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Meta’s Fact-Checking U-Turn Sparks Alarm Ahead of Philippine Elections
Meta's Fact-Checking U-Turn Sparks Alarm Ahead of Philippine Elections
In a controversial decision announced on January 7, 2025, Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram,...
Globe, PNP, NBI help arrest bogus online seller
DIGITAL services provider GCash on Thursday said that with the help of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) and Philippine National Police (PNP), they...
Facebook parent firm to cut 10,000 jobs
Facebook's parent company, Meta, will cut 10,000 jobs and close another 5,000 open positions that have not been hired yet.
Meta co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg...
Marcos administration empowering women via ICT education, skills training — DICT...
The Marcos administration has been carrying out programs aimed at educating and improving the skills of Filipino women on information and communications technology (ICT)...
Whistlblower claims Facebook used by authoritarian regimes like China
Frances Haugen, a former Facebook employee turned whistleblower, testified before the US Senate on Tuesday, claiming that the social media platform is "definitely" being used...
Social media giants face million-dollar fines in Russia
Western social media giants Telegram, Facebook and Twitter will be
called into a Moscow court this month where they will face fines of
nearly $1 million...
Irish body fines WhatsApp $267M for failure to disclose how it...
An Irish watchdog on Thursday said it has levied a record fine against WhatsApp - close to $270 million - for failing to disclose...
US trade body files new anti-monopoly case vs Facebook
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed an amended its anti-monopoly complaint against Facebook on Thursday, accusing it of a "buy-or-bury" scheme against competitors to...
Instagram, Facebook can soon have option to hide ‘like’ counts
The tiny red hearts that appear under Instagram photos of kids, kittens and sandwiches can be a source of stress for many users, an...
Facebook to allow users to ask for takedown of flagged content
Facebook on Tuesday announced a change that will allow users to petition its Oversight Board to have flagged content removed from the social platform.
Previously,...
