facebook’s UK employee headcount swelled to 5,148 in 2021, with the vast majority based in London

Evening Standard

Facebook aided genocide in 2017 and fails to stop hate speech around the world: reports

A new human rights report accuses Facebook of aiding the 2017 genocide against Muslims in Myanmar, while other reports allege the company continues to allow its platform to spread dangerous disinformation and hate speech in other countries.

Tribune News Service

Nigeria regulator seeks $70M penalty in lawsuit against Meta

A Nigerian advertising regulator has sued Meta, accusing the owner of Facebook and WhatsApp of publishing unauthorized ads

The Independent UK

TechScape: Social media firms face a safety reckoning after the Molly Russell inquest

In this week’s newsletter: The question of tougher regulation is back following an inquest into the death of a 14-year-old who viewed significant amounts of harmful online content

The Guardian - UK

What worked for the PS4 could work for the PSVR 2

Meta is focused on how the Quest 2 and Quest Pro could change work. For the PSVR 2, all Sony needs to do is focus on one thing: great gaming.

Inverse

Meta Quest 2 review — a solid entry-level VR headset

Decent specs and a comfortable, plus the Quest's expansive apps and games library, made the Meta Quest 2 the best all-around VR headset at launch. It's now been replaced by the Meta Quest 3, but it's still a great entry-level headset.

Tom’s Guide

Sheryl Sandberg steps into abortion fight with ACLU donation

Sheryl Sandberg opened her next chapter as a full-time philanthropist Tuesday with a donation to the American Civil Liberties Union to fight state abortion bans across the country

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Amazon is building the anti-metaverse with 'ambient intelligence'

Amidst an hour of product updates, Amazon suggests pervasive access to Wi-Fi and Alexa is an alternative to the tech industry's obsession with mixed reality.

Benzinga

What Are Whales Doing With Meta Platforms

Someone with a lot of money to spend has taken a bearish stance on Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META). And retail traders should know. We noticed this today when the big position showed up on publicly available options history that we track here at Benzinga.

The Guardian - UK

Molly Russell was trapped by the cruel algorithms of Pinterest and Instagram

The coroner’s verdict was a world first in citing social media as a causal factor in a death

Inverse

Quest 3 potential release date, leaks, and rumors for Meta's new VR headset

Oculus Quest 3 renders tease the potential design of a successor to the Meta Quest 2 VR headset.

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Meta will reportedly release affordable Meta Quest 3 in 2023

The Meta Quest 3 is said to boast less power than the Quest Pro, but is still a step up from Quest 2

Evening Standard

‘Incredibly brave’: Prince of Wales hails Molly Russell’s parents after inquest

William spoke out after a coroner ruled social media content contributed to the death of the 14-year-old

Chronicle Live

Schoolgirl Molly Russell died after viewing online posts 'no child should see', says coroner

Molly Russell, 14, from Harrow in north-west London, ended her life in November 2017, prompting her family to campaign for better internet safety

The Independent UK

Online Safety Bill amendment to be brought forward after Molly Russell inquest

Baroness Beeban Kidron said she will table a change to the legislation in the House of Lords after the coroner’s conclusion on Friday.

The Independent UK

‘Global first’ ruling that online content contributed to Molly Russell’s death

Coroner Andrew Walker said the material viewed by the teenager should not have been available for a child to see.

The Independent UK

Pornhub asks Instagram why sex workers can’t post images of ‘ass’, but Kim Kardashian can in open letter

‘Why are we denied the same treatment?’

The Independent UK

Negative effects of online content ‘contributed to Molly Russell’s death’

Molly Russell ended her life in November 2017.

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