Former President Donald Trump has officially revived his Facebook account, posting for the first time in over two years. Facebook’s parent company Meta lifted the ban placed on Trump in the aftermath of Jan. 6 earlier this year. “I’M BACK,” wrote the former president. The post featured a video of …
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Donald Trump is primed to get his Facebook and Instagram accounts back, as parent company Meta has decided that the ex-president who used social media to incite an insurrection should get another crack at posting to its platforms. A Meta spokesperson directed Rolling Stone to the company’s posted statement, which …
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Vernon Jones, aformer Democratic state representative-turned Trump Republican, has been ordered by a federal judge to pay $45,000 to a man he blocked on Facebook,accordingtoThe Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Jones blocked Tomas Miko, a DeKalb County resident from Georgia, from his social media page after they swapped political opinions online in March …
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Meta, the parent company of Facebook, has fired or disciplined dozens of employees and contractors — including Meta security guards — following an internal probe that revealed they were improperly accessing users’ accounts for reasons including bribery. The Wall Street Journal reports that, for years, the employees and contractors wrongly …
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Mark Zuckerberg is squaring up to Elon Musk in the competition of which tech CEOs can blow the most billions and make their workers suffer the consequences. As The New York Times reports, on Wednesday, Nov. 9, Zuckerberg announced that Facebook’s parent company, Meta, would lay off 13 percent of …
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The e-commerce landscape has evolved rapidly in recent years as more and more “shoppable” digital platforms emerge. Instead of only being able to make online purchases on a company’s website or Amazon page, consumers can also buy products directly through popular social media apps like Instagram or Facebook. Though there …
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One month after Facebook banned his Holocaust film, director Joshua Newton is suing its parent company Meta Platforms, Inc., for $700 million, alleging breach of contract, fraud and intentional infliction of emotional distress. Newton further alleges in his suit, brought with his son, Alexander, that the company has “long been …
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There’s nothing like the announcement of a serial killer on the loose to get a neighborhood buzzing. Earlier this month, authorities in Stockton, California, announced that they had linked six killings and one non-fatal shooting in the area since April 2021. As police called on the public to check their …
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Mark Zuckerberg’s dream of a truly immersive virtual landscape for work, play and socializing — “the metaverse” — has been plagued by technical challenges and criticism from the start. But that’s to be expected of what purports to be a game-changing Silicon Valley innovation. The corporate line seems to be …
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Chinese trolls are taking a page from Russia’s 2016 playbook and trying to meddle in America’s midterm elections. But unlike their colleagues from St. Petersburg, these trolls aren’t trying very much and they’re failing — badly. In a report released on Tuesday, Meta, Facebook’s parent company, says it found networks …
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