Facebook Is Giving Up on News—Again
The Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill currently working its way through the UK Parliament could see Meta (as well as Alphabet) labeled as holding Strategic Market Status (SMS) and …
EU targets six major tech firms in latest crackdown phase
The European Union has announced new digital rules targeting global tech giants Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, Google parent company Alphabet, Facebook parent company Meta and TikTok parent company ByteDance. The tech …
Suspected Drunk Driver Calls 911 Driving Wrong Way Down Highway
We’ve probably all had a day where you can’t seem to do anything right. One driver in Nebraska certainly had such a night last week after he called police on …
The UK Is Poised to Force a Bad Law on the Internet
Plenty of other ideas have also been tacked onto the bill. The current text includes age checks for porn sites and measures against scam ads and nonconsensual sharing of nude …
At $9,500, Would You Pony Up For This 1978 Ford Mustang II?
People love to hate on the Mustang II, but to be fair, that hostility is more the fault of the era and not of the car. Today’s Nice Price or …
F1’s Las Vegas GP Facility Isn’t Named For Stephen Paddock
Formula 1‘s Las Vegas Grand Prix weekend will be kicking off in under 80 days, and work in the city is in full swing, with roads being repaved and a …
Meta to continue blocking Canadian news despite new C-18 regulations – National
Canada unveiled draft rules on Friday for a law to compel internet giants to pay news outlets, saying it was addressing the tech companies’ concerns, but Facebook said it would …
Meta Isn’t Enforcing Its Own Political Ads Policy, While the 2024 US Election Looms
“America’s education system has been hijacked by one side,” Marissa Streit, PragerU’s CEO, told Time earlier this month. Some of the ads found by MMA on Facebook and Instagram encourage …
Judge temporarily blocks Arkansas parental social media consent law
A federal judge temporarily blocked an Arkansas law that requires parental consent for children to create social media accounts. District Judge Timothy L. Brooks of the Western District of Arkansas …
Meta rejects recommendation to suspend former Cambodian prime minister
Meta, the parent company of Facebook, rejected a recommendation from its Oversight Board to suspend the account of former Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, according to a decision announced Tuesday. …