Meta reportedly told its employees on Sept. 29 that it would freeze hiring and slash budgets across teams amid an advertising slump. Meta Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg announced the … Read more
Facebook’s parent company Meta announced that it had taken down two unconnected networks in China and Russia believed to be part of influence operations for coordinated inauthentic behavior. “We took … Read more
Facebook owner Meta admitted in a due diligence report published on Thursday that it had caused harm to Palestinian human rights during May last year. The ten-page report, which was … Read more
NBA fined Minnesota Timberwolves guard Anthony Edwards $40,000 for making homophobic comments in a video on Instagram. NBA announced on Sept. 20 that it handed out the fine to Edwards … Read more
Twitter’s former head of cybersecurity Peiter “Mudge” Zatko testified before the United States Senate on Sept. 13 that the social media company had cybersecurity failures that could cause “real harm … Read more
Twitter shareholders on Sept. 13 voted to formally approve Elon Musk’s $44 billion bid to buy the social media company. In a conference call that lasted just minutes, the investors … Read more
Twitter claimed the payment made to a whistleblower would not affect the $44 million buyout deal with Elon Musk after the billionaire cited the move as a term agreement violation. … Read more
Ireland has fined Meta €405 million (about $400 million) for violating children’s privacy on its social media platform Instagram. The Ireland Data Protection Commission said it made the decision on … Read more
Irish data watchdog fined Instagram €405 million for violating children’s privacy under the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) handed down the fine … Read more
BeeHive CyberSecurity has discovered that social networking app TikTok’s source code and user data have been breached exposing 790GB of data. “This is your forewarning. #TikTok has reportedly suffered a … Read more