The omicron variant of the coronavirus, cataloged by the World Health Organization (WHO) of “high contagious risk”, it spreads very quickly in the world, which would compromise the return to face-to-face work of many large companies that have been forced to strengthen their arsenal anti-COVID-19 and delay the return to the offices. Google, for example, […]
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British regulator orders Facebook to sell Giphy
Updated on 11/30/2021 11:21 am Britain’s antitrust regulator blocked Giphy’s purchase by Facebook and ordered the social network to sell the GIF-sharing platform, claiming the deal hurts social media users and advertisers by stifling competition for animated images. The Competition and Markets Authority noted that the agreement would allow Facebook, which has been renamed Meta, […]
European Union versus Google and GAFAM in a series of litigation
The European Union (EU) has stepped up its attacks on US digital giants in recent years, as evidenced by the heavy fine imposed on Google in 2017 and that was confirmed this Wednesday by the European justice. In addition to certain GAFAM practices (Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft) considered anticompetitive, Brussels also points to its […]
Facebook offers for the first time an estimate of bullying and harassment on its platforms
Updated on 11/09/2021 04:55 pm Facebook first released a series of reports Tuesday that revealed the prevalence of bullying and harassment on its platform, saying that for every 10,000 views on the site in the third quarter, such content appeared between 14 and 15 times. The company, which recently changed its name to Meta, also […]
Large technology companies earn 70% more despite the component crisis
With information from EFE Between January and September 2021, Amazon, Facebook, Alphabet (Google’s parent company), Apple and Microsoft, achieved a net profit of 190,410 million, which represents an increase of 70.4% compared to the 109,920 million euros for the same period in 2020. The marked rise is due in particular to the good data from […]
EU closes in on a deal to control digital giants
The countries of the European Union They are intensifying their negotiations around a bill to regulate the digital giants in the hope of a deal in November to end their malpractices, brought to light again by a former employee of Facebook. Presented in December 2020, the two proposed laws to regulate digital services and markets […]
FAANG or MAMATA? After Facebook’s change, a new name and order for large technology companies is proposed
MAANG? SLEEVE? OR MAMATA? The rebrand from Facebook to Meta Platforms has launched the search for a new acronym for the FAANG group of growth companies, which also includes Apple, Amazon.com, Netflix and Alphabet. Facebook announced Thursday that it is now called Meta Platforms, just as the social media company is focusing on building an […]
Facebook announces its name change and its shares rise by almost 4%
Facebook shares have increased by almost 4% since the company announced that it would be renamed Meta, this October 28. The co-founder of the company, Mark Zuckerberg confirmed this decision that was announced during the annual developer conference which seeks to reflect the new approach of the company working on the construction of its metaverse. […]
WSJ assures that the US Government investigates Facebook for bad practices
Updated on 10/27/2021 05:27 pm The Federal Trade Commission (CFC) of the United States began to examine internal documents of Facebook where the company recognizes the harmful effects on its users, as published exclusively by The Wall Street Journal (WSJ). The commission, a government regulatory body, believes it knows that the company, according to its […]
What are “Facebook Papers”?
The “Facebook Papers” project represents a unique collaboration between 17 American journalistic organizations. Journalists from all types of news companies, large and small, worked together to gain access to thousands of pages of internal company documents obtained by Frances Hauen, the former Facebook product manager who is now denouncing the company’s mismanagement. Another consortium of […]