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Google, Facebook, Twitter will have to tackle deepfakes or risk EU fines, sources say
FILE PHOTO: Facebook, Google and Twitter logos are seen in this combination photo from Reuters files. REUTERS/File Photo
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Facebook begins trading under ticker symbol META
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u.s. business
Meta unfriends FB ticker in final farewell to Facebook era
FILE - Facebook's Meta logo sign is seen at the company headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. on Oct. 28, 2021. According to a report released Thursday, June 9, 2022, Facebook and parent company Meta once again failed to detect blatant, violent hate speech in advertisements submitted to the platform by the nonprofit groups Global Witness and Foxglove. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar, File)
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Mexican authorities arrest suspected serial killer accused of killing women he lured on Facebook
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canada
Evening Update: Bank of Canada hikes interest rates by another half percentage point, says it is ready ‘to act more forcefully’
A woman walks past the Bank of Canada headquarters, Wednesday, June 1, 2022 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
international business
Sheryl Sandberg, longtime chief operating officer at Facebook, steps down
(FILES) In this file photo taken on January 22, 2018 Chief Operating Officer of Facebook Sheryl Sandberg inaugurates the interactive Facebook exhibition "Connexions" at start-up hub Station F in Paris. - Meta's second most powerful executive Sheryl Sandberg said June 1, 2022 that she will leave the tech giant, 14 years after being hired by Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg. (Photo by JACQUES DEMARTHON / AFP) (Photo by JACQUES DEMARTHON/AFP via Getty Images)
canada
Canadians have a lot of feelings about their parents’ junk. Here’s what you had to tell us
Kevin Cameron with some of his parents possessions as he works to clean out their house in Shelburne Nova Scotia.
international business
Meta to give transparency initiative data on targeted political ads
The logo of Meta Platforms is seen in Davos, Switzerland, May 22, 2022. Picture taken May 22, 2022. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann
politics
Google warns Ottawa’s Online News Act would ‘break’ its search engine
Canadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez holds a press conference regarding the introduction of Bill C-18, the Online News Act, on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Tuesday, April 5, 2022. Some members of the LGBTQ community, Indigenous people and racialized groups fear a proposed law tackling online harm could disproportionately curtail their online freedoms and even make them police targets, responses to a government consultation have warned. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
technology
Facebook sued in Kenya over work conditions for content moderators
FILE PHOTO: A smartphone with Facebook's logo is seen in front of displayed Facebook's new rebrand logo Meta in this illustration taken October 28, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
technology
Facebook owner Meta Platforms criticizes German antitrust watchdog’s data curb order as ‘flawed’
FILE - Facebook's Meta logo sign is seen at the company headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif., on, Oct. 28, 2021. Ireland’s privacy watchdog has fined Meta, 17 million euros, or about $19 million, for violating Europe’s privacy law. The regulator, the Data Protection Commission, has been investigating how Meta Platforms Inc. complied with the requirements of the law, known as General Data Protection Regulation, in how it handled personal data in 12 data breach notifications between June and December 2018. The agency said Tuesday, March 15, 2022 that it found that Meta didn’t have the right measures in place to show it could protect EU users’ data. Meta said the fine is about record keeping practices from 2018 that it has since updated, not a failure to protect people’s information. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar, File)
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Meta spreads cheer on Wall Street as Facebook adds more users
Facebook's new rebrand logo Meta is seen on smartpone in front of displayed logo of Facebook, Messenger, Intagram, Whatsapp, Oculus in this illustration picture taken October 28, 2021.
technology
Facebook parent Meta beats daily active users estimates
FILE - Facebook's Meta logo sign is seen at the company headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif., on, Oct. 28, 2021. A Moscow court has banned Facebook and Instagram for what it deemed extremist activity in a case against Meta, the company which owns the services. The court on Monday fulfilled the prosecutors’ request to outlaw Meta Platforms Inc. and ban Facebook and Instagram for what they called “extremist activities.” (AP Photo/Tony Avelar, File)
canada
Facebook has serious concerns over online news bill, looking at future response
Canadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez rises during Question Period, Monday, April 25, 2022 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
world
EU agrees on internet rulebook for Google, Facebook, other tech giants
FILE - The logo of Google is displayed on a carpet at the entrance hall of Google France in Paris, Monday, Nov. 18, 2019. European Union officials are nearing agreement on a set of new rules aimed at protecting internet users by forcing big tech companies like Google and Facebook to step up their efforts to curb the spread of illegal content. EU officials were negotiating over the final details of the new legislation, dubbed the Digital Services Act, on Friday, April 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)
canada
The metaverse: Will virtual and augmented reality be the ‘future of the internet’?
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world
Search is on for 103 missing after Philippine storm kills at least 138
A general view shows damages after a landslide caused by tropical storm Megi, that hit Philippines' eastern and southern coasts, in Baybay city, eastern province of Leyte, Philippines, in this still image taken from a video April 11, 2022. Courtesy As You Wish Photography/via REUTERS
politics
Ottawa tables bill requiring tech giants like Facebook, Google to pay Canadian media outlets for news content
FILE PHOTO: A 3D printed Facebook's new rebrand logo Meta is seen in front of displayed Google logo in this illustration taken on November 2, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic
world
Meta no longer requiring COVID booster shots for staff in U.S. offices
FILE - Facebook's Meta logo sign is seen at the company headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif., on, Oct. 28, 2021. Meta, Facebook’s parent company, hired a Republican consulting firm called Targeted Victory to “orchestrate a nationwide campaign” against TikTok, The Washington Post reported on Wednesday, March 30, 2022. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar, File)
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Facebook owner Meta says it will hire 2,500 new staff across Canada, many remote
FILE PHOTO: Woman holds smartphone with Meta logo in front of a displayed Facebook's new rebrand logo Meta in this illustration picture taken October 28, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/File Photo
technology
Facebook owner Meta suspends plans to build Dutch data centre
FILE - Facebook's Meta logo sign is seen at the company headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif., on, Oct. 28, 2021. A Moscow court has banned Facebook and Instagram for what it deemed extremist activity in a case against Meta, the company which owns the services. The court on Monday fulfilled the prosecutors’ request to outlaw Meta Platforms Inc. and ban Facebook and Instagram for what they called “extremist activities.” (AP Photo/Tony Avelar, File)
world
U.S., EU sign data transfer deal to ease privacy concerns
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen gives a joint press statement with U.S. President Joe Biden at the U.S. Mission in Brussels, Belgium March 25, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
world
Facebook fails to detect hate against Rohingya: report
Rohingya Muslim children who crossed over from Myanmar into Bangladesh, wait squashed against each other to receive food handouts distributed to children and women by a Turkish aid agency at Thaingkhali refugee camp, Bangladesh, Saturday, Oct. 21, 2017. A new report has found that Facebook failed to detect blatant hate speech and calls to violence against Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslim minority years after such behavior was found to have played a determining role in the genocide against them. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin, File)
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Australia watchdog sues Facebook-owner Meta over ‘false’ cryptocurrency ads
(FILES) In this file photo illustration taken on August 17, 2021, a person looks at a smart phone with a Facebook App logo displayed on the background, in Arlington, Virginia. - Ireland on March 15, 2022 imposed a fine on Facebook parent company Meta for breaching EU data privacy laws, in the latest action in Europe against the business practices of US tech titans. The fine against the social media giant, which owns WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook, amounted to a total of 17 million euros ($18.7 million) following an inquiry into 12 data breaches, said the Data Protection Commission (DPC). (Photo by OLIVIER DOULIERY / AFP) (Photo by OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images)
world
Facebook removes more Russia posts claiming children’s hospital bombing a hoax
Mariana Vishegirskaya walks down stairs in a maternity hospital damaged by shelling in Mariupol, Ukraine, Wednesday, March 9, 2022. Vishegirskaya delivered her child the next day to the sound of shelling. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
world
War censorship exposes Putin’s leaky internet controls
Pages from the U.S. State Department's Global Engagement Center report released on Aug. 5, 2020, are seen in this photo. Long before waging war on Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin was working to make Russia's internet a powerful tool of surveillance and social control akin to China's so-called Great Firewall. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)
international business
Russia opens criminal case against Meta over death calls on Facebook
3D-printed images of logos of Facebook parent Meta Platforms and of Facebook are seen on a laptop keyboard in this illustration taken on November 2, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/Files
technology
EU, British antitrust authorities launch probes into Google and Facebook ‘Jedi Blue’ ad deal
A 3D printed Facebook's new rebrand logo Meta is seen in front of displayed Google logo in this illustration taken on November 2, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/Files
world
Facebook temporarily allows posts calling for violence against invading Russians or Putin’s death
(FILES) In this file photo illustration taken on April 7, 2021, a smart phone screen displays the logo of Facebook on a Facebook website background, in Arlington, Virginia. - Facebook said March 10, 2022 that due to the invasion of Ukraine it has temporarily eased its rules regarding violent speech to allow statements like "death to Russian invaders," but not credible threats against civilians. (Photo by OLIVIER DOULIERY / AFP) (Photo by OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images)
canada
Quebec diner says no to ‘poutine’ – the Russian President, not the signature dish
A cook prepares a poutine at La Banquise restaurant in Montreal on Tuesday, May 18, 2021. The Quebec dairy industry trying to get a protected trademark for the popular Quebecois dish. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson
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FinTRAC mulling whether convoy fundraisers on Facebook, Instagram should be frozen
FILE - Facebook unveiled their new Meta sign at the company headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif., on Oct. 28, 2021. Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc. has settled a decade-old class action lawsuit, Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022, over the company’s use of “cookies” in 2010 and 2011 that tracked people online even after they logged off the Facebook platform. As part of the proposed settlement, which must still be approved by a judge, Meta has agreed to delete all the data it wrongfully collected during the period. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar, File)
opinion
The drive to collect data could lead automakers down a dangerous path
Peter D. Norton
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Acronym bets like BRICs or FAANGs rarely endure
A U.S. flag waves outside the New York Stock Exchange, Monday, Jan. 24.
international business
Facebook to pay US$90-million in privacy lawsuit over user tracking
FILE PHOTO: People stand in front of the entrance sign to Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, California, U.S. October 27, 2021. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo
world
Joe Rogan dispute shows Spotify limits of being hands off
Joe Rogan's Spotify profile is seen in front of displayed Spotify logo in this photo illustration taken, February 7, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
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The close: TSX notches biggest weekly gain in 11 months as oil surges; bond yields jump
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on Jan. 26.