Shortly after Facebook announced that it is changing its corporate name to Meta to better represent its focus on building a metaverse Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) called Facebook a “cancer to democracy” in a tweet. On Thursday, Ocasio-Cortez tweeted “Meta as in “we are a cancer to democracy metastasizing into a global surveillance and propaganda … Read more
According to the latest news, Facebook is apparently planning to change its company name next week to reflect its focus on building the metaverse. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has planned to talk about this at the company’s annual Connect conference on 28th October. The rebrand would likely position the blue Facebook app as one of … Read more
According to the news, Facebook stared down mounting anxiety over a leaked internal study regarding the harmful effects of Instagram for teenage girls. Tuesday night, in an open letter to Facebook staff, Mark Zuckerberg scoffed at concerns raised by whistleblower Frances Haugen. He doubled down an earlier Facebook claims that the report has been misinterpreted. … Read more
It seems Facebook’s interest in getting more young users into its platforms is well beyond Messenger Kids or the currently paused plans for a child friendly Instagram. According to a new report in The Wall Street Journal’s series, Facebook’s internal research is focusing on kids and studying their behavior to better design designing future products. … Read more
According to the latest news, a new peer reviewed study from researchers at New York University and the Université Grenoble Alpes in France has highlighted that misinformation got six times as much engagement on Facebook as real news. The story was first published by The Washington Post. The study analyzed Facebook page posts of more … Read more
Later today, Facebook and Ray-Ban will announce their smart glasses collaboration. Just before the official revelation, well known leakster Evan “Evleaks” Blass posted a ton of alleged photos of the product lineup. The smart glass from the Facebook Ray-Ban partnership is dubbed as Ray-Ban Stories. Other than the box, it seems the Facebook branding doe … Read more
For the last couple of years, it seems, Facebook has become one of the most notorious tech giants in the industry. The company has a bad privacy and security record and it has been facing a lot of backlash for this. Moreover, the company almost has a monopoly power of social media with apps like … Read more
According to the latest news, last Tuesday, Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook Chief Executive said that the company will build new features starting with Instagram for content creators so that they can earn money from recommending products on the app and a marketplace to help connect brands with influencers. During a live stream video, while speaking with … Read more