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Gordon Ramsay's latest cookbook emerged from lockdown Instagram Lives

The Scottish chef has put together a new recipe book based on the 10-minute meals he was teaching to families across the globe during COVID.

USA

Facebook is rebranding as Meta, says CEO Mark Zuckerberg

It's part of an effort to encompass its virtual-reality vision for the future - something Zuckerberg calls the “metaverse.”

Tech News

Trump will remain owner of TRUTH if convicted or runs for president

Trump tightens grip on social media company after SPAC deal success

Culture news

Paul McCartney gives up on signing fan autographs after six decades

The British music icon would rather have a conversation with diehards over being asked to sign random bits of paper.

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Europe Decoded

Social media firms sanction Bolsonaro over COVID vaccine claims

YouTube said it had suspended the Brazilian President for one week, while Facebook and Instagram have removed his live broadcast from last week.

Tech News

Key takeaways from Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen

Frances Haugen testified to the UK parliament's Joint Committee on the Draft Online Safety Bill.

Tech News

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.

Europe Decoded

Twitter admits its algorithms amplify right-wing content

An internal study at Twitter has revealed that the platform's algorithms amplify right-wing content over left-wing content.

Tech News

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.

Slovakia

Slovakian President slams MP for Facebook post about her daughter

Independent MP Tomáš Taraba has been accused of "attacking" the daughter of President Zuzana Čaputová on Facebook.

Tech News

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’.

Tech News

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.

Europe Decoded

Belarus threatens to criminalise certain social media channels

Belarus' Main Directorate for Fighting Organised Crime has said that citizens who subscribe to "extremist Telegram channels and chats" are also criminally liable.

Sweden

‘Concrete measures’ needed to fight anti-Semitism says Swedish PM

A conference on Wednesday focused on the receding memory of the Holocaust and the rise of anti-Semitism views on social media.

Scenes

Meet the women hunting cyber criminals and fighting for justice

In partnership with Media City

“The fact that our daily life got transferred to cyberspace, the sexist violence in the streets transferred itself to cyberspace.”

Tech News

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.

Tech News

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.

Tech News

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.