Reset your clocks: Meta has been hit with yet another privacy penalty in Europe. On Friday, Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) announced a reprimand and a €91 million fine — around $ 101.5M at current exchange rates — after concluding a multi-year investigation into a 2019 security breach by Facebook’s parent company. The DPC opened […]
Facebook says, ‘How do you do, fellow kids?’
Back in my day, Facebook was cool. Gaggles of middle schoolers trolled the local mall, where we would stop into the Apple Store, find an early MacBook Pro, and take dozens of pictures with gaudy Photo Booth filters to post on Facebook. Sometimes, other teens would forget to log out of their accounts, and we […]
Meta lets you cross-post from Instagram and Facebook to Threads. Here’s how to do it.
Meta for months has been experimenting with letting people cross-post from Instagram and Facebook to Threads, its social networking platform competing with X (formally known as Twitter). Meta confirmed to TechCrunch that the feature has officially rolled out globally to all countries where Threads is available. The new cross-posting capability is part of Meta’s larger goal […]
Facebook creators have a new way to avoid ‘jail’
Facebook creators are being given a new option that will help them avoid jail — “Facebook jail,” that is — upon their first violation, and at various times after. In a revised policy, announced on Wednesday, social networking giant Meta said that creators who violate the company’s Community Standards for the first time will be […]
From Facebook to the face of crypto: Inside Anthony Pompliano’s wild career
Bang. Bang. In the winter of 2014, a 25-year-old Anthony Pompliano was reading a book on a plane that would change his life. The former army sergeant from North Carolina — who had turned 21 while serving in Iraq — was on his way to a job interview at Facebook for a product manager role. […]