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Facebook Threatens to Nuke News in California if Forced to Pay Publishers
Facebook and Instagram say a bill forcing them to pay publishers a journalism usage fee amounts to a ‘slush fund’ for a Big Media boogeyman.
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Meta Begins Its Next Round of Mass Layoffs
Meta is continuing with cuts this week, lopping off approximately 6,000 more of its workers in yet another round of mass layoffs. Most of these newest job losses are expected to impact people on the business side of Meta’s operations — including staff in ad sales, marketing, and partnerships — according to multiple reports and…
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Facebook and Instagram Fined €1.2 Billion, Ordered to Stop Sending EU Data to U.S.
Meta says the record-breaking fine under the GDPR will cost the company 10% of its global ad revenue.
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Meet Blast Radio, the Social Network Beating Amazon at the Audio Game
Social media offers a never-ending stream of content, but to get it, you have to put up with a lot of manipulation. Influencers entice you with clickbait, notifications hijack your attention, and algorithms tune your experience to keep you glued to your phone. The internet can be a hostile place, but recently, I found a…