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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Dec 23, 2022
Meta to pay $725 million in Cambridge Analytica scandal settlement
Facebook's parent company admitted no wrongdoing, saying in a statement that settling was 'in the best interest of our community and shareholders.'
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 10, 2022
Apple taps Facebook veteran as information chief after departures
Although Apple stocks are down 24% in 2022, it is performing better than many of its tech peers who have been laying off thousands of workers in the face of a sales slowdown.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 9, 2022
Zuckerberg says ‘sorry’ as Meta begins slashing over 11,000 jobs
The company said that while reductions will happen across the company, its recruiting team will be disproportionately affected.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 9, 2022
Big Tech layoffs deflate Musk and Zuckerberg
Twitter and Facebook can't afford their billionaire bosses' obsessions in a new age of austerity.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 11, 2022
Inside Mark Zuckerberg’s metaverse struggles
Meta's push to develop virtual and augmented reality technology has had a bumpy year.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 4, 2022
U.S. Supreme Court to rule on protections for social media firms hosting terror content
The cases mark the court's first test of the broad immunity social media companies have enjoyed under a provision known as Section 230, part of the 1996 Communications Decency Act.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 2, 2022
Facebook, beware: The metaverse is flat
Most people are visiting virtual worlds through plain old screens, not VR headsets. Mark Zuckerberg needs to plan accordingly.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 29, 2022
In Myanmar's rebel strongholds, internet blackouts can mean life or death
With many people relying on Facebook Messenger or WhatsApp, warnings about impending attacks by junta forces haven't been able to reach villages.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Sep 15, 2022
NFL is latest target in lawsuits over data-sharing with Meta
A lawsuit claims the NFL installed a Facebook pixel on its website — a computer code that tracks when digital subscribers enter NFL.com and its accompanying app.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 4, 2022
Experts differ over social media use by Japan's imperial family
Some believe social media could help better distribute royals-related information, while others worry the family could come under fire.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Aug 2, 2022
Richer childhood friends boost future income, Facebook data shows
It has long been believed that having rich friends can help children rise up out of poverty, but previous research has had small sample sizes or limited data.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jul 22, 2022
Facebook's growth woes in India: Not enough women and too much nudity
In India, many women have shunned the male-dominated Facebook social network because they're worried about their safety and privacy.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jul 1, 2022
Meta slashes hiring plans and girds for 'fierce' headwinds
In addition to reducing hiring, the company is leaving certain roles unfilled in response to attrition and 'turning up the heat' on performance management to weed out weaker staffers.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jun 14, 2022
U.S. bill to rein in Big Tech backed by dozens of small and big companies
The tech giants have said the bill would imperil popular consumer products and make it harder for the companies to protect their users' security and privacy.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jun 14, 2022
Google, Facebook and Twitter to tackle deepfakes or risk EU fines, document says
The updated code of practice on disinformation spells out examples of manipulative behavior such as deepfakes and fake accounts that the signatories will have to tackle.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 13, 2022
For Tesla, Facebook and others, AI’s flaws are getting harder to ignore
Investors are pouring money into artificial intelligence, despite clear setbacks in self-driving cars, social media and even health care.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jun 5, 2022
‘No longer sure bets’: Tech giants are dropping bad news daily
A grim new reality is setting in across the tech landscape: A heady, decadeslong era of rapid sales gains, boundless jobs growth and ever-soaring stock prices is coming to an end.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 2, 2022
Meta Platforms' Sheryl Sandberg to leave Facebook operator after 14 years
Sandberg's departure marks an end of an era for the firm after years of scandals over privacy abuses and the spread of conspiratorial content on its platforms.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 25, 2022
The left and right’s terrible ideas for fixing the internet
The leading ideas from lawmakers are variously unworkable, unconstitutional, irrelevant and unserious, and many of them betraying a profound ignorance about how the internet actually works.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
May 14, 2022
Social media sites warn U.S. Supreme Court over Texas social media law
Twitter and Facebook will be compelled to allow the dissemination of Russian propaganda and neo-Nazi screeds under the proposed law, tech groups told the court.

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