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Social Media Fails to Protect LGBTQ+ Users From Harassment and Hate Speech, Study Finds
TikTok ranked last on GLAAD’s Social Media Safety Index
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How to Lose a Billion Dollars in the Metaverse and Other Mysteries of Web3
WrapPRO special series: Hollywood and Silicon Valley are pumping billions into the brand-new digital universe, but is it real?
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Eric Greitens ‘RINO Hunting’ Campaign Ad Removed by Facebook, Flagged on Twitter
The promotional spot, made for the former Missouri governor’s U.S. Senate bid, features a military unit storming into a house to illustrate the proposed “hunt”
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What Meta’s Next Chapter Will Look Like Without Sheryl Sandberg | Analysis
“She brought rigor and structure to balance Mark’s creativity. She brought gravitas to counter Mark’s occasional recklessness,” Elixirr partner Iliya Rybchin says
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Sheryl Sandberg Exited Facebook Amid Company Investigations of Ethical Breaches (Report)
Wall Street Journal reports Sandberg was investigated for using Facebook resources to plan her wedding
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Sheryl Sandberg Steps Down as COO of Facebook Parent Meta After 14 Years
“Lean In” author, who joined Facebook in 2008, will continue to serve on company’s board of directors
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Supreme Court Blocks Texas Social Media Law, With Kagan Joining Conservatives in Dissent
Decision reimposes injunction while the law is challenged in federal courts
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Women’s Avatars Are Being Sexually Assaulted in Mark Zuckerberg’s Metaverse Platforms
One was led into a room with two male avatars, another user was virtually groped and subjected to obscene comments
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Facebook Projected to Lose 700,000 Teen Users by 2025 as Next Generation Migrates to Other Platforms | Chart
Twitter will also lose Gen Z users as Instagram, Snap and TikTok gain in next few years
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TikTok Poised to Triple Ad Revenue to $11.6 Billion This Year – Surpassing Twitter and Snap Combined | Charts
The ByteDance-owned app’s ad business will skyrocket to $23.58 billion in 2024, catching up with YouTube
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Meta Reports Q1 Revenue Slides to Slowest Growth Rate Since Facebook IPO
The social media giant offered a gloomy prediction revenue will weaken in the current quarter as rivals poach more users. But Mark Zuckerberg says he has a plan to fend off rival TikTok
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Trump’s Truth Social App Plummets in Traffic, Sees 93% Drop in Signups Since Launch Week (Exclusive)
The would-be Twitter killer has drawn only 1.2 million installations, according to Sensor Tower
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Why BuzzFeed’s Future May Depend on Pivoting to NFTs and the Metaverse
To build solid growth, the digital company needs to think beyond traditional media and e-commerce
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Big Tech Is Even Bigger Than You Think: $2.7 Trillion Apple Is Now Worth 11 Disneys | Charts
The Big Five tech companies have valuations way, way higher than the major oil and media conglomerates
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Facebook and Instagram Banned From Russia on Charges of ‘Extremist Activity’
The Meta platforms are the latest foreign media outlets Russia has blocked in recent weeks