Tag: Meta

Bringing people closer every day through Meta with Lauren Smallwood

Although Facebook and Instagram have somehow become a part of people’s everyday lives, many still do not know how to properly use their features to...

Meta gets approval for appeal on Cambridge Analytica issue

Meta, formerly Facebook Inc, got the nod from the High Court to hear its appeal regarding the decision involving the Cambridge Analytica issue. The appeal...

Meta’s first human rights report: A pat on its own back?

In response to allegations of biased content moderation, Meta, the owner of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, released its first yearly human rights report. According to...

Meta takes action against Facebook and Instagram data scrapers

Meta has filed separate lawsuits against a company and an individual for scraping data from Facebook and Instagram. The first lawsuit is against Octopus, a...

Meta, Microsoft, and others converge for an ‘open metaverse’

Tech giants joined forces to form the “Metaverse Standards Forum,” to create the interoperability standards required for an open metaverse. The organization’s founding members are<span...

Instagram launches new parental supervision features

Concerned parents will now be able to check how much time their teenager spends scrolling on Instagram as the social media giant rolls out family-friendly...

Digital platforms to sign new EU Anti-Disinformation Code

The Financial Times (FT) reported Meta, Twitter, Google, Microsoft, and TikTok are all planning to sign a revamped version of the EU’s ‘anti-disinformation code.’ The...

Tech giants’ 2021 misinformation transparency reports

The first annual review of the Australian Code of Practice on Disinformation and Misinformation have commenced and recommendations to improve the code are coming from...

McDonald’s partners with Meta’s Workplace to improve crew communications

McDonald’s has partnered with Meta’s Workplace to use the platform as a communication and shift management tool. Workplace is a business collaboration software that Meta...

Voluntary misinformation code’s first review launched

A year after introducing the voluntary misinformation code, the Digital Industry Group (DIGI) launched its first review of the code. It had also produced its...

Meta, Pinterest, TikTok launch initiatives for Pride Month 

Meta, Pinterest, and TikTok have introduced a range of new additions to their platforms in celebration of the Pride Month. “Forward With Pride” Meta launched...

Sheryl Sandberg ends 14-year tenure as Facebook COO

After 14 years, Sheryl Sandberg is stepping down from her role as Chief Operating Officer (COO) at Meta, formerly known as Facebook. Sandberg will leave...

Sims says Facebook should be designated under media bargaining code

Due to its failure to negotiate with some news sites, including SBS and The Conversation, Former Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) Chair Rod Sims...

DC Attorney-General sues Facebook’s Zuckerberg for data breach

Mark Zuckerberg, head of Facebook-owner Meta, is being sued by the US District of Columbia over the Cambridge Analytica leaks that compromised the personal data...

Facebook parent Meta’s market value plunges $321 billion

Facebook owner Meta Platforms has seen its biggest stock market loss by almost $US 230 billion ($A321 billion), which came on the eve of Facebook’s...

Hearable technology, smart glasses to dominate disruptive 2022

Hearable technology will dominate wearable technology in 2022, but much bigger themes threaten to disrupt consumers and business, analysts say. Wearable tech such as ear...

UK watchdog tells Facebook, now Meta, to sell Giphy

The UK’s antitrust watchdog has blocked Facebook’s acquisition of Giphy and ordered the social network to sell off the GIF-sharing platform, saying the deal hurts...