“It’s a GOP propaganda mill,” one observer said of the social media platform. The new revelation Wednesday that Facebook hired one of the largest Republican consulting firms in the United States to carry out a public attack campaign against rival platform TikTok was seen as further evidence of the social media behemoth’s growing alliance with the […]
WASHINGTON — The same technology companies that helped drag the U.S. stock market back from the depths of the pandemic recession in 2021 led the market into a sharp plunge on Thursday after Meta Platforms, the company that owns Facebook, revealed that user growth on its marquee product has hit a plateau, and revenue from advertising […]
Facebook announced Thursday it was changing its name to Meta, rechristening itself as a digitally innovative company moving beyond 2D screens even as insider revelations paint the tech giant as apathetic toward hate speech, misinformation and mental health. Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg said during Thursday’s livestreamed augmented reality and virtual reality (VR) conference […]
Facebook says it will no longer allow advertisers to target those 18 and under based on their interests and activity on other sites. The new policy, which also applies to Instagram and Facebook Messenger, still allows targeting of teens, but only based on age, gender and location. Cutoff ages may vary by country as Facebook […]