Meta Oversight Board to Review More Cases, Expedite Decision-Making Process

Meta Oversight Board to Review More Cases, Expedite Decision-Making Process

Meta Platforms’ Oversight Board announced on Tuesday that it will review more types of content moderation cases and expedite some decisions, as it aims to expand its work. The Oversight Board was created in late 2020 to review Facebook and Instagram‘s decisions on taking down or leaving up certain content…

Meta’s Chief Business Officer Marne Levine, Appointed in 2021, Leaves Company

Meta’s Chief Business Officer Marne Levine, Appointed in 2021, Leaves Company

Meta Platforms said on Monday Chief Business Officer Marne Levine was leaving the owner of Facebook after a 13-year stint. Fifty-two-year-old Levine, appointed as the company’s first chief business officer in 2021, has served in various other executive positions at the social media company, including chief operating officer of Instagram….

Meta Restores Donald Trump’s Facebook Page Following a Two-Year Suspension

Meta Restores Donald Trump’s Facebook Page Following a Two-Year Suspension

Donald Trump has 34 million followers on Facebook, platforms that are key vehicles for political outreach and fundraising. By Gadgets 360 Staff With Input From Reuters | Updated: 9 February 2023 23:42 IST Meta Platforms has restored former US President Donald Trump’s Facebook page following a two-year suspension after the deadly Capitol…

Meta Gets Nod to Buy VR Content Maker Within Unlimited as FTC’s Request Gets Denied

Meta Gets Nod to Buy VR Content Maker Within Unlimited as FTC’s Request Gets Denied

A judge on Friday released a ruling denying the Federal Trade Commission’s request to stop Meta Platforms from buying virtual reality content maker Within Unlimited, rejecting the regulator’s concerns the deal would reduce competition in a new market. A December trial to decide if Meta could go forward with the…

Meta’s Chief Business Officer Marne Levine, Appointed in 2021, Leaves Company

Meta to Block Ads Targeted at Teenagers Based on Gender From February

Meta, owner of Instagram and Facebook, on Tuesday said it will stop allowing advertisers to target ads at teens based on gender, as it fights accusations that its platforms are harmful to young users. Beginning in February, the social media giant said advertisers, the source of the company’s massive revenues,…

Meta’s Chief Business Officer Marne Levine, Appointed in 2021, Leaves Company

Meta Fined EUR 390 Million by EU Regulator, Told to Reassess Legal Basis for Personalised Ads

Meta must reassess the legal basis on how Facebook and Instagram use personal data to target advertising in the European Union, its lead privacy regulator in the bloc said on Wednesday when it fined the social media giant EUR 390 million (roughly Rs. 3,500 crore) for the breaches. Meta said…

Government Blocked 104 YouTube Channels, 4 Facebook Accounts for Spreading Misinformation: Anurag Thakur

Government Blocked 104 YouTube Channels, 4 Facebook Accounts for Spreading Misinformation: Anurag Thakur

Union minister Anurag Thakur on Thursday said 104 YouTube channels, 45 videos, four Facebook accounts, three Instagram accounts, five Twitter handles and six websites have been blocked for spreading misinformation and threatening national security. Responding to questions in the Rajya Sabha, Thakur said section 69A of the Information Technology Act…

Microsoft Fined EUR 60 Million by French Privacy Watchdog Over Advertising Cookies on Bing Website

Microsoft Fined EUR 60 Million by French Privacy Watchdog Over Advertising Cookies on Bing Website

France’s privacy watchdog said Thursday it has fined US tech giant Microsoft EUR 60 million ($64 million, roughly Rs. 530 crore) for foisting advertising cookies on users. In the largest fine imposed in 2022, the National Commission for Technology and Freedoms (CNIL) said Microsoft‘s search engine Bing had not set…