Amidst reports of a substantial decrease in active users on the Threads, the Twitter clone launched by Facebook (now known as Meta), CEO Mark Zuckerberg is urging calm and expressing optimism for the platform’s future.
Elon Musk has criticized new rate limits imposed by Mark Zuckerberg’s Threads, Facebook’s recently launched Twitter clone. Musk labeled the move as “oppressive” just weeks after Twitter announced limits on its own users to only viewing 600 tweets a day.
Rep. Jim Jordan, (R-OH) has reportedly asked Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to hand over documents about content moderation on his new platform Threads as part of the House Judiciary’s ongoing investigation of tech platforms’ policies and contact with the Biden administration.
Ohio Senate Republican candidate and Secretary of State Frank LaRose took more than $1 million in funding from Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s election nonprofit to help run the November 2020 election.
Elon Musk’s Twitter has reportedly begun blocking links to its new competitor, Threads, following reports of a significant decline in Twitter’s web traffic after the launch of Mark Zuckerberg’s Twitter clone on July 5.
Anas Haqqani, a senior Taliban official and member of the notorious Haqqani Network jihadist organization, endorsed Twitter over its nascent Facebook rival Threads on Monday, celebrating pro-China owner Elon Musk for allegedly protecting “freedom of speech.”
Jack Sweeney, the creator of the previously banned Twitter account that tracked Elon Musk’s private jet, has relaunched his project on Threads, Mark Zuckerberg’s rival platform. Some consider the move a subtle dig at Musk, the self-proclaimed “free speech absolutist” who banned the account after promising not to.
A new report from the House Judiciary Committee indicates that an effort against “Russian disinformation” on social media platforms, spearheaded by the FBI and Ukrainian intelligence officials, resulted in the censorship of Americans’ accounts. In one case, the FBI and Ukrainian intelligence effort flagged an account run by the U.S. State Department for censorship, but it was ultimately not taken down.
Mark Zuckerberg’s new Twitter clone, Threads, has already amassed 100 million users since its launch, however, the platform’s algorithmic feed and lack of key features have raised questions about its potential to replace Twitter.
Comedian Sarah Silverman is suing Facebook parent company Meta as well as ChatGPT firm OpenAI for copyright infringement, claiming they used her content without permission to train artificial intelligence language models.
If Mark Zuckerberg’s spending patterns are a guide to his beliefs, then he seems to believe only the rich should be able to afford safety and security.
Tech titans Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg have found themselves embroiled in a deepening public feud. The rivalry, which has played out in the public eye, was sparked by the launch of Threads, a new social media platform developed by Zuckerberg’s Facebook (now known as Meta) as a “sanely run” Twitter clone. In his latest salvo, Musk accused Zuckerberg of being a cuck and challenged him to a “literal dick measuring contest.”
Facebook’s new Twitter clone, “Threads,” will not “encourage” hard news and politics, said head of Instagram Adam Mosseri, who added that the social media platform is an app for users who are interested in a “less angry” environment.
Mark Zuckerberg’s Twitter clone, Threads, made a strong debut with more than 50 million profiles and 95 million posts in its first day of operation.
Two major tech conferences scheduled to book thousands of hotel rooms in crime-infested San Francisco have been canceled.
Twitter is considering legal action against Facebook (now known as Meta) over Threads, its recently launched Twitter clone. Elon Musk said in a tweet that, “Competition is fine, cheating is not.”
Threads, the Twitter clone touted by Facebook executives as the “sanely run” alternative to Elon Musk’s Twitter, has launched with the company’s characteristic political bias, censoring Donald Trump Jr. with a warning message the platform’s first day of operation.
In a significant move in the social media landscape, Mark Zuckerberg has unveiled “Threads,” his Twitter clone. Taking a jab at competitor Elon Musk, Zuck celebrated the launch of his newest platform by posting his first tweet in more than a decade.
Mark Zuckerberg’s Twitter clone, Threads, is trumpeting an explosive start with 10 million signups in just seven hours, but users are surprised to learn about a catch built in to the new platform. People that set up a Threads profile and decided to delete it learned that doing so will delete their Instagram account as well.
Facebook’s latest social media platform, Threads, was briefly available on the web today, providing an early look at the app set to officially launch on July 6. Threads is widely regarded as a clone of Twitter, which Facebook promises will be “sanely run.”
In an attempt to tap into a vast new market, Facebook (now known as Meta) is in discussions with Tencent, the world’s largest video game publisher, to introduce its Quest VR headset to China. Mark Zuckerberg’s company reportedly faces an uphill battle in selling its wares in the communist country.
Threads, the soon-to-be-launched app touted by Facebook (now known as Meta) as the “sane” alternative to Elon Musk’s Twitter, will — much like other Facebook apps — collect a dizzying array of details about its users.
A “cage match” between billionaires Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg might actually happen, as talks over the event have reportedly progressed.
Following a similar decision by Facebook (now known as Meta), Google announced plans to block all news links in Canada following the passage of Bill C-18, the Online News Act, a corporate welfare package for the legacy media industry that would force tech companies to pay big media companies for linking to their content.
Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook (now known as Meta) has created open-source artificial intelligence technology that is sparking a debate about its potential for innovation and the risks that come with it due to misuse after users have begun creating AI sexbots to chat with.
Tech billionaires Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg continue to milk their potential cage match for all the publicity it is worth. The news has sparked widespread discussion and concern, including from Musk’s own father, Errol Musk. According to Elon’s dad, he loses either way if the fight moves forward — “The thing is if this crazy fight goes ahead, if Elon beats this guy, Elon will be called a bully, being so much heavier and taller. While if he loses, the humiliation would be total.”
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled on Friday that Facebook can be sued in court for allegedly violating civil rights law by discriminating on the basis of race and sex in its targeting of housing advertisements.
Silicon Valley giants Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg have been teasing the possibility of a cage fight, sparking a frenzy in both the tech and sports worlds.
Palmer Luckey, the father of the modern VR industry, eviscerated the media over its obsession with his political views after he was posed a question on the topic at a Bloomberg panel, prompting a loud burst of applause from the audience.
The Canadian equivalent of the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act (JCPA), a bill forcing tech companies to pay off and collude with big media companies, has passed in Canada. As a result, Facebook (now known as Meta) says news content will no longer be available on its main platform and Instagram in the country — and Google is considering a similar approach on its platforms.
Aaron Berman, a 17-year veteran of the CIA who already held a senior position in Facebook’s “misinformation” team during the 2020 election, has been promoted to “Head of Elections Policies” at the company now known as Meta.
Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg, two of the world’s leading tech billionaires, recently engaged in a humorous social media exchange about a potential cage fight. Zuckerberg has been training in mixed martial arts for some time now, it is unclear if Musk has any combat experience whatsoever. When Musk proposed a match, Zuck responded, “Send me location.”
Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp have all experienced widespread outages on Friday, impacting millions of users across the globe.
Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Facebook (now known as Meta) has criticized the behavior of the medical and scientific establishment during the coronavirus pandemic, who, backed by western governments, demanded social media censorship of information that “ended up being more debatable or true.”
Following Mark Zuckerberg’s grand tradition of shamelessly copying features from social media rivals, Facebook is preparing to launch a new stand-alone app designed to compete directly with Twitter. The company claims it is responding to calls for “a sanely run platform,” meaning the Twitter clone is likely to be heavily censored.
Facebook (now known as Meta) has pledged to intensify its efforts to combat the promotion of pedophilia content on its Instagram platform. This commitment comes in the wake of a disturbing report that revealed Instagram’s algorithm was aiding the spread of child pornography and pedophilia accounts.
Instagram, the globally popular social media platform owned by Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook (now known as Meta), has failed to stop the connection and promotion of a vast network of accounts involved in the creation and purchase of child pornography, according to recent investigations by researchers at Stanford University and the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Child Pornography dealers on Instagram are so brazen that they offer a “menu” of services directly on Zuckerberg’s platform.
Apple’s big reveal at its annual Worldwide Developer’s Conference (AWDC), an augmented reality (AR) headset with some eye-catching features called the Apple Vision Pro, drew mockery on social media for its high price tag of $3,500.
Facebook-owned Instagram said that it has lifted the ban on the personal account of Democrat presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Big tech companies are “going after” a pair of populist presidential candidates — Republican Vivek Ramaswamy and Democrat Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — because they threaten to upend the political establishment, Ramaswamy told Breitbart News.
