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EU hits Apple and Meta

Big reckoning for Big Tech? EU’s fines on Meta, Apple won’t change bad behavior

Government slap-downs on tech giants may feel satisfying to frustrated consumers, but they don’t solve the erosion of privacy and loss of consumer choice the behemoths wrought.

Android Headlines on MSN · 7h

EU fines on Apple & Meta "won't be tolerated," White House says

Recently, the EU imposed big fines on Apple and Meta, two of the leading US big tech companies. Apple was the hardest hit with a €500 million fine. Meta, on the other hand, got a €200 million one. The sanctions come in response to certain business practices at both firms.

BGR · 16h

US criticizes EU over Apple and Meta fines, questions DMA enforcement

The US criticized the EU fines on Apple and Meta, calling them “economic extortion." It also attacked the DMA legislation.

Meta, trans and hate speech

The Washington Post on MSN · 1d

Anti-trans posts pass muster under Meta’s new hate-speech rules

Meta’s quasi-independent Oversight Board ruled early Wednesday that the social media platform is free to leave up two disparaging posts about trans people that include videos showing a trans woman using a woman’s bathroom and a trans girl winning a female sports competition.

Engadget on MSN · 1d

Meta's Oversight Board criticizes company's 'hastily announced' hate speech policy changes

Meta's Oversight Board has deemed Meta was right to leave up two videos reported for hate speech and harassment, though it recommends changes for the company. The decision follows revisions Meta made in January to its Hateful Conduct Policy.

Them. on MSN · 13h

Meta Oversight Board Says Video That Misgenders, Names Trans Minor Can Stay on Its Platforms

The five-member board ruled that the video, along with another anti-trans video, does not constitute hate speech.

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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg wraps up testimony in antitrust case

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is emphasizing that he bought Instagram and WhatsApp because he liked the companies — not to cut ...

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Meta Oversight Board Urges Company To Assess ‘Human Rights Impact’ Of Hateful Conduct Policy

Meta updated its hateful conduct policy in January, which alarmed some LGBTQ activists, as the updated policy specified users ...

Why the FTC's antitrust case against Meta is a 'huge deal'

Vass Bednar, a policy expert at McMaster University, shares what we know about the U.S. Federal Trade Commission’s antitrust ...

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Meta CEO Zuckerberg considered spinning off Instagram in 2018 over antitrust worries, email says

WASHINGTON (AP) — Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg once considered separating Instagram from its parent company due to worries about ...

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If Meta loses in antitrust case, it could be forced to break itself up by selling Instagram and WhatsApp

Meta is going on trial starting Monday. The US government is advancing a blockbuster antitrust case, alleging that Mark Zuckerberg’s company illegally built a “social networking monopoly” through ...

Meta could take a $7 billion hit this year because of Trump's tough China tariffs

Meta’s core online advertising business could take a $7 billion hit this year due to China tariffs impacting retailers in the ...

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Facebook owner Meta faces existential threat at trial over Instagram, WhatsApp

WASHINGTON—Facebook parent Meta Platforms faces a high-stakes trial in Washington starting on Monday on claims it built an ...

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