‘Undesirable’ Facebook content has prompted legal action from Malaysia against Meta Deanna Ritchie / Jun 23, 2023 The government of Malaysia has threatened to file a lawsuit against Facebook’s parent company, Meta Platforms, for failing to remove illegal or inappropriate material from Facebook. The Malaysian Communication and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) is worried about hate … Continue reading ‘Undesirable’ Facebook content has prompted legal action from Malaysia against Meta
Meta Expands IAS Partnership With Ad Measurement Tools For Reels by Colin Kirkland , June 20, 2023 Media measurement and optimization platform Integral Ad Science announced on Tuesday that it is rolling out new ad-measurement tools for Reels on Facebook and Instagram, expanding a partnership that began in 2016. The media-measurement company, which has already … Continue reading Meta Expands IAS Partnership With Ad Measurement Tools For Reels
By Michael Grothaus May 24, 2023 Updated Wednesday, May 24: Meta Platforms has begun what is expected to be its final round of large layoffs this year, according to reports in Reuters and elsewhere, and posts on social media. The job cuts, part of Mark Zuckerberg’s “year of efficiency,” were expected, as the CEO … Continue reading Meta mass layoffs: Latest round of job losses hits Facebook, Instagram parent company
Devindra Hardawar @devindra Magic Leap’s glasses were supposed to lead us into the augmented reality era, a world beyond screens where we could interact with digital objects as if they were standing right next to us. Too bad they failed spectacularly. By early 2020, the company had raised nearly $2 billion. But aside from … Continue reading Meta reportedly wants to license Magic Leap’s AR technology
Meta Expands Lead Ads Features, Tests Promotional Ads Product by Colin Kirkland , May 18, 2023 Meta has announced two advertising updates, including the testing of “promotional ads,” which are aimed at making it easier for people to discover, manage and apply digital promotions to their online purchases, and the expansion of its lead ads … Continue reading Meta Expands Lead Ads Features, Tests Promotional Ads Product
New tool underlines company’s change of focus away from the metaverse and towards artificial intelligence. Constantine von Hoffman on May 12, 2023 Facebook parent Meta dipped its toe into generative AI this week by announcing AI Sandbox. Advertisers can use it to create alternative ad versions, use text prompts to generate backgrounds and crop images … Continue reading Meta unveils generative AI tool for Facebook and Instagram advertisers
Meta begins its latest round of layoffs Jon Fingas @jonfingas Meta has started the layoffs it announced in March. The company has confirmed that it’s letting go of the first wave of the roughly 10,000 affected employees. CNBC notes that this initial round of job cuts focuses on technical roles, such as software … Continue reading Meta begins its latest round of layoffs
By Michael Grothaus April 19, 2023 Meta Platforms is expected to announce a third round of layoffs today, according to reports from Vox and Bloomberg. The layoffs follow two previous rounds of job cuts at Meta, which laid off 11,000 employees back in November and, just last month, announced that an additional 10,000 employees … Continue reading Meta mass layoffs: Another round of job losses will reportedly hit Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp
The Justice Department is suing Google to break up its ad business Igor Bonifacic @igorbonifacic Alongside eight states, the US Department of Justice is suing Google to break up the company’s advertising business. In a complaint filed Tuesday with a federal court in Virginia, the agency accused Google of illegally monopolizing the digital advertising … Continue reading Senate bill seeks to break up Google and Meta ad businesses
By Chris Morris March 16, 2023 Meta’s announcement on Tuesday that it planned to lay off another 10,000 workers and not fill 5,000 job openings rightfully captured most of the attention from Wall Street and onlookers. But buried in Mark Zuckerberg’s latest “year of efficiency” announcement was news of what seems to be … Continue reading Lost in the most recent Meta layoffs? The company’s shift to AI
