Meta Stock Soars 70% in 2024 Despite Regulatory and Political Uncertainties
Meta Platforms' stock price increased 70% year-to-date in 2024 due to increased operating margin (156%) and AI investments, despite concerns about 2024 revenue guidance and capital expenditure. A potential TikTok ban in 2025 presents both a risk and an opportunity.
Meta Stock Soars 70% in 2024 Despite Regulatory and Political Uncertainties
Meta Platforms' stock price increased 70% year-to-date in 2024 due to increased operating margin (156%) and AI investments, despite concerns about 2024 revenue guidance and capital expenditure. A potential TikTok ban in 2025 presents both a risk and an opportunity.
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48% Bias Score
ChatGPT Launches on WhatsApp: Expanding Reach, Raising Privacy Concerns
OpenAI's ChatGPT is now accessible on WhatsApp (+1 800-242-8478), offering text-based AI interaction to billions of users, though data privacy concerns exist due to the use of user conversations for AI model improvement; Meta aims to monetize this integration.
ChatGPT Launches on WhatsApp: Expanding Reach, Raising Privacy Concerns
OpenAI's ChatGPT is now accessible on WhatsApp (+1 800-242-8478), offering text-based AI interaction to billions of users, though data privacy concerns exist due to the use of user conversations for AI model improvement; Meta aims to monetize this integration.
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36% Bias Score
EU Pushes Apple to Open iOS, Sparking Privacy Dispute with Meta
The EU's Digital Markets Act is pushing Apple to open its iOS operating system to rival companies, prompting Apple to express concerns about Meta's data access requests, which Apple says threaten user privacy, while Meta claims Apple is using privacy as a pretext to avoid interoperability.
EU Pushes Apple to Open iOS, Sparking Privacy Dispute with Meta
The EU's Digital Markets Act is pushing Apple to open its iOS operating system to rival companies, prompting Apple to express concerns about Meta's data access requests, which Apple says threaten user privacy, while Meta claims Apple is using privacy as a pretext to avoid interoperability.
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44% Bias Score
Instagram Faces Ofcom Probe Over AI-Generated Child Abuse Material
Instagram faces an Ofcom investigation for allegedly allowing the advertising of AI-generated child sexual abuse material, following a complaint from the 5Rights Foundation after an undercover police operation revealed numerous accounts promoting such material, with Instagram's algorithms directing ...
Instagram Faces Ofcom Probe Over AI-Generated Child Abuse Material
Instagram faces an Ofcom investigation for allegedly allowing the advertising of AI-generated child sexual abuse material, following a complaint from the 5Rights Foundation after an undercover police operation revealed numerous accounts promoting such material, with Instagram's algorithms directing ...
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52% Bias Score
Meta Ray-Ban Glasses Get AI, Live Translation, and Shazam Integration
Meta's v11 update adds AI, live translation, and Shazam to its Ray-Ban smart glasses in the US and Canada via its Early Access Program, enhancing real-time information access and communication.
Meta Ray-Ban Glasses Get AI, Live Translation, and Shazam Integration
Meta's v11 update adds AI, live translation, and Shazam to its Ray-Ban smart glasses in the US and Canada via its Early Access Program, enhancing real-time information access and communication.
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40% Bias Score
Tech Giants Donate Millions to Trump's Inaugural Fund
Amazon, Meta, and OpenAI each donated $1 million to Donald Trump's inaugural fund, signaling a strategic effort to cultivate positive relations with the incoming administration, contrasting with the 2021 Biden inauguration where tech donations were reportedly refused; Jeff Bezos, previously a target...
Tech Giants Donate Millions to Trump's Inaugural Fund
Amazon, Meta, and OpenAI each donated $1 million to Donald Trump's inaugural fund, signaling a strategic effort to cultivate positive relations with the incoming administration, contrasting with the 2021 Biden inauguration where tech donations were reportedly refused; Jeff Bezos, previously a target...
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56% Bias Score
Severe PTSD Diagnosed in 81% of Assessed Kenyan Facebook Content Moderators
A lawsuit filed in Kenya alleges that 81% of 144 assessed Facebook content moderators suffered severe PTSD due to exposure to graphic content, highlighting the mental health toll of the job and prompting calls for greater protection for these workers.
Severe PTSD Diagnosed in 81% of Assessed Kenyan Facebook Content Moderators
A lawsuit filed in Kenya alleges that 81% of 144 assessed Facebook content moderators suffered severe PTSD due to exposure to graphic content, highlighting the mental health toll of the job and prompting calls for greater protection for these workers.
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48% Bias Score
Greek E-commerce Platform Sues Meta for Trademark Infringement
Skroutz is suing Meta for trademark infringement on Facebook and Instagram, citing almost a year of unauthorized pages using its logo for fraudulent ads. An Athens court ordered Meta to cease infringements, remove ads, and prevent future violations, imposing a €3,000 fine per infraction and potentia...
Greek E-commerce Platform Sues Meta for Trademark Infringement
Skroutz is suing Meta for trademark infringement on Facebook and Instagram, citing almost a year of unauthorized pages using its logo for fraudulent ads. An Athens court ordered Meta to cease infringements, remove ads, and prevent future violations, imposing a €3,000 fine per infraction and potentia...
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Apple-Meta Dispute: EU's DMA Fuels Data Access Battle
Apple and Meta clash in Europe over data access, prompted by the EU's Digital Markets Act (DMA). Meta's 15 requests for access to Apple's software have led to accusations from Apple regarding privacy and security risks, while Meta argues that Apple's resistance hinders interoperability and innovatio...
Apple-Meta Dispute: EU's DMA Fuels Data Access Battle
Apple and Meta clash in Europe over data access, prompted by the EU's Digital Markets Act (DMA). Meta's 15 requests for access to Apple's software have led to accusations from Apple regarding privacy and security risks, while Meta argues that Apple's resistance hinders interoperability and innovatio...
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Meta Faces €887 Million Tax Evasion Accusation Over User Data
The Milan Prosecutor's office accuses Meta of €887 million in unpaid VAT between 2015-2021, arguing that user data exchanged for free platform access constitutes a taxable transaction, potentially reshaping online business models and data privacy.
Meta Faces €887 Million Tax Evasion Accusation Over User Data
The Milan Prosecutor's office accuses Meta of €887 million in unpaid VAT between 2015-2021, arguing that user data exchanged for free platform access constitutes a taxable transaction, potentially reshaping online business models and data privacy.
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36% Bias Score
Silicon Valley's rapprochement with Trump administration
Following past antagonism, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg gifted Donald Trump Ray-Ban smart glasses on November 27th at Mar-a-Lago; Meta and Amazon subsequently each donated \$1 million to his inauguration fund, illustrating a shift in Silicon Valley's relations with the incoming Trump administration.
Silicon Valley's rapprochement with Trump administration
Following past antagonism, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg gifted Donald Trump Ray-Ban smart glasses on November 27th at Mar-a-Lago; Meta and Amazon subsequently each donated \$1 million to his inauguration fund, illustrating a shift in Silicon Valley's relations with the incoming Trump administration.
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48% Bias Score
"Samsung and Google challenge Apple and Meta with 2025 mixed-reality headset"
"Samsung and Google's Project Moohan, a mixed-reality headset running Google's Android XR, is set for a 2025 release, challenging Apple's Vision Pro and Meta's Quest, which hold 65-75% and 3% of the market respectively in the first half of 2024."
"Samsung and Google challenge Apple and Meta with 2025 mixed-reality headset"
"Samsung and Google's Project Moohan, a mixed-reality headset running Google's Android XR, is set for a 2025 release, challenging Apple's Vision Pro and Meta's Quest, which hold 65-75% and 3% of the market respectively in the first half of 2024."
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36% Bias Score