Meta’s top spinner flees the building
Too many fires to put out
Meta's Vice President of Global Communications John Pinette has told colleagues that he is leaving the company, just as the company has several key PR disasters to handle.
Facebook gives up on VR and AR OS
Will lean on Google
Facebook parent company Meta has stopped development of a new software operating system to power its virtual reality devices and upcoming augmented reality glasses.
Apple poaches Facebook’s AR spinner
Feed up with drinking from one poisoned chalice picks another
Apple has poached Facebook’s communications and public relations lead Andrea Schubert for its augmented reality (AR) products.
Facebook insists that US provides enough data protection
It can be trusted with Euro data
Despite the European Union's highest court twice declaring that the United States does not offer sufficient protection for Europeans' data from American national security agencies, the social media giant's lawyers continue to disagree.
Facebook making people called meta disappear
Aussie artist says it is not fair dinkum
Five days after Facebook changed its name to Meta, an Aussie disabled artist found herself kicked off all social media and effectively invisible.
Newspapers take on big tech
They have killed local news
Newspapers all over the US have been quietly filing antitrust lawsuits against Google and Facebook, alleging the two firms monopolised the digital ad market for revenue that would otherwise go to local news.
Europe’s top court says Facebook can be sued by consumer groups
Privacy violations
Facebook could be sued by consumer groups for privacy violations, an adviser to Europe's top court said.
Facebook fined £50 million
UK antitrust watchdog bites
The BBC is reporting that Facebook has been fined a record £50 million by the UK's Competition and Markets Authority.
Facebook considers changing its name
We want to focus on the metaverse
The dark satanic rumour mill has manufactured a hell on earth rumour that claims that Facebook is going to change its name.
Facebook admits that AI can’t stop hate speech
One in every 2000 posts still contain it
Social notworking site Facebook’s Guy Rosen, who has the unfortunate title of head of integrity, admitted that one in every 2,000 content views on Facebook still contained hate speech from April to June of this year.