Big Tech lay-offs are already costing them
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19th-century staff management approaches don’t work

Faced with falling margins after the Covid bubble burst, Big Tech let thousands of staff go on the assumption that they could rehire them when things got better at the end of the year, but they might have miscalculated, according an Intuit boss.

Russians think that less than a per cent of its trolls are detected
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The west are so stupid they believe stories about cathedrals 

Buried in the secret documents about the Ukrainian war which a kid leaked to his gaming group to show how important he was, is an indication that nice Mr Putin cleaned the West's clock when it came to manipulating social media and search engine rankings.

Meta allows Europeans to opt out of data sharing
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No more personalised adverts for a lucky few

Meta announced that starting next Wednesday, some Facebook and Instagram users in the European Union can opt out of sharing first-party data used to serve highly personalised ads.

Meta cuts 10,000 more jobs
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Wednesday, 15 March 2023 10:45

Meta cuts 10,000 more jobs


On top of the 11,000 fired in November

Meta is planning to cut 10,000 jobs as well as 5,000 open positions indicating that the company problems are a lot more serious than believed.

Meta works on decentralised, text-based social network app
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Claims it will rival Twitter and Mastodon

Meta is working on a standalone, text-based social network app.

Meta will lay off thousands more staff
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Tuesday, 07 March 2023 10:48

Meta will lay off thousands more staff


They will forever remain in the Metaverse 

After laying off more than 11,000 employees in November 2022, Meta is going to lay off thousands more.

Facebook still worried about Zuckerberg's security
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Is someone trying to kill him?

While Facebook is trying to cut costs everywhere, it is boosting Mark Zuckerberg's considerable personal security budget by $4 million.

Spotify expected to lay off staff this week
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Monday, 23 January 2023 10:59

Spotify expected to lay off staff this week


More cost cutting

Spotify is planning to announce layoffs this week, according to a new report by Bloomberg as a way for the company to cut costs.

WhatsApp fined €5.5 million by Irish
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Friday, 20 January 2023 11:34

WhatsApp fined €5.5 million by Irish


GDPR kicks in making Meta's eyes water

Ireland’s Data Protection Commission backed a German complaint against WhatsApp and slapped a €5.5 million fine on the company.

Meta sues surveillance company for fake accounts
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Making money off watching users is our job

Meta has sued to block a surveillance company from using Facebook and Instagram.