Browsing: Social network

Twitter has experienced a global outage

On Friday evening, February 11, a large-scale failure occurred in the work of the social network Twitter. Problems were felt by users from the United States, Britain and a number of other countries, including Ukraine. This is reported Downdetector. Users for the most part complain about problems with the site and application. The largest number […]

A law was introduced to the State Duma that obliges state authorities to create accounts in social networks

State Duma deputy from United Russia Alexander Khinshtein submitted a bill to the parliament, according to which state authorities will be required to create official publics on social networks. According to current laws, state organizations must maintain websites, but the law does not oblige them to create accounts in social networks. “In modern realities, the […]

Russian coach Khokhlov wants to receive 150 million rubles from Facebook due to the blocking of his last name for “hate speech”

The Russian coach wants to receive 150 million rubles (UAH 55.8 million – Ed.) from Facebook due to unjustified blocking. The scandal broke out back in September – Facebook algorithms blocked mentions of the head coach of the Russian “Rotor” Dmitry Khokhlov because of “hate speech”. That is, the social network saw in the name […]

Zuckerberg’s Meta Lost $200 Billion Overnight

Facebook’s parent company, Meta, lost about $200 billion in late trading after the release of quarterly results. About it informs financial times. The reason for this reaction of investors was the publication by the company of its results for the fourth quarter of the last financial year. Although the company’s sales met market expectations and […]

Meta shares crash as Facebook loses users

Shares of parent company Facebook Meta are plummeting as it refocuses on the metaverse. Shares fell more than 20%. In addition, the social network Facebook recorded a decrease in the number of daily users. At the same time, the platform lost users for the first time in its 18-year history – in the last three […]

Russian authorities want to regulate the metaverses to prevent virtual protest

The Russian authorities are exploring the possibility of regulation in the metaverses – game multiplayer spaces that are actively developed by Western IT players, for example, Meta (former Facebook company). About the study of the Scientific and Technical Center GRCHTS (Roskomnadzor) writes “Kommersant“. The authors of the study compiled a list of risks. For example, […]