Trump’s Tariff on Cheap Chinese Imports Will Cost Big Tech Billions
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Trump’s Tariff on Cheap Chinese Imports Will Cost Big Tech Billions

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The expansion of the loophole for tariff-free shipments of goods nearly a decade ago gave rise to Temu, Shein and other low-cost online retailers offering items straight from Chinese factories at unfathomable discounts. It also unleashed something else — a cascade of billions…

At Trial, Mark Zuckerberg Avoids Explaining Takeovers of Instagram and WhatsApp
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At Trial, Mark Zuckerberg Avoids Explaining Takeovers of Instagram and WhatsApp

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines In a second day on the stand of a landmark antitrust trial, Mark Zuckerberg, the chief executive of Meta, said he bought Instagram and WhatsApp because it was hard to build new apps and dodged questions about whether he was trying to snuff…

Meta’s Antitrust Trial Begins as FTC Argues Company Built Social Media Monopoly
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Meta’s Antitrust Trial Begins as FTC Argues Company Built Social Media Monopoly

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Federal Trade Commission on Monday accused Meta of creating a monopoly that squelched competition by buying start-ups that stood in its way, kicking off a landmark antitrust trial that could dismantle a social media empire that has transformed how the world connects…

Meta Said to Explore Moving Where It Is Incorporated
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Meta Said to Explore Moving Where It Is Incorporated

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Meta, the owner of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, is considering changing where it is incorporated from Delaware to another state, two people with knowledge of the matter said. The company is looking at Texas and a handful of other states, said the people,…

Meta Agrees to Pay Trump  Million to Settle His Lawsuit
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Meta Agrees to Pay Trump $25 Million to Settle His Lawsuit

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Meta said on Wednesday that it had agreed to pay President Trump $25 million to settle a 2021 lawsuit he filed over the suspension of his Facebook and Instagram accounts after the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol. The move was a significant…

Instagram and Facebook Blocked and Hid Abortion Pill Providers’ Posts
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Instagram and Facebook Blocked and Hid Abortion Pill Providers’ Posts

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Instagram and Facebook have recently blurred, blocked or removed posts from two abortion pill providers. Instagram also suspended the accounts of several abortion pill providers and hid the providers from appearing in search and recommendations. The actions ramped up in the last two…

Online, Influencer Killadamente Inspired Millions. At Home, She Was a Single Mother of 2.
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Online, Influencer Killadamente Inspired Millions. At Home, She Was a Single Mother of 2.

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines As a Dominican American girl growing up in a small, immigrant neighborhood in Newark, Carol Acosta was relentlessly taunted about her weight. Her home life was chaotic, too: Neighbors said they heard shouting matches from inside her family’s small apartment. But online, Ms….

Inside Mark Zuckerberg’s Sprint to Remake Meta for the Trump Era
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Inside Mark Zuckerberg’s Sprint to Remake Meta for the Trump Era

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Mark Zuckerberg kept the circle of people who knew his thinking small. Last month, Mr. Zuckerberg, the chief executive of Meta, tapped a handful of top policy and communications executives and others to discuss the company’s approach to online speech. He had decided…

What’s Behind Meta’s Makeover Ahead of Trump’s Second Term?
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What’s Behind Meta’s Makeover Ahead of Trump’s Second Term?

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines For years, Mark Zuckerberg tried to keep his social networks above the fray of partisan politics. And why not? Meta’s flagship apps — Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp — were rowdy nation-states unto themselves, with billions of users, fragile internal politics, skittish advertisers, perpetually…

Meta to End Fact-Checking Program in Shift Ahead of Trump Term
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Meta to End Fact-Checking Program in Shift Ahead of Trump Term

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Meta said on Tuesday that it was ending its longstanding fact-checking program, a policy instituted to curtail the spread of misinformation across its social media apps, in a stark sign of how the company was repositioning itself for the Trump presidency and throwing…