Norway threatens US$100,000 daily fine on Meta over data
OSLO, NORWAY — Norway’s data protection agency said Monday it would ban Facebook and Instagram owner Meta from using the…
Unlikely savior: Musk’s antics give Zuckerberg PR makeover
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES — After years of bad press and scandal, Mark Zuckerberg is seeing his reputation spruced up in…
‘Meta loses more’: Zuckerberg takes Threads fight to EU
PARIS, FRANCE — US tech titan Mark Zuckerberg has plunged into a high-stakes game of brinkmanship with the European Union…
Facebook alters fact-checking controls for US users
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES — Meta-owned Facebook has handed US users the controls over fact-checked content, in a potentially significant move…
Musk threatens lawsuit as Twitter rival Threads takes off
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES — Twitter threatened to sue Meta just hours after the Instagram parent company launched Threads, an app…
Meta launches Twitter rival Threads — but not in Europe
by Alex Pigman with Thomas Urbain in New York Facebook behemoth Meta officially launched Threads, its text-based rival to Twitter,…
Twitter chaos leaves door open for Meta’s rival app
PARIS, FRANCE — Elon Musk spent the weekend further alienating Twitter users with more drastic changes to the social media…
News publishers face declining Facebook referrals amid Meta’s shift from news
A decline in Facebook referral traffic has significantly impacted major news publishers such as Reach in the UK and Buzzfeed…
Malaysia threatens legal action against Meta over failure to remove harmful content
KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA — Malaysia threatened to take legal action against Meta on Friday, accusing the tech giant of failing…
Meta guru says ChatGPT-style AI is out-of-date
PARIS, FRANCE — The chief scientist for Facebook owner Meta on Tuesday said that generative AI, the technology behind ChatGPT,…