8 h. ago Meta shuts down global accounts linked to abortion advice and queer content

More than 50 organisations report sites being restricted or removed, with abortion hotlines blocked and posts showing non-explicit nudity triggering warningsMeta has removed or restricted dozens of accounts belonging to abortion access providers, queer groups and reproductive health organisations in the past weeks in what campaigners call one of the “biggest waves of censorship” on its platforms in years.The takedowns and restrictions began in October and targeted the Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp accounts of more than 50 organisations worldwide, some serving tens of thousands of people – in what appears to be a growing push by Meta to limit reproductive health and queer content across its platforms. Many of these were from Europe and the UK, however the bans also affected groups serving women in Asia, Latin America and the Middle East. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago The tide of counterfeit cash 'wiping out profits' for local businesses

Fake bank notes are being advertised openly on Instagram and WhatsApp

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3 w. ago Meta wins major US antitrust case and won’t have to break off WhatsApp or Instagram

Challenge to Meta could have forced it to spin off Instagram and WhatsApp, but judge ruled company did not hold social networking monopolyMeta defeated a major challenge to its business on Tuesday when a US judge ruled that the company does not hold a monopoly in social networking.The case, brought by the US Federal Trade Commission, could have forced the tech giant to spin off Instagram and WhatsApp, with the former FTC chair accusing the company of operating a “buy or bury” scheme against nascent competitors. The tech giant bought WhatsApp for $19bn in 2014. Losing either the image-based social network, which generates an estimated half of Meta’s revenue, or the world’s most popular messaging app could have done existential damage to Meta’s empire. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Meta prevails in historic FTC antitrust case, won't have to break off WhatsApp, Instagram

Meta has prevailed over an existential challenge to its business that could have forced the tech giant to spin off Instagram and WhatsApp after a judge ruled that the company does not hold a monopoly in social networking

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3 w. ago Meta wins US case that threatened split with WhatsApp and Instagram

Social media group has beaten antitrust suit brought by the Federal Trade Commission

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3 w. ago Trump’s favorite reporter faces a reckoning amid bitter rift between girlfriend Marjorie Taylor Greene and the president

Growing divide within GOP and right-wing media over Epstein threatens to split apart Trump’s coalition

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3 w. ago I only realised what my phone was doing to me when my screen time crept up to seven hours a day

My phone habit has crept up on me. I once had about ten apps on it. Now I have 84.

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