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What is the metaverse? A look at NFTs, virtual real estate and how companies are investing in the digital world
FILE PHOTO: Virtual land plots on The Sandbox, a gaming platform that allows users to build a virtual world using non-fungible tokens (NFTs), are seen in this illustration picture taken March 25, 2022. REUTERS/Florence Lo/Illustration/File Photo
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How to invest in the metaverse while the space is still developing
FILE - The Activision Blizzard Booth is shown on June 13, 2013 the during the Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles. Microsoft is buying Activision Blizzard, Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2022, for $68.7 billion to gain access to blockbuster games including Call of Duty and Candy Crush. The all-cash deal will let Microsoft accelerate mobile gaming and provide it building blocks for the metaverse, or a virtual environment. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
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All in a day: Zuckerberg loses US$29-billion, Bezos set to pocket US$20-billion
In this file photo taken on May 1, 2018, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks during the annual F8 summit at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center in San Jose, California.
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Facebook rebrands as Meta, shifting focus from latest controversy
MENLO PARK, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 28: Facebook employees unveil a new logo and the name 'Meta' on the sign in front of Facebook headquarters on October 28, 2021 in Menlo Park, California. A new name and logo were unveiled at Facebook headquarters after a much anticipated name change for the social media platform. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
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Whistle-blower says Facebook ‘operating in the shadows’ as U.S. lawmakers demand probes
WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 05: Former Facebook employee Frances Haugen testifies during a Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation hearing entitled 'Protecting Kids Online: Testimony from a Facebook Whistleblower' on Capitol Hill October 5, 2021 in Washington, DC. Haugen left Facebook in May and provided internal company documents about Facebook to journalists and others, alleging that Facebook consistently chooses profit over safety. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
politics
MPs chastise senior Facebook officials after Zuckerberg ignores Parliamentary summons
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies via video conference before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial and Administrative Law on "Online Platforms and Market Power" in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on July 29, 2020. Graeme Jennings/Pool via REUTERS
u.s. business
Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg lays out steps to reform internet rules
FILE - In this March 29, 2018, file photo the logo for Facebook appears on screens at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York's Times Square. Facebook made it through the 2020 election cracking down political misinformation with a few tweaks to its rules and stepped-up enforcement. While many of the changes were supposed to be temporary, emergency measures, it is becoming increasingly clear that there is no returning to the Facebook of the past. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
international business
U.K. seeks G7 consensus on digital competition after Facebook blackout
FILE PHOTO: A 3D-printed Facebook logo is seen in front of a displayed Australian flag in this illustration photo taken February 18, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
opinion
Is Big Tech ungovernable?
Taylor Owen
politics
Canada condemns Facebook’s ‘highly irresponsible’ Australian news ban
FILE PHOTO: A 3D printed Facebook logo is seen in front of displayed Australia's flag in this illustration photo taken February 18, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
international business
Australia says Google, Facebook close to media pay deals
FILE PHOTO: Smartphone with google app icon is seen in front of the displayed Australian flag in this illustration taken, Jan. 22, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
international business
Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg reached out to Australian lawmakers over new media rules
opinion
How do we explain our sudden aural fixation?
John Colapinto
opinion
Forget morality – Trump’s banishment from social media was all about protecting profits
Eric Reguly
u.s. politics
Facebook and Instagram lock Trump’s accounts until at least Biden’s inauguration
U.S. President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House, in Washington, on Dec. 7, 2020.
opinion
Merger regulators don’t have crystal balls, but we have backstops if they get it wrong
Joshua Krane & James Musgrove
opinion
What Canada should learn from the FTC’s case against Facebook
Robin Shaban
politics
Canadians support Netflix sales tax, more Facebook regulation, poll suggests
A logo for Netflix on a remote control is seen in Portland, Ore.,Aug. 13, 2020. Experts in taxation and media say a plan announced Monday by the government will ultimately add to the cost of digital services and goods sold by foreign companies. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Jenny Kane
technology
Google under review for possible British competition inquiry
FILE PHOTO: The Google logo is pictured at the entrance to the Google offices in London, Britain January 18, 2019. REUTERS/Hannah McKay/File Photo
technology
Is Facebook really ready for the 2020 U.S. election?
FILE - In this Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2019, file photo, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg arrives for a House Financial Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Facebook's impact on the financial services and housing sectors. Ever since Russian agents and other opportunists abused its platform in an attempt to manipulate the 2016 U.S. presidential election, Facebook has insisted, repeatedly, that it’s learned its lesson and is no longer a conduit for misinformation, voter suppression and election disruption. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
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Facebook’s Libra must not start until properly regulated, says G7 draft
Facebook’s Libra must not start until properly regulated - G7 draft
world
Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook will ban Holocaust denial posts, direct users to authoritative source
Facebook Chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg attends the annual Munich Security Conference in Germany, February 15, 2020.
international business
Facebook critics launch rival oversight board
FILE PHOTO: A 3D-printed Facebook logo is seen placed on a keyboard in this illustration taken March 25, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
international business
Facebook tells Irish court that probe threatens its EU operations: report
Facebook tells Irish court that probe threatens its EU operations: report
world
Facebook will ban new political ads in week leading up to U.S. elections
This March 29, 2018, file photo, shows the logo for social media giant Facebook at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York's Times Square.
world
Facebook threatens to block news sharing for Australian users
Facebook threatens to block Australian news-sharing
international business
Zuckerberg says Facebook’s failure to remove Kenosha militia page before two people killed ‘an operational mistake’
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies remotely via videoconference during a U.S. House Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial and Administrative Law hearing on "Online Platforms and Market Power" in this screengrab made from video as the committee meets on Capitol Hill, in Washington on July 29, 2020.
world
Facebook blocks group with a million members critical of Thai monarchy amid government pressure
Facebook blocks group with a million members critical of Thai monarchy amid government pressure
international business
More than 1,000 companies boycotted Facebook. Did it work?
FILE PHOTO: A 3D-printed Facebook logo is seen placed on a keyboard in this illustration taken March 25, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/File Photo
international business
Disney cuts ad spending on Facebook amid growing boycott: report
Disney cuts ad spending on Facebook amid growing boycott: report
world
Facebook takes down accounts and pages of Trump ally Roger Stone
Facebook takes down accounts and pages of Trump ally Roger Stone