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Meta cuts 10,000 more jobs
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Wednesday, 15 March 2023 10:45

Meta cuts 10,000 more jobs


On top of the 11,000 fired in November

Meta is planning to cut 10,000 jobs as well as 5,000 open positions indicating that the company problems are a lot more serious than believed.

Meta works on decentralised, text-based social network app
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Claims it will rival Twitter and Mastodon

Meta is working on a standalone, text-based social network app.

Meta will lay off thousands more staff
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Tuesday, 07 March 2023 10:48

Meta will lay off thousands more staff


They will forever remain in the Metaverse 

After laying off more than 11,000 employees in November 2022, Meta is going to lay off thousands more.

Facebook still worried about Zuckerberg's security
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Is someone trying to kill him?

While Facebook is trying to cut costs everywhere, it is boosting Mark Zuckerberg's considerable personal security budget by $4 million.

Spotify expected to lay off staff this week
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Monday, 23 January 2023 10:59

Spotify expected to lay off staff this week


More cost cutting

Spotify is planning to announce layoffs this week, according to a new report by Bloomberg as a way for the company to cut costs.

WhatsApp fined €5.5 million by Irish
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Friday, 20 January 2023 11:34

WhatsApp fined €5.5 million by Irish


GDPR kicks in making Meta's eyes water

Ireland’s Data Protection Commission backed a German complaint against WhatsApp and slapped a €5.5 million fine on the company.

Meta sues surveillance company for fake accounts
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Making money off watching users is our job

Meta has sued to block a surveillance company from using Facebook and Instagram.

Irish regulators kick Meta with fine
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Thursday, 05 January 2023 10:48

Irish regulators kick Meta with fine


Made a mess of bottom line

Irish regulators kicked Facebook parent Meta in its private assets with hundreds of millions in fines for online privacy violations and banned the company from forcing European users to agree to personalised ads.

Companies that fire IT staff are going to suffer in the long term
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While those who hire them are going to do well

Dumb companies run by corporate geniuses who think they can save money by firing their IT staff to prop up their bottom lines are headed towards future doom.

Facebook charged with inflaming a real war
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Thursday, 15 December 2022 11:39

Facebook charged with inflaming a real war


Refused to stop posts that incited violence

Meta has been accused in a lawsuit of letting posts that inflamed the war in Tigray on Facebook, by refusing to block posts calling for violence.