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Protecting children in the metaverse: it's easy to blame big tech, but we all have a role to play

In a recent BBC news investigation, a reporter posing as a 13-year-old girl in a virtual reality (VR) app was exposed to sexual content, racist insults and a rape threat. The app in question, VRChat, is an interactive platform where users can create “rooms” within which people interact (in the…

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Google Disables Google Maps For Ukraine; Bans Russia Owned RT's Mobile App

Google Disables Google Maps For Ukraine; Bans Russia Owned RT's Mobile App

Alphabet Inc's (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Google temporarily disabled some Google Maps tools for Ukraine, which provide live information about traffic conditions, Reuters reports. After consulting with sources, including regional authorities, Google globally disabled the Google Maps traffic layer and live information. Ukraine faced attacks from Russian forces who invaded the country on February…

Is Meta Platforms a Buy Under $215?

Is Meta Platforms a Buy Under $215?

Social technology company Meta Platforms (FB) has been rapidly accelerating its AI efforts to pave the way for its metaverse. However, increased regulatory scrutiny from various lawmaking bodies could dent the company’s growth potential. So, is it worth betting on the stock now that it is trading at less than…

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Facebook takes down Ukraine disinformation network and bans Russian-backed media

Meta says network ran websites posing as independent news entities and created fake personas

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Fake Social Media Accounts Aimed at Ukraine, Says Meta

Pro-Russia groups are orchestrating misinformation campaigns on social media, using fake profiles or hacked accounts to paint Ukraine as a feeble pawn of Western duplicity, Meta said Sunday. The cyber security team at the tech giant -- parent of Facebook and Instagram -- said it blocked a set of Russia-linked…

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Facebook used by hackers to target Ukraine’s military and politicians, says Meta

Meta says it has removed a network of fake accounts, groups and pages across Facebook and Instagram that operated from Russia and Ukraine

Evening Standard

Facebook-owner Meta says Ukraine's military, politicians targeted in hacking campaign

Meta Platforms said a hacking group used Facebook to target public figures in Ukraine, including prominent military officials, politicians and a journalist, as the social media company announced steps against covert influence and hacking amid Russia's ongoing invasion of its neighbor.

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Meta removed two disinformation campaigns targeting Ukraine

Meta removed two disinformation campaigns targeting Ukraine

The company says it scuttled the operations before they reached a wide audience.

Meta squeezes Russian media monetization

Meta squeezes Russian media monetization

Facebook's head of security policy made the announcement on Twitter Friday night

Meta to bar Russian state media from running ads, monetizing on platform

Meta to bar Russian state media from running ads, monetizing on platform

Meta Platforms Inc is barring Russian state media from running ads or monetizing on its platform anywhere in the world, the parent company of social media giant Facebook said on Friday.

How protesters in Russia and Ukraine are avoiding internet censorship — and jail

On Thursday night, the human rights activist Marina Litinovich posted a video to her Facebook account calling for her fellow Russians to protest the country's invasion of its neighbor to the west.

Los Angeles Times

Did Meta Platforms Abandon OS Development For Its VR/AR Devices?

Did Meta Platforms Abandon OS Development For Its VR/AR Devices?

Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ: FB) has reportedly broken up a team of more than 300 employees designated for the development of an operating system that could power the company's VR/AR devices.

Here's Why Russia Looks To Partially Limit Facebook Access

Here's Why Russia Looks To Partially Limit Facebook Access

Russia's communications regulator Roskomnadzor, the Russian federal executive agency responsible for monitoring, controlling, and censoring Russian mass media, looks to partially restrict access to Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ:FB) Facebook, Reuters reports. The restriction was in response to regulations the U.S. social media giant has imposed on Russian media, accusing Facebook of "censorship." Related…

Russia to restrict Facebook access for 'censoring' its media

Russia to restrict Facebook access for 'censoring' its media

Moscow said on Friday it was partially limiting access to Meta Platforms Inc's Facebook, accusing it of "censoring" Russian media, announcing the measure a day after Russia invaded Ukraine and the latest in a series of steps against U.S. social media giants.

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Check Out What Whales Are Doing With Meta Platforms

A whale with a lot of money to spend has taken a noticeably bullish stance on Meta Platforms. Looking at options history for Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:FB) we detected 19 strange trades.

Facebook Follows Twitter, Shares Security Tips For Ukraine's Users

Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ: FB) has set up

Meta and Twitter roll out online safeguards as Ukraine crisis worsens

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2 Tech Stocks to Buy on Weakness

It’s been a turbulent start to the year for Tech, with the Nasdaq 100 Index (QQQ) sliding more than 18% from its highs and the Nasdaq Composite down more than 20% from its highs. While some might attribute the correction to geopolitical instability, I believe the correction was long overdue…

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Here's Why This Analyst Downgraded Facebook Parent Meta

Erste Group analyst Hans Engel downgraded Facebook parent Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:FB) to Hold from Buy. Facebook invested 21.7% of revenue in research and development in the last quarter, and the intended reorientation toward virtual products and services offers new earnings potential in the future. Related Content: Read How Facebook's Metaverse Ambitions Are Shaping Up In Mark…

Josh Brown Buys Meta Platforms And This Stock Down More Than 30% YTD

Ritholtz Wealth Management's Josh Brown said he was waiting to catch somebody else's falling knife earlier this week. In bear markets, he places limit orders to buy stocks at specific

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Meta Lays Out Moves Being Made to Build the Metaverse

Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday talked up his company's efforts to build the metaverse, an immersive virtual world he has billed as the Facebook parent's future. Doubts have swirled about whether the major metaverse investments will pay off for Meta, which changed its name from Facebook last year to…

Read How Facebook's Metaverse Ambitions Are Shaping Up In Mark Zuckerberg's Words

Facebook parent Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:FB) is working on AI research to allow people to have more natural conversations with voice assistants, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said. The initiative marks how people will communicate with AI in the metaverse. The company's Project CAIRaoke is "a fully end-to-end neural model for building on-device assistants," said Zuckerberg. Zuckerberg…

Metaverse Land Just Sold For $25,993 (9,699 MANA) In Decentraland

What happened: Virtual land tokenized as an NFT just sold for $25,993, which is 2.05x the current floor price of 4.75 Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) ($25,993 USD). The collection consists of over 97,000 plots of land –– at the current moment each plot Land parcels are 16m x 16m, or 52…

Metaverse Land Just Sold For $35,507 (13,249 MANA) In Decentraland

What happened: Virtual land tokenized as an NFT just sold for $35,507, which is 2.80x the current floor price of 4.75 Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) ($35,507 USD). The collection consists of over 97,000 plots of land –– at the current moment each plot Land parcels are 16m x 16m, or 52…

This Plot Of Digital Land Just Sold For $13,591 In ETH In The SandBox

What happened: Virtual land tokenized as an NFT just sold for $13,591, which is 1.45x the current floor price of 3.51 Ether (CRYPTO: ETH). The estate consists of 166,464 plots of land –– each plot is 2,500 square feet in the metaverse.

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