by Beth Holmes | Jul 10, 2023 | Companies, News, Social Media, Technology
Threads is a new rival to Twitter, about to be debuted by Facebook’s parent company Meta. The new listing for the Threads app, which appeared recently on Apple’s App Store, bills it as a “text-based conversation app” linked to Instagram. “Threads is where...
by Beth Holmes | Oct 3, 2022 | Companies, News, Social Media, Technology
Meta has disabled a Russian propaganda network which has targeted European social media users, spreading Kremlin-approved stories about the invasion of Ukraine. On Tuesday, Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, announced that they have identified and disabled the...
by Beth Holmes | May 16, 2022 | Companies, News, Social Media, Technology
A lawsuit in Kenya is going ahead against Meta Platforms, alleging unsafe working conditions in a Facebook moderation hub there. Daniel Motaung, a South African man, was relocated to Nairobi, the capitol of Kenya, to work for Facebook in 2019. He worked in a content...
by Beth Holmes | Feb 21, 2022 | Companies, News, Social Media, Technology
The Texas AG is suing Meta over facial recognition data being collected without consent from photos and videos. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is claiming that Meta, formerly known as Facebook Inc, has been unlawfully collecting and storing biometric data of Texas...
by Beth Holmes | Oct 19, 2021 | Companies, News, Social Media, Technology
Facebook is paying over $14 million to settle a discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Justice Department over visa abuse and unfair hiring practices. In December 2020, the Justice Department filed the lawsuit against the social media giant, asserting that the...
