Executives at Facebook are reportedly considering the option of a “kill switch” that would turn off all political advertising in the wake of a disputed presidential election. Put more simply: Executives at Facebook are reportedly admitting they were wrong. As recently as mid-August, Facebook leaders were on a press junket touting the site’s new Voting […]
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This article is part of the On Tech newsletter. You can sign up here to receive it weekdays. Mark Zuckerberg likes to say that Facebook does more good than harm in the world. But Facebook’s effect on the world is multifaceted and complicated, and the good can’t simply make us forget the bad. Without Facebook
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Executives and engineers from Facebook’s games division submitted their new app, Facebook Gaming, to Apple last month for approval to offer it in the iPhone maker’s App Store. Apple considered Facebook’s application for a few weeks. This month, it delivered its verdict: denied. The Facebook team was not surprised. It wasn’t the first time Apple
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Giphy’s services power animations on several platforms Facebook’s takeover of Giphy, a search engine for funny reaction images, is being investigated by the UK’s competition authority. Giphy’s vast library of looping short video animations is hugely popular in Facebook’s apps. But it also provides animations to competitors like TikTok,
On April 22, Facebook invested $5.7 billion for a 9.9% stake in Jio Platforms, owned by Reliance Industries. The deal valued Jio at a pre-money valuation of $65.95 billion, making Facebook the largest minority shareholder in the Indian telecom network. Some of the key takeaways for the deal are as follows: Both firms are working
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I literally said it this morning: I’m so tired of using the sad icon on Facebook. There’s so much bad news: people dying of COVID-19, others fighting the virus, and others hit in the collateral damage of an economic collapse. You can’t just “like” a post with the standard thumbs-up when someone says her father
Remember Libra, Facebook’s plan to create a global digital currency? Unveiled last June, it was immediately met with resistance from policymakers and central bankers around the world. So, the team went back to the drawing board, and today it re-emerged with a new vision—one that is a lot less audacious than the original. Here are
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Lean In/Sheryl Sandberg Sheryl Sandberg has the weight of the world on her shoulders. The chief operating officer of Facebook isn’t just responsible for helping to lead one of the world’s most polarizing companies through a global pandemic, but for the 2.26 billion people who visit its platforms every day. With about one third of
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We have entered a brave new world for advertising. Marketing campaigns that seemed brilliant during the Superbowl only a few weeks ago now seem dated and out of touch. Entire premises of TV shows are dated before they even premiere. Modern Family’s finale, the culmination of 11 seasons of the once-groundbreaking perennial Emmy winner, was based on
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