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Mark Zuckerberg Says Biden Administration Pressured Meta To Censor Covid Content, In Gift To House Republicans

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Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg told the House Judiciary Committee in a letter that the White House repeatedly pressured the social media giant for months to censor “certain Covid-19 content,” something he believes is wrong and is…

Meta to Shut Down Platform for Third-Party Augmented Reality Effects

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Meta said Tuesday (Aug. 27) that it will shut down Meta Spark, its platform offering third-party tools and content, on Jan. 14. When the platform is shut down, the augmented reality (AR) effects built by third parties that it hosts will no…

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Meta and Instagram spotted developing a new social music-sharing feature

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Meta and Spotify are exploring deeper music integration in Meta’s Instagram app. New findings indicate the companies are testing a feature that would allow users to continuously share what music they’re listening to through Instagram’s…

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Zuckerberg: Biden pressured Meta to censor COVID-19 content

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Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the Biden administration had pressured the company to “censor” COVID-19 content during the pandemic, apparently referring to White House requests to take down misinformation about the coronavirus and…

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How Techstars, Meta helped profitable LatAm startup Mercately raise a $2.6M seed

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In Latin American countries like Brazil and Chile, messaging platform WhatsApp has become one of the most popular apps to buy things online. It was even the ecommerce platform of choice in the region during the pandemic. But WhatsApp is…

Zuckerberg Vows to Stay Neutral This Election, Complains Biden Pushed Meta to Censor Covid Content

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The Facebook founder really seems to want Republicans to like him.

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Meta is ending support for custom face filters in its apps

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Meta is shutting down all third-party face filters and AR effects on Facebook, Instagram, and Messenger, along with the tools used to create them, on January 14th, 2025. That includes any created by brands and other third parties, the…

Google, Meta workers envy Nvidia staffers’ fat paychecks: ‘Bought a 100K car … all cash’

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Under CEO Jensen Huang's leadership, Nvidia's stock has surged by more than 3,700% in the last five years.

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Zuckerberg says Biden officials ‘pressured’ Meta to ‘censor’ content: What to know

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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg wrote a letter to the House Judiciary Committee saying he regrets not being more outspoken about “government pressure” from the Biden administration to "censor" content on its platforms. “Like I said to our teams…

Meta says it will shut down Meta Spark, its third-party AR tools and content platform that launched in 2017, effective January 14, 2025, angering some creators (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

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Meta says it will shut down Meta Spark, its third-party AR tools and content platform that launched in 2017, effective January 14, 2025, angering some creators — Creators are unhappy with Meta's decision on Tuesday to shut down its Spark…

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Former Parler CEO reacts to news that Biden White House pressured Meta to censor Americans: 'Not surprising'

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Former Parler CEO John Matze reacted to news that the Biden-Harris administration pushed Meta to censor Americans and that Telegram CEO Pavel Durov was arrested in Paris.

Creators are angered by Meta’s Spark AR shutdown, saying they’ll be out of work with little notice

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Meta will be shutting down Spark AR, its platform of third-party AR tools and content, effective January 14, 2025.

Zuckerberg says Biden admin pressured Meta to ‘censor’ Covid-19 content

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Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the Biden administration had pressured the company to “censor” Covid-19 content during the pandemic, apparently referring to White House requests to take down misinformation about the coronavirus and…

Mark Zuckerberg Claims White House ‘Pressured’ Meta to ‘Censor’ COVID-19 ‘Humor and Satire’ Content

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The CEO of Meta wrote a letter to the House Judiciary Committee, accusing the Biden Administration of pressuring the company to 'censor' content.

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Zuckerberg says White House pressured Meta over COVID-19 — and he has regrets

Mark Zuckerberg said in a letter to Republican Rep. Jim Jordan the Biden administration's pressure to remove COVID-19-related content was wrong.

Zuckerberg admits Biden administration pressured Meta to police COVID posts

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'The government pressure was wrong, and I regret that we were not more outspoken about it,' says Facebook founder

Meta is shutting down its custom AR studio — and creators are not happy

Facebook-maker Meta is planning to shut down its augmented reality studio Spark early next year. AR creators are fuming.