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The Hidden Image Descriptions Making the Internet Accessible
The challenge of describing every image on the internet, and the people who are trying.
El fracaso de Facebook
Detrás de los problemas de la empresa hay uno crucial que Mark Zuckerberg no ha sabido cómo enfrentar: parece no saber cómo inventar nuevas cosas que tengan éxito.
Facebook Has an Innovation Problem
We’re seeing the limits of Facebook’s strategy to buy or copy other people’s best ideas.
Meta está en problemas: te decimos por qué
El valor de mercado de la empresa antes conocida como Facebook descendió en más de 230.000 millones de dólares, el peor revés de su historia sucedido en un solo dÃa.
How Instagram, FedEx and Wordle Hook You
The brand architect Debbie Millman says it’s all about design.
Meta Spent $10 billion on the Metaverse in 2021, Dragging Down Profit
Quarterly profits decreased 8 percent, to $10.3 billion, from a year earlier. Shares of Meta’s stock plunged about 22 percent in after-hours trading.
States Appeal Decision to Throw Out Their Facebook Antitrust Case
The states’ central claim is that Facebook acquired competitors — particularly Instagram in 2012 and WhatsApp in 2014 — in a predatory manner, by crushing competition.
How the Copycats Came for Clubhouse
The company showed that people would flock to an audio-only social media app. Can it fend off the imitators?
Why Apps Suddenly Want to Protect Kids
New British guidelines are influencing what U.S. internet companies do to protect American children.
Instagram Parental Controls Are Set Arrive in March
Adam Mosseri, the head of the company, is expected to face questions from lawmakers this week about whether social media harms children.
What’s One of the Most Dangerous Toys for Kids? The Internet.
Our kids are at the mercy of tech companies, with only an outdated law to protect them.
The Internet Broke Brand Loyalty
You loved TikTok leggings. Will you ever buy them again?
Instagram Faces Investigation Over Mental Health Impact on Teens
The states were examining whether the actions of Facebook, now called Meta, violated state consumer protection laws and put the public at risk.
Meta plans to remove thousands of sensitive ad-targeting categories.
Ad buyers will no longer be able to use topics such as health, race or sexual orientation to target people with unwanted ads on Facebook or other Meta apps.
Facebook Faces New Antitrust Lawsuit
The suit, filed by the now defunct photo start-up Phhhoto, accused the social network of stalling on a deal and then putting it out of business.
Facebook Changes Corporate Name to Meta
The social network, under fire for spreading misinformation and other issues, said the change was part of its bet on a next digital frontier called the metaverse.
Facebook profits jump 17 percent.
The results in the latest quarter are a sign of the company’s financial strength as it faces a public relations crisis.
Eating Disorders and Social Media Prove Difficult to Untangle
Social media platforms like TikTok and Instagram try to monitor for content related to the problem, but it is not always clear what to do about it.
Roblox, the Gaming Site, Wants to Grow Up Without Sacrificing Child Safety
The company, which went public earlier this year, has lessons for other internet outfits aiming to attract younger users even as its own audience gets older.