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The Latest Breaking News from Meta

On Jan 29, 2018, the prominent Berlin-based Azerbaijani news site Meydan TV had its Facebook page hacked for the first time. The attackers removed all admin accounts, deleted all content, and removed nearly 100,000 followers.

Bangkok Post

Google is toughening its performance reviews to identify 10,000 low performers. Employees fear layoffs are next

Google's performance review restructuring comes as the tech industry has suffered massive widespread layoffs. Googlers are worried.

Fortune

Foreign Workers Are Losing Their Tech Jobs. Will They Have To Leave the Country Too?

Thousands of tech workers are being laid off. That’s putting H-1B visa holders on tight timelines to find new work.

Reason

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Meta pushes back on ‘false’ report that Zuckerberg is planning to step down as CEO

The Leak, citing an anonymous source, claimed that Zuckerberg would depart in 2023 because of the company’s recent losses.

Fortune

Transparency report: India made 55,497 requests for user data from Meta in the first half of 2022

In the first six months of 2022, the Indian government made the second-highest number of requests to Meta for user data , according to the tech giant’s transparency report for the first half of this year. Meta owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, among other products.

Newslaundry

US Tech Giant Hewlett Packard Plans Up to 6,000 Job Cuts

PC-maker Hewlett Packard on Tuesday said it would layoff as many as 6,000 employees over the next three years as the slumping world economy continues to embroil the US tech sector. HP, which has a payroll of about 61,000 people, said it aimed to secure $1.4 billion in annual savings…

Asharq Al-Awsat

How can Big Tech help us? Start by providing better customer service

The devaluation of human help and rise of A.I.-assisted tech support comes at an inopportune time for the industry.

Fortune

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Meta told to reinstate drill music video posts removed at request of Met Police

Meta’s Oversight Board has ruled the decision to remove the posts was a mistake.

The Independent UK

Instagram told to reinstate music video removed at request of Met police

Oversight board says removal of Secrets Not Safe by Chinx (OS) suggests ‘over-policing of certain communities’

The Guardian - UK

More than 6,000 tech and biotech job cuts roil Bay Area economy

Tech and biotech companies have revealed plans recently for enough job cuts to erase more than 6,000 jobs in the Bay Area, cutbacks that could weigh on the region’s economy in the weeks and months to come.

Tribune News Service

The search for purposeful work has fueled an exit from prestigious companies to startups

A tech executive, special effects artist, and a doctor, all left their former jobs in search of more fulfilling work.

Fortune

Has your Instagram been cloned yet? Inside the rise of social media identity theft (and what to do about it)

Cases of social media identity theft have skyrocketed in recent weeks, with victims and their loved ones being scammed — so are any of us really safe online anymore? Katie Strick reports

Evening Standard

Instagram testing removal of messaging button for teens as part of privacy push

More restrictive privacy settings will also be added by default for teen users.

Evening Standard

From immigration support to free office furniture: How severance packages for laid-off tech employees compare

An inside look at how severance packages at tech companies like Microsoft, Netflix, and Lyft stack up.

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Tech layoffs are not the canary in the coal mine for the U.S. labor market, Morgan Stanley says

Tech firms including Lyft, Twitter, Stripe, Meta and Amazon have laid off staff in recent months.

The New Daily

What is a ‘leap second’ and why are we saying goodbye to them?

It’s time to work out exactly what to do with a problem that has become increasingly urgent, and severe, with the rise of the digital world.

The Independent UK

Andrew Tate: Who is the controversial TikTok influencer?

Tate has been criticised for peddling ‘misogynistic views’ and ‘negative presentations of masculinity’

Inverse

Meta Quest 2 accessories: 9 affordable upgrades to make your headset "pro"

From head straps to charging docks to headphones, these are the best accessories to buy to make your Quest 2 work more like the Quest Pro.

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The Guardian - UK

May I have a word about… the sins of Twitter, Meta and Amazon

As if making thousands of people redundant were not bad enough, they compound it with their use of language

The Guardian - UK

I too quit Twitter this week – and have never been more relieved

Elon Musk’s latest acquisition once turned an innocuous trip to the cinema into something more disturbing

Bangkok Post

Meta upbeat on 5-10 year outlook

The metaverse is expected to gain momentum in the mass market in 5-10 years, while various emerging technologies require regulation in a responsible manner without undermining the innovative power of technology, according global tech powerhouses Meta and Amazon Web Services (AWS).

Tribune News Service

With 5,900 tech jobs already gone, a Seattle correction looks real

The string of layoff announcements by Amazon and other Seattle-area tech employers has many asking whether the tech industry is bound for a major correction and even more job cuts in coming months.

Tribune News Service

Fired by Musk or Zuckerberg? The Old Economy welcomes you

As Meta Platforms Inc., Twitter Inc. and other leaders of the new economy embark on an unprecedented round of firings, the stalwarts of the old economy are waiting with open arms.

Evening Standard

Facebook wants you to stop oversharing in your profile

Political views, religion, and sexual-orientation fields are all being scrubbed from Facebook profiles.

Fortune

'Allow people to leave the company with dignity': How Airbnb CEO's job cuts stand in stark contrast to Meta and Twitter

As tech layoffs continue, companies might learn some lessons from Airbnb—one of the first to cut jobs in the pandemic era.

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