EU worried about Facebook’s metaverse
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Tuesday, 08 February 2022 12:01

EU worried about Facebook’s metaverse


Vestager wants to know more so she can regulate it 

European Union authorities are a little worried about Facebook’s new metaverse plans and want to understand it better so they can regulate it.

Facebook threatens to pull out of EU
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Monday, 07 February 2022 12:55

Facebook threatens to pull out of EU


Unless it is allowed to break privacy law

Social notworking group Facebook is throwing its toys out of the pram and  threatening to pull out of the EU unless it is allowed to break its GDPR laws.

Facebook plummets
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Friday, 04 February 2022 12:28

Facebook plummets


Blames Apple

Facebook is blaming Apple as its shares plummeted 26 per cent, the biggest single-day slide in market value for a US company.

Big Tech should pay if its punters are scammed
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Wednesday, 02 February 2022 12:17

Big Tech should pay if its punters are scammed


UK government investigates

Big tech companies who carry scam adverts should be forced to reimburse victims, UK MPs have said.

Facebook faces $3.2 billion class action
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Friday, 14 January 2022 13:59

Facebook faces $3.2 billion class action


UK claims it abused market dominance

Facebook faces a $3.2 billion class action in Britain over allegations it abused its market dominance by exploiting the personal data of 44 million users.

Biden meets top tech firms
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Thursday, 13 January 2022 12:43

Biden meets top tech firms


Apparently they will help sort out Open source

The White House will meet executives from leading tech firms, including Google, Biggish Blue, Vole, Facebook, Jobs’ Mob, Oracle and Amazon.

Meta’s top spinner flees the building
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Tuesday, 11 January 2022 12:32

Meta’s top spinner flees the building


Too many fires to put out

Meta's Vice President of Global Communications John Pinette has told colleagues that he is leaving the company, just as the company has several key PR disasters to handle.

Facebook gives up on VR and AR OS
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Thursday, 06 January 2022 13:27

Facebook gives up on VR and AR OS


Will lean on Google 


Facebook parent company Meta has stopped development of a new software operating system to power its virtual reality devices and upcoming augmented reality glasses.

Apple poaches Facebook’s AR spinner
Published in IoT
Tuesday, 28 December 2021 11:43

Apple poaches Facebook’s AR spinner


Feed up with drinking from one poisoned chalice picks another

Apple has poached Facebook’s communications and public relations lead Andrea Schubert for its augmented reality (AR) products.

Facebook insists that US provides enough data protection
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It can be trusted with Euro data

Despite the European Union's highest court twice declaring that the United States does not offer sufficient protection for Europeans' data from American national security agencies, the social media giant's lawyers continue to disagree.