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When TikTok is all over Facebook, it’s gotta burn for Meta.Photo: Lionel Bonaventure / AFP (Getty Images)Considering how much pain and havoc the rise of TikTok has caused for Meta, owner of Facebook and Instagram, finding out that TikTok.com makes up some of the most viewed links and domains on Facebook is just adding salt to the wound. Ouch.In its newly-released second quarter “Widely Viewed Content Report,” which focuses on U.S. content that appears in users’ feeds, Meta reported that TikTok.com—literally, just the link to the domain itself—accounted for 35.9 million views in users’ feeds. TikTok also made it into Facebook’s most widely viewed domains, where it took the fourth spot, garnering 108 million views.Meta reported on four types of content in its report: domains, links, Facebook pages, and Facebook posts. Each type of content included a ranked list of the top 20 pieces of content in every category. This might seem like a lot, but the company states that the content in the report only represents 3.04% of what people see in their Facebook feeds.  » Read More

Sep 3, 2022 | 12:00 PM State News A large number of fraudulent messages claiming to be Facebook customer service representatives or automated customer service systems have recently been reported to the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture Trade and Consumer Protection’s (DATCP) Bureau of Consumer Protection. These messages claim that a recipient’s Facebook account has been hacked, stolen, or disabled, and urge them to click a link in order to recover their account. If the link is opened, users are asked to “log in” to a website that appears very similar to Facebook but is actually a convincing fake set up by scammers to steal account information. This practice is known as a phishing scam and may target specific individuals or thousands of people at once. The recent Facebook-related phishing attempts usually arrive via email, text, or Facebook private messages. Similar phishing scams may occur through Facebook Marketplace, Facebook Groups, a friend’s hijacked Facebook account, Instagram, or WhatsApp. If you receive an unsolicited message about your Facebook or other social media account being compromised: Do not reply to the message,  » Read More

September 01, 2022 12:32 PM House Republican investigators are demanding access to all communications between Facebook and the FBI following comments by Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg on the social media giant’s controversial decision to throttle Hunter Biden laptop stories in 2020. Facebook and Twitter both restricted access to the New York Post’s Hunter Biden laptop stories in the heat of the 2020 election after receiving Russia-related briefings from the bureau. Rep. Jim Jordan, the ranking member on the House Judiciary Committee, and Rep. James Comer, the top Republican on House Oversight, sent the Thursday letter to Zuckerberg, arguing that “shortly before the 2020 presidential election, Facebook suppressed an explosive New York Post article detailing how Hunter Biden used the position and influence of his father, now-President Biden, for personal gain, with the apparent awareness of President Biden.” FBI AGENT UNDER FIRE FOR HUNTER BIDEN WHISTLEBLOWER CLAIMS SAYS HE RESIGNED Hunter Biden,  » Read More

For all the data collection, privacy issues, social media addiction and other issues, Facebook has one good thing: it has never made users pay for any service and it has always been free. Be it WhatsApp, Instagram, Messenger — all the popular apps under the Meta umbrella have been free to use. However, it looks Meta — the parent company of all Facebook-owned apps — is considering making some features paid. According to a report by The Verge, the Mark Zuckerberg-led company is setting a team to look for paid features that can be integrated in Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp. The information is obtained through an internal memo which was sent to employees last week. The new unit is expected to be spearheaded by Meta's former Head of Research, Pratiti RayChoudhury and it will reportedly work on creating paid features for its popular social media platforms. The report adds that the company took the decision to set up the new division after its ads business was hurt by recent ad tracking changes done by Apple on iOS.  » Read More

About 10 years ago, I saw a shark leap out of the water from somewhere near Beach 108th Street in Rockaway Beach, Queens. I had come out with friends to swim on a hot weekend day and just happened to be gazing out at the right moment. The shark breached, was airborne for a single second, and then landed with an inaudible splash about a mile from shore. When I told my compatriots, none of them believed me. “Perhaps,” one suggested, “you saw a dolphin?” Why was it so hard to believe that there might be a shark in the Atlantic Ocean? Don’t they live there? Sure, my friends said—everybody knows that there are sharks in the ocean. But I definitely hadn’t seen one jump out of the water in New York City. That conversation would go differently now. This summer, the reality that New Yorkers share the ocean with an increasing number of sharks has broken through some kind of cognitive barrier. Several surfers and swimmers have been bitten nearby, ushering in a wave of local and semi-national shark stories.  » Read More

House Republicans are demanding social media juggernaut Facebook preserve all communications with the FBI leading up to the 2020 presidential election. GOP members of the House oversight and judiciary committees announced Thursday via an open letter that Facebook has failed to provide "complete responses" to concerns over their handling of the infamous Hunter Biden laptop.The Republicans are now telling Facebook to keep all records of their contact with the FBI.  "Shortly before the 2020 presidential election, Facebook suppressed an explosive New York Post article detailing how Hunter Biden used the position and influence of his father, now-President Biden, for personal gain, with the apparent awareness of President Biden," the letter begins. FBI RESPONDS TO ZUCKERBERG'S CLAIM ON JOE ROGAN THAT FACEBOOK LIMITED HUNTER BIDEN STORY AFTER AGENCY WARNING Mark Zuckerberg, via video, speaks at the 2022 SXSW Conference and Festivals at Austin Convention Center in Austin, Texas, on March 15, 2022. (Samantha Burkardt/Getty Images for SXSW / Getty Images)Facebook founder and Meta CEO Mark  Zuckerberg told podcast host Joe Rogan on an Aug.  » Read More

Home News (Image credit: Kenny Eliason from Unsplash) Facebook has threatened to remove its services from the UK and Europe, following data transfer agreements between the UK and US that are now invalid. If the action goes go ahead, it will affect hundreds of thousands of people who not only use the platform as a tool for socializing and sharing images but businesses who use it for marketing and promotion. Over the past few months Facebook, owned by parent company Meta (which also owns Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger), has been threatening to pull its services out of Europe following new regulations regarding GDPR (General Data Protection Regulations). According to the video posted to TDLR YouTube (below), under GDPR regulations personal data can only be transferred to countries that can ensure an adequate level of protection.• Love social media? These are the best cameras for Instagram (opens in new tab)As an American company, Meta’s servers and data centers are based in the US.  » Read More

Tough economy seems to be hurting technology giants. As the economic headwinds continue, companies are revisiting their business priorities and strategies -- resulting in shutting down or exiting businesses that are no longer core or getting the desired results. The list of these companies includes Microsoft, Google, Amazon and Facebook-parent Meta. The services closing down include some that started as recently as in the year 2020. Over to the 7 services Google, Facebook, Microsoft and Amazon are killing in the next few months:.17​Google to shut down IoT Core serviceGoogle Cloud recently announced that it is shuttering down its IoT Core service. The company shared this via the Google IoT Core web page and sent emails to its customers. A Google spokesperson said, “Since launching IoT Core, it has become clear that our customers’ needs could be better served by our network of partners that specialise in IoT applications and services.”Launched in 2017, Google IoT Core offers the capability to connect, manage,  » Read More

By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Business Facebook announced Tuesday that it is shutting down its standalone Gaming App this fall. The app for video gamers and live-streamers, which has long struggled to compete with rivals like Amazon-owned Twitch, will no longer work on Oct. 28, according to a notice posted in the app on Tuesday. Beginning on that date, the Facebook Gaming App for iOS and Android will also no longer be available on app stores. “We want to extend our heartfelt thanks to all of you for everything you’ve done to build a thriving community for gamers and fans since this app first launched,” the memo, signed by The Facebook Gaming team, stated. “This was a truly a community-led effort to bring new gaming features to Facebook.” A spokesperson for Facebook-parent Meta confirmed the news in a statement to CNN Business on Tuesday, but added, “people will still be able to find their games, streamers, and groups on the main Facebook app.” Facebook Gaming launched in 2018 with high hopes for its potential to leverage the social network’s massive audience.  » Read More

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