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By Doyinsola Oladipo NEW YORK (Reuters) – Some Meta social media users said on Wednesday that their accounts re-followed the profiles of President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance and first lady Melania Trump after they had unfollowed those accounts once Trump took office for his second term. When a…
By Tom Hals WILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) – Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:)’ former chief operating officer, Sheryl Sandberg, was sanctioned by a judge on Tuesday for deleting emails related to litigation over Facebook’s Cambridge Analytica privacy scandal, despite being told to preserve the messages. The judge, Vice Chancellor Travis Laster, of Delaware…
Meta executives met with advertisers in recent days to reassure them following some company changes.Meta has cut third-party fact-checkers and replaced them with community notes.It said it would let users see political content and lift restrictions on certain discussion topics.A Meta executive says the company has recently met with advertisers…
Keith Romes moved to Mexico to work remotely when the pandemic hit without telling his employers.Romes sought a better quality of life and lower living costs than he had in California.He plans to work remotely abroad again because he values affordable living and cultural exploration.This as-told-to essay is based on…
Welcome back to our Sunday edition, where we round up some of our top stories and take you inside our newsroom. No prestigious pedigree? No problem. This one-time Big Tech staffer detailed how he managed to nab jobs at Google and Meta despite being what he describes as lacking a…
Meta is adopting a more aggressive approach to workforce management.This shift marks a departure from Silicon Valley’s traditional talent retention strategy.Tech firms now prioritize lean teams over retaining talent to prevent competition gains.Meta is adopting a more performance-focused approach to workforce management, one that Amazon embraced years ago: systematically pushing…
Meta plans to cut 5% of low-performing employees.The cuts are part of a strategy to improve performance.Meta aims for 10% non-regrettable attrition, combining last year’s and this year’s targets.A new memo from one of Meta’s human-resources executives explained to managers on Tuesday how the company’s performance-based job cuts will work…
By Katie Paul and Juby Babu (Reuters) -Facebook owner Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:) and Amazon.com (NASDAQ:) are winding down diversity programs ahead of Republican Donald Trump’s return to the U.S. presidency as conservative opposition to such initiatives grows louder. Some of America’s biggest businesses have been scaling back their diversity initiatives,…
The International Fact-Checking Network warned of Meta’s move to crowdsourced fact-checking.A group of 71 fact checkers said the change is “a step backward” for accuracy.The group proposed crowdsourcing in conjunction with professionals, a “new model.”The fact-checking group that has worked with Meta for years wrote Mark Zuckerberg an open letter…
Mark Zuckerberg wore a Greubel Forsey “Hand Made 1” in a Facebook video he posted on Tuesday.The Meta CEO was announcing the end of the company’s fact-checking partnerships in the US.Zuckerberg has also worn watches from other Swiss brands like De Bethune and Patek Philippe.Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg sported a…
