Mark Zuckerberg and team consider shutting down Facebook and Instagram in Europe if Meta can not process Europeans’ data on US servers February 10, 2022 If Meta is not given the option to transfer, store and process data from its European users on US-based servers, Facebook and Instagram may be shut down across Europe, the social media giants’ owner reportedly warned in its annual report. The key issue for Meta is transatlantic data transfers, regulated via the so-called Privacy Shield [...]
Hello Meta: Zuckerberg announces Facebook’s new name October 28, 2021 Facebook’s chief executive Mark Zuckerberg announced in his keynote address that the company starting today will be called Meta. “Facebook is one of the most used products in the history of the world and it’s an iconic social media brand but increasingly it just doesn’t encompass everything that we do,” Zuckerberg said. “I want to [...]
Facebook’s quarterly earnings shoot up to £6.5bn as it weathers whistleblower storm October 26, 2021 Facebook has recorded third quarter earnings of £6.5bn as it weathers a storm of blistering claims from a former employee. The company reported a net income for the three months ending on September 31 of $9bn, or £6.5bn, up from $7.8bn for the same period in 2020. Backlash against the technology firm has been intensifying [...]
Zuckerberg condemns “coordinated effort” to paint Facebook in a bad light October 25, 2021 Facebook’s chief executive and founder Mark Zuckerberg denounced “the coordinated effort to selectively use leaked documents to pay a false picture” of the social media platform. In his calls to investor to discuss the third quarter results, he said: “I believe large organisation should be scrutinised. I much rather live in a society where they [...]
Facebook delivers good Q3 but expects Q4 to be below estimates October 25, 2021 Facebook has delivered a good progress in the third quarter of 2021, said the company’s chief executive Mark Zuckerberg while announcing the company’s results. “We made good progress this quarter and our community continue to grow,” he said. “I’m excited about our roadmap, especially around creators, commerce and helping to build the metaverse.” The social [...]
Facebook and Instagram promoting ‘misogyny,’ investigation finds October 18, 2021 Social media giants like Facebook are set to face further questions after a new investigation has revealed platform algorithms actively promote misogynistic content to certain users. Facebook and Instagram users who show signs of hostility towards women online are more likely to then have pages recommended to them that reference sexual violence, disturbing memes about [...]
Mark Zuckerberg loses $6bn in Facebook selloff spree following global outage October 5, 2021 Mark Zuckerberg has lost $6bn in a Facebook selloff spree that followed in the wake of a massive server outage yesterday, as well as accusations against the social media giant in relation to children’s interests through its flagship product Instagram. Zuckerberg came down a notch on the richest man’s list as Facebook’s stocks plummeted 4.9 [...]
Facebook has no plans to let 530m users know they were impacted by data breach April 7, 2021 Facebook has no plans to let 530m users know they were impacted by data breach
Bar-a-Lago: Facebook to review Trump ban January 21, 2021 Facebook’s independent oversight board will review the company’s decision to ban former US president Donald Trump’s social media accounts. Both Trump’s Facebook and Instagram profiles will remain suspended while the review is underway, the company announced. In the first move of its kind, Mark Zuckerberg’s company suspended the former president earlier this month in the [...]
Mark Zuckerberg ‘accepts’ Facebook may have to pay more tax in Europe February 14, 2020 Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg says he recognises that tech giants may to have pay more tax in Europe in future. The social media giant’s founder said he understood the “frustration” surrounding the issue and backed plans from think tank, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, to find a global solution. Facebook and other tech giants [...]