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Big Tech is starting to invest heavily in the metaverse

by Lily Jamali
Feb 2, 2022
Competition is heating up in the fledgling space.
An immersive environment like the metaverse offers new ways to work — and purchase goods.
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Online advertising is more expensive since Apple changed its privacy policies

by Matt Levin
Oct 25, 2021
People are opting out of being tracked.
The Snapchat app on an iPhone screen. Snap largely blamed Apple's privacy settings for its recent failure to meet quarterly earnings expectations.
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Facebook whistleblower Haugen stresses need for regulation to Senators

by Stephanie Hughes
Oct 6, 2021
Haugen also said Facebook was also fueled by an emphasis on short-term profits.
Facebook whistleblower, Frances Haugen appears before the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Subcommittee during a hearing entitled 'Protecting Kids Online: Testimony from a Facebook Whistleblower' at the Russell Senate Office Building on Oct. 5, 2021 in Washington, D.C.
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WhatsApp outage highlights the scale of its worldwide use

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Oct 5, 2021
The Facebook property has become a business lifeline in countries where other communication alternatives are expensive or inaccessible.
The interruption of Facebook's WhatsApp platform on Monday hindered communication and business across the globe.
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Facebook suspends efforts on an Instagram for kids

by Amy Scott
Sep 27, 2021
Experts say any plan for "Instagram Kids" will be really, really hard to get right.
Facebook halted the development of a version of the Instagram app aimed at children 13 and under — but only temporarily.
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Is Congress about to regulate Big Tech?

by Kai Ryssdal and Andie Corban
Jun 24, 2021
Axios reporter Margaret Harding McGill breaks down the antitrust bills moving through the House of Representatives.
Rhode Island Democrat David Cicilline is the chairman of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial and Administrative Law.
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Congress weighs getting tough on Big Tech

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Jun 22, 2021
The House Judiciary Committee is set to consider a package of antitrust bills this week.
The House Judiciary Committee will vote on about a half-dozen antitrust bills, prohibiting tech giants like Facebook and Google from acquiring competitors or forcing them to sell businesses
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Facebook board upholds Trump suspension

by Associated Press
May 5, 2021
However, the Facebook Oversight Board also said “was not appropriate for Facebook to impose an ‘indefinite’ suspension.”
The social network’s quasi-independent Oversight Board voted to uphold the former president's ban from the platform after his account was suspended four months ago for inciting violence that led to the deadly Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
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Yahoo Answers is shutting down. Why are companies ditching discussion features?

by Janet Nguyen
Apr 12, 2021
The question-and-answers platform, which launched in 2005, is shutting down in May.
A view of Yahoo's website in 2006.
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Facebook blocks news in Australia

by Nova Safo and Rose Conlon
Feb 18, 2021
Facebook's decision to wipe the news feeds came in response to lawmakers coming closer to passing a landmark new law.
A proposed law in Australia would require social media sites, like Facebook, and search engines, like Google, to pay publishers for news content that appears on their sites.
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