Meta to lay off nearly 8,000 employees; Singapore staff first to be notified
The parent company of Facebook, Meta Platforms Inc., is set to lay off nearly 8,000 employees and has begun alerting thousands of staff members about the job cuts.
The parent company of Facebook, Meta Platforms Inc., is set to lay off nearly 8,000 employees and has begun alerting thousands of staff members about the job cuts.
“In accordance with the joint venture agreement, Reliance Intelligence will hold 70% and Facebook will hold the balance of 30% in REIL,” according to the filing.
The temporary suspension of Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav’s official Facebook account has sparked outrage among party leaders who accused the BJP of attempting to “suppress the opposition’s voice.”
Social media giant Meta has apologised after its automatic translation tool erroneously declared Chief Minister Siddaramaiah dead while translating a condolence message posted by the Karnataka CMO in Kannada on Facebook.
The Haryana Government has suspended mobile internet services (2G/3G/4G/5G/CDMA/GPRS), bulk SMS (excluding banking and mobile recharge), and all dongle services provided on mobile networks, except voice calls, in the jurisdiction of Nuh district.
Facebook is to pay the fine for discriminating in favour of foreign workers on H1-B visas and against American citizens and permanent residents.
Facebook has claimed that the prevalence of hate speech on its platform has dropped by almost 50 percent in the last three quarters.
Amazon, as per a Reuters investigation this week, is accused of using data from third-party sellers to determine products it would create.
Facebook has pulled down 1,259 accounts, Pages, and Groups from its main app as well as Instagram in September for manipulating public debate.
Snapchat saw the biggest increase as the average time spent by existing users climbed 23 percent week-over-week during the outage.
