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Google announces ‘difficult news’ as it fires 12,000 staff

Staff cuts follow similarly vast reductions at Microsoft, Amazon and Meta

The Independent UK

Google owner to slash 12,000 jobs in latest record round of layoffs in tech

Google is laying off 12,000 workers, or about 6% of its workforce, becoming the latest tech company to trim staff as the economic boom that the industry rode during the COVID-19 pandemic ebbs.

France 24

Google axes 12,000 jobs, layoffs spread across tech sector

“We hired for a different economic reality than the one we face today,” CEO Sundar Pichai said Friday in an email to staff that was also posted on the company’s news blog.

Chicago Sun-Times

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Tesla, JPMorgan, and Meta are among companies that face ‘key-person’ risk

Boards have to be wary of “key-person risk.” Here’s what top directors can do to break up a codependent relationship between a company and a star executive.

Fortune

Google Ireland job fears as firm to lay off 12,000 workers in latest blow to tech sector

It comes after other companies including Microsoft, Amazon and Meta recently announced plans to axe workers.

Irish Mirror

Free the nipple: Facebook and Instagram to lift ban on sharing bare breasts pictures

A decade ago, Facebook had banned its users from sharing bare breasts photos on their account. But in an inclusive move, Meta may now allow trans, non-binary people and women to share their bare breast photos on their platform.

The Times of India

Facebook and Instagram advised to change ‘confusing’ policies around female nipples

‘The restrictions and exceptions to the rules on female nipples are extensive and confusing, particularly as they apply to transgender and non-binary people,’ Meta’s Oversight Board says

The Independent UK

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Inside the Facebook Files: Emails Reveal the CDC's Role in Silencing COVID-19 Dissent

Throughout the pandemic, the CDC was in constant contact with Facebook, vetting what users were allowed to say on the social media site.

Reason

Facebook approved ads promoting violence in wake of Brazil riots - report

Facebook approved a series of online ads promoting violence in Brazil, days after protesters ransacked government buildings, according to a new report.

Reuters

Facebook Approved Ads Promoting Violence in Wake of Brazil Riots

Facebook approved a series of online ads promoting violence in Brazil, days after protesters ransacked government buildings, according to a new report.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Climate misinformation 'rocket boosters' on Musk's Twitter

New research shows climate misinformation has been flourishing on Twitter since Elon Musk bought the platform last year

The Independent UK

Donald Trump ‘planning Twitter comeback’ as he plots 2024 presidential campaign

The former US President is reportedly workshopping ideas for his first tweet

Evening Standard

Meta Has Been Given 60 Days To Free The Nipple After Current Policy Found To Be Discriminatory

Zuck on that.

Pedestrian.tv

Trump says his campaign talking with Meta about possible return to Facebook -Fox News

Former U.S. President Donald Trump told Fox News Digital on Wednesday that his campaign was in talks with Meta Platforms about a possible return to Facebook and Instagram, two years after the company banned him for inciting violence.

Reuters

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Inverse

Apple's postponed glasses prove our AR future is further off than we thought

Apple is postponing its rumored AR glasses to focus on a new mixed-reality headset, Bloomberg reports.

Bangkok Post

Why Zuckerberg should face the threat of jail

The UK government is about to do something that will make Silicon Valley shudder, or at least make social media executives think twice about flying over British airspace.

Evening Standard

Meta told to end Facebook and Instagram ban on bare breasts

The decision comes after an incident where Facebook censored two posts by a transgender and non-binary couple.

The Independent UK

Trump preparing return to Twitter, Facebook and Instagram this month

‘If Facebook wants to have this fight, fine, but the House is leverage, and keeping Trump off Facebook just looks political,’ advisor says

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Fortune

PR group CEO reveals shocking lengths employees go to mask cancer diagnosis

A shocking 50% of cancer patients are afraid to tell their employer about their diagnosis.

Dublin Live

Microsoft planning to cut thousands of jobs worldwide

The news comes after Twitter and Meta laid off thousands of staff with Amazon planning thousands of job losses globally

Asharq Al-Awsat

Microsoft to Cut Staff Again

Microsoft is readying to cut more positions from its global workforce as tech giants continue paring headcount to ride out rough economic conditions, according to media reports on Tuesday. The computer industry stalwart could announce layoffs in its engineering divisions as early as Wednesday, Bloomberg News reported. A Microsoft spokesperson…

360info

India’s Wire scandal a lesson for media

A scandal involving a fake email, two computer cryptographers and a politician is a lesson for all media before India’s run of elections.

The Guardian - US

Free the nipple: Facebook and Instagram told to overhaul ban on bare breasts

Meta’s advisory board says policy impedes right to expression for women and trans and nonbinary people

Daily Record

Five WhatsApp changes coming to the app as billions of users to be affected

The instant messaging platform is in the process of developing a couple of huge updates.

The Guardian - UK

First Thing: US Covid surge is big risk and is ‘not being taken seriously’

Fewer precautions, recent holidays and subvariants have driven rise but boosters, masks and other measures still effective. Plus, will Donald Trump be allowed to return to Facebook?

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