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• Meta set to block news on Facebook, Instagram from Canadian users

  Appearing before the House of Commons heritage committee Monday, Rachel Curran says the company will remove news in a way that is careful, responsible and transparent.

  Canada

  May 8, 2023
  
• ‘Canadians don’t like being intimidated’: Ottawa slams Facebook over threats to pull news

  Meta has been accused of trying to intimidate Canadians with threats of pulling news content from its Facebook platform, after the adoption of Bill C-18 in the House of Commons.

  Canada

  Dec 16, 2022
  
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• Thousands of Meta employees to be impacted in planned layoffs by Facebook’s parent company

  Facebook parent Meta in October forecasted a weak holiday quarter and significantly more costs next year wiping about $67 billion off Meta's stock market value.

  Tech

  Nov 6, 2022
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• Russia adds Facebook owner Meta to ‘terrorists and extremists’ list: report

  A Moscow court in June rejected an appeal by Facebook-owner Meta after it was found guilty of "extremist activity" in Russia in March.

  World

  Oct 11, 2022
• Meta’s Facebook agrees to settle data privacy lawsuit

  Facebook has in-principle agreed to settle a lawsuit in the San Francisco federal court seeking damages for letting third parties access the private data of users.

  Tech

  Aug 26, 2022
• Top climate change deniers posts weren’t labelled on Facebook, report says

  Facebook did not add labels to half of posts pushing content from top climate change deniers, according to an analysis from the Center for Countering Digital Hate.

  Environment

  Feb 23, 2022
• Meta’s disastrous quarterly results creates Big Tech divide: who’s got the data

  Big Tech was cut in two on Wednesday, divided between companies that have great data and those that don't after Meta Platforms Inc posted disastrous quarterly results.

  Tech

  Feb 3, 2022
• Influenced: A Global News series about social media’s impact on and offline

  The Global News Series on social media's impact on and offline launches Jan. 12.

  Features

  Jan 12, 2022
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• Facebook whistleblower details the fears and drawbacks of the metaverse

  Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen said her former employer rushed to prioritize the metaverse because they want to change the ongoing conversation about corruption within.

  Tech

  Nov 9, 2021