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Wall Street closed lower on Friday as market participants remained highly concerned regarding the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war.

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NEW YORK, March 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Attention Meta Platforms, Inc. ("Meta Platforms, Inc.") (NASDAQ: FB) shareholders: The Law Offices of Vincent Wong announce that a class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of investors who purchased between March 2, 2021 and February 2, 2022….

Ukraine Using Thiel-Backed Clearview AI Facial Recognition During Russia Invasion Ukraine''s Ministry of Defense on Saturday began using AI facial recognition technology from Peter Thiel-backed Clearview AI - which has been used for several years by the FBI and Department of Homeland Security to collect photos on social media sites for inclusion into a massive facial recognition database. The system is being provided free of charge, CEO Hoan Ton-That told Reuters , adding that they had not offered the technology to Russia. While Ukraine''s MoD won''t say what they''re using it for, possible uses include vetting people of interest at checkpoints, identifying the dead more easily than trying to match fingerprints, reuniting refugees with their families, identifying Russian operatives, and helping to debunk misinformation related to the war. Ton-That told Reuters that the company has over 2 billion images from the Russian social media service VKontakte in its database of more than 10 billion photos total.

Last week, Facebook temporarily relaxed its policies so that Ukrainian users could post threats of violence against the Russian military.

CAMPBELL, Calif. , March 14, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- via NewMediaWire – Friendable Inc. (OTC: FDBL ) (the "Company"), a mobile technology and marketing company, is pleased to announce increases and trend specific indicators in revenue, distribution orders along with key social metrics contributing to the Company''s growth as the integration of Fan Pass Live, Artist Republik and FeaturedX services have come together for its complete 360 artist offering. "The combination of our service offerings expanding, the updating of our web properties, mobile apps and the integration efforts being made to ensure all our brands and services are clearly represented has proven to be a winning strategy for our team. We have focused on the building blocks of a successful foundation, allowing our operations teams to execute as our sales and awareness continue to grow. The increases below are truly a testament to our team''s continued persistence to be the only, and best 360 music artist platform for products, services, livestream, fan engagement, artist revenue growth and overall launch points for their music careers," said Robert A.

Real-time data from NetBlocks confirms the restriction of Instagram in Russia on the night of Sunday, March 13, 2022. Roskomnadzor blocked the platform for sharing photos and videos, having previously done the same with Facebook and Twitter. Russia has Restricted Access to Instagram The decision announced a few days ago was commented by Instagram leader Adam Mosseri: “The decision will separate 80 million people from each other and the rest of the world, as approximately 80% of people in Russia follow an Instagram account outside their country. This is wrong.” Earlier in the day, March 11, the Russian Prosecutor General''s Office asked the court to declare the parent company of Instagram and Facebook, Meta, to be recognized as an extremist organization and to ban its activities in Russia. It is unclear whether WhatsApp - one of Russia''s most popular messaging apps - will be blocked. It is also owned by Meta. Russia to Declare “Meta” an Extremist Organization Russia''s state prosecution is making the move, explaining the existence of evidence of a crime, namely the propaganda of terrorism and incitement to hatred and enmity with the threat of violence.

There seems to be two opposite negative reasons why stocks will fall. Being contrarian, I expect the opposite. If everyone is expecting the worst, it's likely the better outcome prevails.

Meta, the parent company of Facebook, is reportedly slashing some of the lavish perks that its employees enjoyed.

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Facebook didn''t, although the Kremlin soon picked up that baton, throttling both Facebook and Twitter so badly they are effectively unreachable on the Russian internet.

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Russia has blocked both Facebook and Instagram in the past two weeks, citing Meta’s content policy decisions