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Hackers abused Google AppSheet to send Meta phishing emails, compromising 30,000 Facebook business accounts across 50 countries.
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The author reads her account of her time as a senior executive at Facebook with a mixture of dark humour and astonishment at the working culture in which she finds herself
Sarah Wynn-Williams’s memoir documenting her seven years working at Facebook opens, unexpectedly, with a shark attack. The New Zealander was 13 years old and swimming in the sea when the shark bit her torso and shook her from side to side. She lived to tell the tale, but her near-death experience awakened in her a desire to leave the world better than she found it.
Wynn-Williams went on to take a job at Facebook’s public policy department in 2011, having seen the potential of the platform as a global meeting place. But what she found was a senior staff high on power and untroubled by ethical concerns such as privacy or the dissemination of hate speech and misinformation. All were resistant to political interference and dedicated to rapid expansion, no matter the consequences, claims that Meta has called out of date and false. The author also encountered a working culture where employees enjoyed perks but had to be available around the clock – a situation that led to her responding to emails while in labour.
Meta lost in New Mexico. The bigger question now is whether the next phase forces changes to how its platforms work.
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Meta launches Creator Fast Track, offering guaranteed pay and boosted reach to جذب top TikTok and YouTube creators back to Facebook.
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"If we can find them then so can Meta: they simply choose not to look," says UK’s Gambling Commission.
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The tech titan isn't celebrating this compliance milestone. Instead, it launched a scathing attack on the legislation.
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Named platforms include Facebook, Instagram, Threads, Snapchat, TikTok, X, YouTube, Reddit, and the streaming services Kick and Twitch.
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Meta will retire Facebook’s Like and Comment plugins on Feb. 10, 2026, citing a platform refresh as usage declines — ending a hallmark of the early social web.
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New York City sues social media companies, including Facebook, Google, Snapchat and TikTok, alleging they have created a mental health crisis among children.
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