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Scott Morrison has taken to his huge Facebook following to slam the tech giant for banning Australians from accessing news on its platform. The US social media giant has infuriated Australians after blocking them from reading and sharing local news in response to a world-first law to make tech giants pay media companies for the … Read more
Apple CEO Tim Cook claims Facebook’s personalized ads cause ‘violence and polarization’ in the latest round of the Silicon Valley battle over privacy Cook was speaking at a virtual conference out of Brussels on Thursday He has long criticized the use of targeted advertising which Facebook and millions of other businesses – large and small … Read more
Facebook’s profits increased by 53 per cent last year compared to 2019, as the tech giant benefited from more people being at home during the pandemic and saw an increase in use of their platforms. Mark Zuckerberg, however, is sounding the alarm about forthcoming changes from Apple that could threaten Facebook. Facebook’s results for the … Read more
Facebook’s profits increased by 53 per cent last year compared to 2019, as the tech giant benefitted from more people being at home during the pandemic and saw an increase in use of their platforms. Their results for the final quarter of 2020, reported on Wednesday, came as Apple announced that it too had had … Read more
Unfriended! Facebook’s war with Competition and Markets Authority that could end in £3bn fine By Helen Cahill, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:51 GMT, 21 November 2020 | Updated: 21:51 GMT, 21 November 2020 Facebook has become embroiled in an explosive row with Britain’s markets watchdog that could result in a fine of up to … Read more
Reformed neo-Nazi who managed a far-right Facebook page reveals how she ‘manoeuvred around’ hate speech algorithms by making the page seem ‘palatable’ and saving Swastikas and Hitler references for the website Acacia Dietz was a member of the National Socialist Movement for two years She oversaw social media for the group – the US’ largest … Read more
Facebook has been going all in on augmented reality but the company isn’t just focused on what we see. In a post, the social media firm peeled back the curtain on Facebook Reality Labs’ pioneering work developing audio-enhancing technology. Their goal is to perfect ‘audio presence,’ where sounds from speakers, headphones or other devices are … Read more
Mark Zuckerberg spent September and October last year warning about the dangers posted by rival tech giant TikTok in what, according to a report on Sunday evening, was a deliberate attempt to turn Washington against the Beijing-owned company. TikTok has gained more than 100 million U.S. users and is widely seen as the biggest threat … Read more
Facebook has been accused of ‘actively promoting’ Holocaust denial on its platform, in a new report by a British think-tank. Researchers from the Institute for Strategic Dialogue, which works to counter extremism, found that people who had ‘liked’ Holocaust denial content on Facebook were directed to more of the same by the site’s algorithm. The … Read more
Facebook has revealed the ‘world’s thinnest’ virtual reality (VR) headset that looks like a pair of sunglasses and has holographic lenses for a more ‘vivid’ viewing experience. The social network, which has its own department dedicated to VR technologies, says the concept lenses are less than 0.3 inches (9mm) thick. The technology, which has been … Read more