The Latest Breaking News from Meta

This Plot Of Digital Land Just Sold For $14,420 In ETH In The SandBox

What happened: Virtual land tokenized as an NFT just sold for $14,420, which is 1.63x the current floor price of 3.0 Ether (CRYPTO: ETH). The estate consists of 166,464 plots of land –– each plot is 2,500 square feet in the metaverse.

Benzinga · Mar 2, 2022

Metaverse Land Just Sold For $14,685 (4 ETH) In The SandBox

What happened: Virtual land tokenized as an NFT just sold for $14,685, which is 1.66x the current floor price of 3.0 Ether (CRYPTO: ETH). The estate consists of 166,464 plots of land –– each plot is 2,500 square feet in the metaverse.

Benzinga · Mar 2, 2022

This Plot Of Digital Land Just Sold For $23,543 In ETH In The SandBox

What happened: Virtual land tokenized as an NFT just sold for $23,543, which is 2.67x the current floor price of 3.0 Ether (CRYPTO: ETH). The estate consists of 166,464 plots of land –– each plot is 2,500 square feet in the metaverse.

Benzinga · Mar 2, 2022

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 · Mar 2, 2022

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, 

Benzinga · Mar 2, 2022

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 · Mar 2, 2022

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 · Mar 2, 2022

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

The Guardian - UK · Mar 2, 2022

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 · Mar 2, 2022

Russia-Ukraine war: Military campaign on the ground, perception war online

On Saturday, February 26, while Russian troops bombarded Ukraine’s second-largest city Kharkiv, the country’s vice prime minister and minister of digital transformation Mykhailo Fedorov tweeted an appeal for donations in cryptocurrency. Reuters described this crypto crowdfunding appeal as “unprecedented”, pointing out that Ukraine’s online appeal for direct donations was the…

Newslaundry · Mar 2, 2022