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Google, Meta, Microsoft Try – But Next Steps In Protecting Online Privacy Won’t Work

Google, Meta, Microsoft Try – But Next Steps In Protecting Online Privacy Won’t Work by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer @lauriesullivan, August 25, 2023 Microsoft is the latest to announce that search engine Bing and social media site LinkedIn will provide more information on targeted advertisements. The goal is to protect users against risks related to … Continue reading Google, Meta, Microsoft Try – But Next Steps In Protecting Online Privacy Won’t Work

Meta Expands Zefr’s Brand-Suitability Solution To Instagram Feed

Meta Expands Zefr’s Brand-Suitability Solution To Instagram Feed by Colin Kirkland , July 31, 2023 To increase brand safety on its most popular social app, Meta has integrated Zefr’s automated brand-suitability verification product into the Instagram Feed while also making it available in more global territories and testing new inventory filters for Reels. The company … Continue reading Meta Expands Zefr’s Brand-Suitability Solution To Instagram Feed

Twitter threatens to sue Meta over its ‘copycat’ Threads app

  By Associated Press July 07, 2023 Twitter has threatened legal action against Meta over its new text-based app called Threads, which has drawn tens of millions of users since launching this week as a rival to Elon Musk’s social media platform. In a letter Wednesday to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Alex Spiro, an attorney representing … Continue reading Twitter threatens to sue Meta over its ‘copycat’ Threads app

Meta, Ireland’s Tyndall Institute Start $5.4M Semiconductor Project To Advance AR, Displays

Meta, Ireland’s Tyndall Institute Start $5.4M Semiconductor Project To Advance AR, Displays by Laurie Sullivan  @lauriesullivan, June 23, 2023 Meta has teamed with Ireland’s Tyndall Research Institute for a four-year $5.4 million project to research semiconductors that will help to advance augmented reality (AR) technology and improve displays. The project will focus on key AR … Continue reading Meta, Ireland’s Tyndall Institute Start $5.4M Semiconductor Project To Advance AR, Displays

Google and Meta to Pay Media Outlets for News Content in Canada

Google and Meta to Pay Media Outlets for News Content in Canada Brad Anderson / Jun 23, 2023   The Canadian Senate has passed legislation requiring websites like Google and Meta to compensate news organizations for information that has been syndicated or repurposed. This occurs at a time when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s administration is … Continue reading Google and Meta to Pay Media Outlets for News Content in Canada

‘Undesirable’ Facebook content has prompted legal action from Malaysia against Meta

‘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

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

Meta mass layoffs: Latest round of job losses hits Facebook, Instagram parent company

  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