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Facebook deals with antitrust cases that call for breakup

Facebook faces a pair of antitrust cases filed by 46 states, the District of Columbia and Guam, and the Federal Trade Commission. The lawsuits allege that Facebook became dominant in the social media industry through anticompetitive tactics stretching back years. Those tactics included the acquisitions of WhatsApp and Instagram, which could have become serious competitors with Facebook. Q3 2020 hedge fund letters, conferences and more Antitrust cases call for breakup of FacebookThe antitrust cases filed against Facebook also call for a breakup of the $800 billion company. The company could be ...

Facebook’s Pro-Biden Suppression Of Covid Vaccine Concerns

Parler Responds to Facebook’s Pro-Biden Suppression of Concerns About COVID VaccineQ3 2020 hedge fund letters, conferences and moreFacebook Suppressing Covid Vaccine ConcernsHenderson, NV – Parler CEO and founder John Matze denounced Facebook this morning after reports that the tech giant is planning to work with Vice President Joe Biden to push what CEO Mark Zuckerberg called "authoritative information" regarding the soon-to-be-available COVID-19 vaccines."Our team at Facebook has already reached out to the incoming administration to help with the COVID response in any way that we can. I'm su...

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Mark Zuckerberg has said the upcoming presidential will be "a test" for Facebook

Mark Zuckerberg has said the upcoming presidential will be "a test" for Facebook.The social media network's CEO says the firm will find out if it has done enough to help stop the spread of misinformation and to uphold "election integrity" surrounding the election on November 3.As per Bloomberg, Zuckerberg said: "Next week will certainly be a test for Facebook."Election integrity is and will be an ongoing challenge."The billionaire has warned that he fears there will be "civil unrest" during and after the election.

Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg has banned Holocaust denial content

Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg has explicitly banned Holocaust denial content for the first time in the company's history.The social media giant has announced it will be banning "any content that denies or distorts the Holocaust" - with Zuckerberg coming out in defence of the decision.The billionaire acknowledged that he's personally "struggled with the tension" between free speech and censorship, but his thinking about the issue has evolved over recent years.He wrote in a post on Facebook: "My own thinking has evolved as I've seen data showing an increase in anti-Semitic violence, as have our ...

Mark Zuckerberg's not a fan of AR glasses so far

Mark Zuckerberg doesn't think AR glasses are "going to be good until you get normal-looking glasses".The Facebook CEO says Augmented Reality glasses are challenging and he hasn't found any sets released yet that have been particularly "compelling", as they are either thick frames or resemble an "Apple Watch on your face".However, he's hopeful that another company will be able to succeed in projecting holograms into the world with a standard pair of glasses in the future.Speaking to The Verge at the Facebook Connect event, where they unveiled their Quest 2 VR headset, Zuckerberg gave his honest...

Mark Zuckerberg: App Store has unilateral control over apps

Mark Zuckerberg says "questions" need to be asked when it comes to Apple's App Store's "unilateral control" over apps.The Facebook CEO was asked for his opinion on the antitrust backlash the tech giant is facing.Appearing on HBO's 'Axios', he said: "Well I certainly think that they have the unilateral control of what gets on the phones in terms of apps."I think it's probably about 50% of Americans who have smart phones, and a lot more people around the world. I think there are more than a billion Apple devices. So I do think that there are questions that people should be looking into about tha...

Mark Zuckerberg: Facebook won't flag anti-vaxxing misinformation

Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook has no plans to flag posts containing misinformation about anti-vaccination.The social media network's CEO has insisted that while the site has cracked down on misinformation relating to Covid-19, they don't believe it's right to stop someone expressing issues they've had where a vaccine has caused harm.Speaking during an interview for 'Axios on HBO', he said: "We work with the CDC and we work with the WHO and trusted health organizations to remove clear misinformation about health related issues that could cause an imminent risk of harm.""If someone is pointing o...

Facebook announces plan to block political ads

Facebook won't take on any new political ads in the seven days before the US election.Americans will go to the polls in November, and the social networking platform has confirmed it won't be accepting new ads in the days beforehand.The news was confirmed by Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg, who admitted in a blog post that he was "worried" about divisions in the US leading to unrest.The billionaire said: "We're going to block new political and issue ads during the final week of the campaign."It's important that campaigns can run get out the vote campaigns, and I generally believe the b...