Internal Meta documents detail Instagram's struggle to compete with TikTok; users spend 17.6M hours per day watching Reels, far below TikTok's 197.8M hours
Reels faces formidable competition from the leading short-video platform; creators follow the views Tweets: @sal19 , @mrinaldesai , @stevekovach , @jeffhorwitz , @newley , @newley , @newley , @reaganb...
Profile of Katie Harbath, a former Facebook public policy director, who says social media will incubate future political violence unless governments intervene
Katie Harbath says she left Facebook disillusioned; now she pushes for more online guardrails — Katie Harbath joined Facebook … Tweets: @rebekahktromble , @newley , @melissaryan , @blackamazon , @so...
Sources: following Haugen's leaks, Meta sought to divide lawmakers along partisan lines to forestall regulation, as Zuckerberg told employees not to apologize
Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg drove response to disclosures about company's influence; sending deputies to testify in Congress Tweets: @mrjohnflowers , @samidh , @startupljackson , @eliotwb , @kantr...
Internal docs show how antivax activists flooded vaccine content on Facebook with negative comments, despite Zuckerberg's push to promote COVID-19 vaccines
Internal company documents suggest that the company plays down awareness of its flaws. Kara Swisher / New York Times : The Endless Facebook Apology Katie Canales / Insider : Apple reportedly threatene...
Behind the online battle between notable tech figures including a16z partners and Balaji Srinivasan, and the journalists who report, and tweet, on the industry
Late last fall, the New York Times was preparing a bombshell article about Coinbase, a financial exchange that had become … Tweets: @gaberivera , @damiencave , @jayhinman , @joab_jackson , @yudhanjaya...
Internal postings show Ankhi Das, a top Facebook exec in India, supported “strongman” Modi's party before he was elected in 2014 and disparaged its main rival
and never spoke up about blatant election misconduct on the platform. This is FB India, but it matters here, too. https://www.wsj.com/... Sheera Frenkel / @sheeraf : Reminder: What happens with Facebo...
Sources: Facebook didn't apply hate speech rules to at least four flagged individuals and groups in India, showing a pattern of favoritism to Modi's party
Company executive in vital market opposed move to ban controversial politician; some employees allege favoritism to ruling party Tweets: @jeffhorwitz , @seemay , @rmac18 , @tmclaughlin3 , @jeffhorwitz...
Sources: Amazon employees often consulted sales info on third-party vendors when developing private-label merchandise, contrary to assertions to Congress
Contrary to assertions to Congress, employees often consulted sales information on third-party vendors when developing private-label merchandise Tweets: @jason_kint , @trippmickle , @wsj , @halsinger ...