Meta (formerly Facebook) has announced a significant shift in its content moderation approach. It is scaling back its reliance on third-party fact-checkers and embracing policies that favor broader free speech. This even at the expense of potentially tolerating polarizing or controversial content. The move, described by Meta as an effort to promote free expression, has … Read more
The Reuters Institute at the University of Oxford has published the twelfth edition of the Digital News Report. In the wake of pressing economic conditions, the research indicates a prevalent trend where individuals reassess their expenditure on news media. A comprehensive qualitative study carried out in the United States, United Kingdom, and Germany provided insight … Read more
The Press Gazette has published an article on the demise of Facebook as a source of traffic to news sites.
Mark Zuckerberg expressed his satisfaction with the recent quarter’s results, highlighting the growing momentum in their products and business. Their community has reached an impressive milestone, as more than 3 billion people now use at least one of their apps daily. Facebook has also achieved significant milestones in user engagement, with 200 million daily active … Read more
Over the past five years, search engines have grown in importance as a source of traffic to news websites, while the role of social media has slightly declined.
Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Meta, formerly known as Facebook, has recently shared some crucial news regarding the company’s future plans. Amidst a challenging economic environment, the tech giant is making strategic moves aimed at boosting efficiency and improving financial performance. The company is laying out a detailed restructuring plan that will take effect … Read more
Meta has announced that they are “winding down” (aka dumping) NFTs across the company. In short, Meta will be focusing on messaging and monetisation opportunities for Reels. Also, they will continue to develop Meta Pay and investing in messaging payments. See below announcement from Stephane Kasriel, Head of Commerce & Financial Technologies at Meta.
Mark Zuckerberg gave a town hall update during which he tackled the issue of reviewing Facebook’s policies ahead of the 2020 U.S. election. The objective of the review is, in his words, “to connect people to authoritative information about voting, to crackdown on voter suppression and to fight hate speech.” The first change aims at … Read more
eMarketer has revealed some fascinating news. According to its latest forecast, net US digital ad revenues will decline in absolute terms. In other words, Google is taking home fewer dollars than the year before. This has never happened since eMarketer started forecasting such a metric. In its estimate, eMarketer puts the figure at $39.58 billion … Read more
Facebook has launched CatchUp. It’s an experimental app aiming at making telephone calls easier. Not in the sense of pressing a button. In the sense that, according to Facebook, the reason people often don’t voice call family and friends is that they don’t know if they are available and they don’t want to disturb. CatchUp … Read more