
Business Feb 11, 2021
Facebook said to be building a product to compete with Clubhouse
Facebook has a history of breaking into new technologies and chasing different mediums that have attracted users, especially if those audiences are young.
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Facebook has a history of breaking into new technologies and chasing different mediums that have attracted users, especially if those audiences are young.
Any company breakup may face the skepticism of courts, which have been hesitant about undoing mergers because that can sometimes cause more harm to consumers than good.
For months, Twitter, Facebook and YouTube prepared to clamp down on misinformation on Election Day in the U.S. On Tuesday, most of their plans went off without a hitch. The social platforms added labels to misleading posts by President Donald Trump and notified their users ...
On Thursday, simmering discontent among Republicans over the power that Facebook and Twitter wield over public discourse erupted into open acrimony.
The company now plans to prohibit all political and issue-based advertising after the polls close on Nov. 3 for an undetermined length of time.
Facebook also widened its removal of posts that both explicitly and implicitly aim to disenfranchise people from voting.