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Tech this week: Trump’s new social media and Shatner’s space rebuke

Donald Trump launched a new social media platform during the week and William Shatner faced criticsm from his fellow actors over his Blue Origin space flight.

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Facebook agrees to pay French media publishers over copyright

The social media giant reached an agreement with some French dailies just weeks after signing an agreement with newspapers Le Monde and Le Figaro.

USA

Donald Trump to launch social network after Twitter and Facebook bans

The former US president plans to launch a platform called Truth Social, as Twitter, Facebook and YouTube uphold their bans on his accounts.

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Is Facebook about to change its name?

Amid heavy scrutiny, Facebook has reportedly decided it’s time for a new name that aligns with it’s ambitions to build the ‘metaverse’.

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Why has Facebook been slapped with a fine by a UK regulator?

"This should serve as a warning to any company that thinks it is above the law," the UK's competition body said.

Green News

Climate sceptics are using COVID-19 trauma against us, says new report

A new report by the Institute for Strategic Dialogue has identified a dangerous new brand of climate disinformation.

Tech News

Facebook bets big on the metaverse - but what is it?

'Metaverse' refers to the merging of physical, augmented, and virtual reality in a shared online space. Facebook thinks it's the future of the internet.

World News

Facebook plans to hire 10,000 workers in EU to build 'metaverse'

Facebook says the five-year investment in a new computing platform is "a vote of confidence in the strength of the European tech industry."

Experiences

Fed up of Facebook's censorship, Vienna sends nudes to OnlyFans

In a world first, the Austrian galleries are now exhibiting their nude artworks on the platform better known for porn.

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Nobel winner Maria Ressa calls Facebook 'biased against facts'

Ressa, who was the joint recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize this week, slammed Facebook as a threat to democracy.

World News

Euroviews. Regulating Big Tech will take pluralism and institutions | View

Give social media users a choice of algorithm - and real, independent oversight bodies - to keep debate online free and healthy, argue EDMO's Miguel Poaires Maduro and law researcher Francisco de Abreu Duarte.

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EU chief: Facebook's outage shows why tech industry needs more players

EU competition watchdog Margrethe Vestager said the six-hour outage showed that consumers needed more alternatives in the tech market.

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Four key takeaways from the Facebook whistleblower's Senate hearing

Frances Haugen spent hours giving evidence to a US Senate subcommittee on Tuesday, prompting pushback from Facebook and a memo from Mark Zuckerberg.

World News

Ex-Facebook manager urges Congress to regulate tech giant

“Facebook’s products harm children, stoke division and weaken our democracy,” a former employee told the US Congress on Tuesday.

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MEPs demand Facebook investigation after whistleblower leaks

Two European lawmakers said the leaked documents proved big tech companies could not be trusted to regulate themselves.

Tech News

Here's how Facebook disappeared from the Internet

The sheer scale of Facebook meant its downtime had ripple effects hitting businesses, advertisers and even locking the company's employees out of their offices.

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Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp back online after global outage

The major outage on Monday affected millions of users of the three social media platforms around the world.

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Facebook promotes hate to make money, whistleblower claims

The social media giant knows hate speech is a problem. It also knows it's profitable, a former employee claimed on Sunday.

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Facebook knew that celebrity posts made Instagram users feel worse

Internal research by Facebook found that some celebrities posted photos that made their followers have a worse self-image.

Health news

Facebook challenged over Instagram's mental health impact on kids

US Senators accused Facebook of hiding research that showed Instagram was harming teenagers. The company says it takes safety "very seriously".