19 h. ago The 2006 Zuckerberg Quote at the Center of Meta’s Antitrust Trial

“Facebook is about real connections to actual friends,” Mark Zuckerberg said. Here’s why that could be a problem for Meta.

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64 h. ago FTC Describes Instagram as a Groomer's Paradise at Meta Antitrust Trial

Mark Zuckerberg's Instagram platform used automated algorithms that suggested children for groomers and predators to follow on the app, according to a 2019 internal company document presented by the FTC during the ongoing Meta antitrust trial. The post FTC Describes Instagram as a Groomer’s Paradise at Meta Antitrust Trial appeared first on Breitbart.

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6 d. ago Composer Leonard Bernstein's children request his music be played in the Kennedy Center in 'rebuke' to Trump

The children of composer Leonard Bernstein made a case for their father's music being performed at the Kennedy Center as a way to "rebuke" President Donald Trump.

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8 d. ago Trump DHS slams more ‘sob story’ reporting after Tren de Aragua gang members send SOS signal

The Trump Department of Homeland Security is slamming Reuters for what it is calling “sob story" reporting about illegal gang members after the outlet reported on suspected Tren de Aragua members forming an “S-O-S" sign at a Texas detention center.

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8 d. ago '60 Minutes' Kamala Harris interview at the center of Trump's CBS lawsuit receives Emmy nomination

The "60 Minutes" Kamala Harris interview at the center of President Trump's lawsuit against CBS News received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Edited Interview.

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1 week ago ABC, NBC and CBS slap Trump with 92% negative coverage as 100th day of second term approaches, study finds

The Media Research Center analyzed ABC’s "World News Tonight," "NBC Nightly News" and "CBS Evening News" and found largely negative coverage.

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2 w. ago At Meta’s Antitrust Trial, a Bygone Internet Era Comes Back to Life

In the landmark antitrust case, tech executives have harked back to a Silicon Valley age when social apps like Facebook, Path, Orkut and Google Plus boomed.

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2 w. ago Mark Zuckerberg once suggested spinning out Instagram as a solution to its ‘cannibalization’ of Facebook

In an internal email surfaced as part of the Meta antitrust trial, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg fretted about the potential that the company’s Instagram acquisition may cannibalize Facebook. Were that to happen, it could lead to the “network collapse of the more engaging and profitable product,” a worried Zuckerberg told other Meta executives in a […]

Technology

2 w. ago Uncovered emails showed how Meta struggled to keep Facebook culturally relevant

With the first week of Meta’s antitrust trial behind us, documents shared by the U.S Federal Trade Commission (FTC) offered more insight into Meta’s internal struggles to keep Facebook relevant. In emails from 2022, Meta executives mulled different visions for Facebook’s future to boost its success, acknowledging that its cultural relevance was decreasing.  Fast-forward to […]

Culture

2 w. ago Read what Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook execs said about Instagram before buying it

The first week of the Meta antitrust trial brought new revelations about how the company formerly known as Facebook approached the competitive threat posed by Instagram in the early 2010s. The U.S. government is accusing Meta of violating competition laws by acquiring companies like Instagram and WhatsApp that threatened the Facebook monopoly. If lawyers for […]

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3 w. ago PHOTOS: GOP delegation provides inside look at controversial El Salvador prison housing U.S. deportees

After visiting the controversial Salvadoran prison known as the Terrorist Confinement Center, Rep. Riley Moore says he is “even more determined" to secure the U.S.

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3 w. ago At Meta Antitrust Trial, Sheryl Sandberg Testifies About Competition and Instagram Deal

In her second day on the stand of a landmark antitrust trial over Meta’s power, Ms. Sandberg, the former chief operating officer, also said the company faced plenty of competition from TikTok.

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3 w. ago Meta Antitrust Trial: Mark Zuckerberg's Former Right Hand Woman Sheryl Sandberg Takes the Stand

Former Meta COO Sheryl Sandberg took the stand to face intense questioning by the FTC on Wednesday as the agency seeks to break up Mark Zuckerberg's social media giant. The post Meta Antitrust Trial: Mark Zuckerberg’s Former Right Hand Woman Sheryl Sandberg Takes the Stand appeared first on Breitbart.

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3 w. ago What to Know About Trump’s Antitrust Efforts Against Google, Meta and Other Tech Giants

The Trump administration is continuing an aggressive effort to rein in the power of the biggest tech companies. Here’s what to know.

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3 w. ago Rubio announces closure of State Department effort that 'was supposed to be dead already'

Secretary of State Marco Rubio announces "closure of the State Department’s Counter Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference (R/FIMI), formerly known as the Global Engagement Center"

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3 w. ago Zuckerberg: Snapchat would have grown faster if it accepted $6B buyout offer

During Meta’s antitrust trial this week, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that Snapchat would have grown faster if it accepted his company’s offer to buy the social network back in 2013, Business Insider reports. Court documents revealed that Meta, then called Facebook, offered to buy Snapchat for $6 billion (reports at the time said that […]

Economics

3 w. ago Mark Zuckerberg on the stand: ‘Crazy,’ ‘scary’ ideas led him to buy Instagram and WhatsApp

Mark Zuckerberg was the leadoff witness in an antitrust case against Meta – one filed under the first term of the president he's now cozying up to.

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3 w. ago Why Antitrust Breakups of Google and Meta Could Be Difficult

For the first time since the late 1990s Microsoft case, federal trials are weighing antitrust breakups, a tactic that harks back to Standard Oil.

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3 w. ago Facebook added 'value' to Instagram, Zuckerberg says in antitrust trial

Social media titan Mark Zuckerberg testified for a second day Tuesday in a landmark US antitrust trial, defending his conglomerate Meta against accusations it took over Instagram and WhatsApp to devour budding competitors.

Technology

3 w. ago Mark Zuckerberg defends Meta in court against monopoly claims

In Zuckerberg's second day of testifying in the federal antitrust trial, he defended Meta's acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp. The U.S. government wants Meta to bust up the two companies.

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