TikTok is adding community notes, but it’s taking a different approach...
TikTok is joining X and Meta in adding a community notes feature to its platform, but it's not eliminating professional fact-checkers.The company said on Wednesday that the new feature, called Footnotes, aims to add more context to videos on the platform. It will first be trialed in the US and will be used for short-form…
I’d never heard of MeWe. The FTC says it’s a competitor...
The Federal Trade Commission apparently thinks MeWe is a big competitor to Facebook. That's what it said this week when it gave a short list of social media rivals — most of which are long gone — at the beginning of a case that's trying to prove Mark Zuckerberg's company is a monopoly.MeWe, you say?…
Instagram and Facebook are hardly social media apps anymore. Here’s the...
You're not imagining it, you're definitely seeing less of your friends' content on Facebook and Instagram.The decline in friend-focused content is playing a central role in a landmark antitrust trial between Meta and the Federal Trade Commission currently underway in Washington, D.C.The FTC has accused Meta of monopolizing the personal social networking market by acquiring…
FTC is expected to soon grill Mark Zuckerberg in Meta’s antitrust...
Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg is expected to be called to the witness stand in the US government's blockbuster antitrust case against the social media empire as soon as Monday, an attorney for the Federal Trade Commission said.Daniel Matheson, the lead lawyer in the FTC's lawsuit against Meta, revealed the anticipated scheduling of Zuckerberg's testimony as…
James Cameron says the cost of blockbuster films needs to be...
James Cameron hopes generative artificial intelligence can relieve the pressure on Hollywood's bottom line.The Academy Award winner discussed AI and filmmaking with Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth on the latest episode of the "Boz to the Future" podcast.Cameron has been outspoken about the technology, which has been a source of controversy in the entertainment industry. The…
Meta and Amazon’s ad businesses could get whacked by Trump’s tariffs....
Amazon and Meta could be big losers from President Donald Trump's new tariffs, ad industry analysts and insiders said.Trump announced a baseline 10% tariff on products coming from all countries outside the US, but the tax is higher for certain ones. Those include China, which effectively faces a 54% tariff. Tech stocks fell sharply on…
Mark Zuckerberg just bought a home in Washington, DC. Here’s a...
Updated 2025-04-03T15:15:02Z This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? Log in. Mark Zuckerberg has been quietly snapping up massive chunks of real estate for years. The tech billionaire has bought hundreds of acres of Hawaiian land. He also recently reportedly bought property in…
Meta is preventing a whistleblower from talking to Congress, her lawyer...
Meta has blocked former Facebook executive Sarah Wynn-Williams from communicating with members of Congress who are investigating the company's dealings with the Chinese Communist Party, her lawyer said.Ravi Naik, the legal counsel for Wynn-Williams, told Business Insider that his client is barred from speaking to lawmakers because of an emergency arbitration ruling Meta obtained last…
Step aside, Disney. It’s YouTube’s world now.
You're still not paying enough attention to YouTube.I know, I know: Some of you know that YouTube is not just a big force in media, but one of the biggest. But most folks — even people who make their living in media — don't fully get how big YouTube is. Even though we keep pointing…
Meta’s CTO breaks down who in Big Tech he thinks has...
Google's "got the tension." Microsoft's in a "strong position." Amazon sits somewhere in the middle.That's the assessment of Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth, who broke down his view of how legacy tech companies are faring in the AI race."The wisdom of any generation is: These big companies from the last generation are obviously going to win…
