The social network, under fire for spreading misinformation and other issues, said the change was part of its bet on a next digital frontier called the metaverse.
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How a Mistake by YouTube Shows Its Power Over Media
Novara, a London news group, fell victim to YouTube’s opaque and sometimes arbitrary enforcement of its rules.
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Anonymity No More? Age Checks Come to the Web.
To protect children online, more companies and governments are forcing users to prove how old they are.
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Google and Facebook’s Ad Empires
The tech giants talk a lot about the “metaverse” and cloud computing. What really powers them is selling us socks.
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Clearview AI Finally Takes Part in a Federal Accuracy Test
Thousands of local and state police departments are customers for Clearview’s facial recognition tool, the company says.
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Facebook Tells Employees to Keep Communications for Legal Reasons
The move follows intense scrutiny after a whistle-blower provided documents about the social network’s inner workings.
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Anonymity No More? Age Checks Come to the Web.
To protect children online, more companies and governments are forcing users to prove how old they are.
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Facebook, Show Us the Mess
Candid looks at the inner workings of influential tech companies shouldn’t be so rare.
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Netflix Eyes New Jersey Army Base for Major Production Hub
The streaming service said it would bid for a nearly 300-acre chunk of Fort Monmouth and it has the support of Gov. Phil Murphy.