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Extreme: Zuckerbergs nosedive gets worse
03:59am, Wednesday, 09'th Feb 2022 Herald Sun Australia
Facebook and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerbergs horrific start to 2022 has continued well into February, with the billionaires social media ventures faltering again on the stock market after last weeks cataclysmic $200 billion ($A280 billion) single-day crash.
Meta is now on life support as Facebook subscriber growth flatlines
02:30am, Wednesday, 09'th Feb 2022 Independent Ireland
Investors have long looked at Facebooks owner as part of a cohort of dominant technology companies that stood apart from the rest of the universe. After last weeks disastrous earnings report, Meta Platforms is struggling to keep up with those other Silicon Valley giants.
Peter Thiel resigns from Facebook: Will focus on backing Trump candidates in 2022 election
01:48am, Wednesday, 09'th Feb 2022 BLDaily The BL
Peter Thiel, the billionaire investor co-founder of PayPal and longtime board member of Meta, formerly Facebook, plans to step down, the company announced Monday, according to Fox Business reported. Instead, Thiel would support Trump-friendly Republican Senate candidates in the upcoming election. The 54-year-old German businessman will step down from the board after nearly 17 years […]
Meta files Nigeria ''phishing scam'' lawsuit
01:01am, Wednesday, 09'th Feb 2022 Yahoo Australia
Facebook parent Meta Platforms has filed a joint lawsuit with digital banking company Chime against two Nigeria-based individuals who engaged in "phishing" attacks to deceive people and gain access to their online financial accounts.The lawsuit - which is the first joint complaint between Meta and a financial services company - alleged the defendants used Facebook and Instagram accounts to impersonate Chime and lure people to fake branded "phishing" websites with the aim of obtaining their Chime
Meta, Chime file lawsuit against alleged phishing scam on Facebook, Instagram
12:57am, Wednesday, 09'th Feb 2022 Channel NewsAsia
Facebook parent Meta Platforms said on Tuesday it had filed a joint lawsuit with digital banking company Chime against two Nigeria-based individuals who engaged in phishing attacks to deceive people and gain access to their online financial accounts.The lawsuit, which is the first joint complaint between
Metaverse may not be Zuckerbergs salvation if privacy violation is built into its business model
12:19am, Wednesday, 09'th Feb 2022 Newslanes
Over the past week Meta Platforms, which owns and operates Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, has taken a big market hit. Its shares dropped 25%, wiping off at least $240 billion off its market capitalisation. As of Monday, this trend continued with another dip of 4.7%, a cumulative stock price fall of 30% since its earnings [] Metaverse may not be Zuckerbergs salvation if privacy violation is built into its business model
Facebook and Instagram may shut down in Europe. Here’s why
10:23pm, Tuesday, 08'th Feb 2022 Deseret
Facebook unveiled its new Meta sign at the company headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif., on Oct. 28, 2021. The company is considering shutting down Facebook and Instagram in Europe. | Tony Avelar, Associated Press Meta is considering shutting down Facebook and instagram in Europe because of privacy laws that don’t allow transferring user data back to the U.S. anymore Meta may consider shutting down Facebook and Instagram in Europe if it can’t keep transferring user data back to the U.S., the social media giant said in its annual report last Thursday. What’s the news: In the report , Facebook said: “If a new transatlantic data transfer framework is not adopted and we are unable to continue to rely on SCCs (standard contractual clauses) or rely upon other alternative means of data transfers from Europe to the United States, we will likely be unable to offer a number of our most significant products and services, including Facebook and Instagram, in Europe.” Flashback: In July 2020, the European Court of Justice struck down the Privacy Shield, which is the existing data transfer arrangement between the U.S. and EU, on the basis that it doesn’t adequately protect European citizens’ privacy, according to Fortune .
Joe Rogan dispute shows Spotify limits of being hands-off
10:15pm, Tuesday, 08'th Feb 2022 Star-Advertiser
NEW YORK >> Like Facebook and Twitter, Spotify is learning the limits of deflecting responsibility for what is said on its platform.
Could Facebook Be In More Trouble? Ethereum DeFi DApp Launches Social Media Protocol
10:03pm, Tuesday, 08'th Feb 2022 Benzinga
Aave (CRYPTO: AAVE ) — one of Ethereum ''s (CRYPTO: ETH ) leading decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystems — launched a protocol meant to facilitate a decentralized social media network operation. What Happened: Aave''s Lens Protocol — which is the name of the new system — is described as a "permissionless, composable, & decentralized social graph that makes building a Web3 social platform easy," according to The Block Crypto . While originally meant to enable something resembling an Ethereum-based Twitter Inc. (NASDAQ: Full story available on Benzinga.com
WHAT A BOMBSHELL OF A STORY…Shamed at wedding: Story gets highest hits
10:01pm, Tuesday, 08'th Feb 2022 H-Metro
Facebook hits over 145K engagements in 30 hours lTwitter hits over 199K impressions 30 hours lIG hits 33k reach in 30 hours Latwell Nyangu THE story of a couple that was shamed at a wedding has left social media followers with mixed feelings. H-Metro stole the limelight with its social media platforms raking the highest […]
Netflix Might Get “Blockbustered”
09:54pm, Tuesday, 08'th Feb 2022 InvestorPlace
InvestorPlace - Stock Market News, Stock Advice & Trading Tips As Facebook suddenly loses $190 billion in value, it''s becoming harder to accept that FAANG stocks will remain dominant forever. The post Netflix Might Get “Blockbustered” appeared first on InvestorPlace . More From InvestorPlace Stock Prodigy Who Found NIO at $2… Says Buy THIS Now Man Who Called Black Monday: “Prepare Now.” #1 EV Stock Still Flying Under the Radar Interested in Crypto? Read This First…
Meta Platforms slide hits fourth day, drops company under $600 billion level
09:49pm, Tuesday, 08'th Feb 2022 Seeking Alpha
Facebook owner Meta Platforms (FB) closed down 2.1% Tuesday, its fourth down session in a row and extending its post-earnings slide to 32%
Facebook market cap under $600 billion threshold for antitrust bills
09:41pm, Tuesday, 08'th Feb 2022 Newslanes
Facebook Chief Executive Officer and founder, Mark Zuckerberg, leaving the Merrion Hotel in Dublin after meeting with Irish politicians to discuss regulation of social media, transparrency in political advertising and the safety of young people and vulnerable adults. On Tuesday, April 2, 2019, in Dublin, Ireland. Artur Widak | NurPhoto | Getty Images Facebook’s shrinking […] Facebook market cap under $600 billion threshold for antitrust bills
Facebook falls behind Nvidia in market cap and is now eighth most valuable U.S. company
09:34pm, Tuesday, 08'th Feb 2022 CNBC
Facebook parent Meta has been falling since reporting fourth-quarter earnings last week, warning about challenges with Apple and declining users.
Zuckerberg Threatens to Pull Facebook and Instagram from EU Users
09:30pm, Tuesday, 08'th Feb 2022 Small Business Trends
In its annual report on Feb. 2nd Meta (formerly Facebook) threatened to pull Facebook and Instagram from EU users.
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