F8 2019: Zuckerberg says future is private, hints Facebook experience set to change big time
5 years, 8 months ago

F8 2019: Zuckerberg says future is private, hints Facebook experience set to change big time

India Today  

"I believe the future is private," Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg said in his opening note at Facebook's annual developers' conference - the F8 2019 - in San Jose, California on Tuesday. During his hour-long keynote, Zuckerberg highlighted how Facebook would design its infrastructure and resign its platform, including the Messenger, Instagram and the Facebook app, to focus on privacy and what he described as a "private social platform". Announcing changes to the Facebook Messenger, which has been renamed as the Lightspeed this year, Zuckerberg said that his company's chat app's secret chats would now WhatsApp-like support end-to-end encrypted conversations and that the new version of the app would be faster and lighter from the existing Messenger app or M4 that was announced at the F8 2018 last year. He said that the company would completely redesign Facebook app - also called FB 5 - to give it a new user interface, a light design and bring Facebook groups to the centre stage.

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Mark Zuckerberg's long apology tour: A brief history
11 months, 1 week ago

Mark Zuckerberg's long apology tour: A brief history

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. MOCKING FACEBOOK'S EARLY USERS In one of the …

Zuckerberg: King of the Metaverse, review: how Facebook changed (then ruined) the world
11 months, 4 weeks ago

Zuckerberg: King of the Metaverse, review: how Facebook changed (then ruined) the world

The Telegraph  

Remember when Facebook seemed harmless? In Zuckerberg: King of the Metaverse, one former executive put it this way: “When I first joined, movies were being made; the founder was on the cover of Time magazine; you’re overthrowing dictators. Now, you’re being told you destroyed democracy.” The film traced Facebook from Zuckerberg’s invention to world domination and scandals involving data harvesting, …

Old Chat of Mark Zuckerberg Calling Facebook Users 'Dumb' Resurfaces, Elon Musk Reacts
1 year, 6 months ago

Old Chat of Mark Zuckerberg Calling Facebook Users 'Dumb' Resurfaces, Elon Musk Reacts

News 18  

Despite the impressive launch of Meta’s ‘Threads’ app, CEO Mark Zuckerberg continues to face public scrutiny regarding privacy concerns that have long troubled users of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. Dumb f****.” Mark Zuckerberg talking about Facebook users pic.twitter.com/NhWDh7t50S— Andrew July 6, 2023 The tweet quickly went viral, attracting various reactions. !— Elon Musk July 6, 2023 “One of the many …

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg delivers harsh message to employees
2 years, 6 months ago

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg delivers harsh message to employees

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy As tech stocks take a tumble amid a broader market downturn, Meta chief …

Op-Ed: It’s too late to envision a future without Facebook — or at least the world it built
2 years, 10 months ago

Op-Ed: It’s too late to envision a future without Facebook — or at least the world it built

LA Times  

The world’s biggest social media site might be tanking. Earlier this month, Facebook shared that it lost a million daily users for the first time in its history, which led to a loss of nearly $240 billion — a quarter of the company’s value. Last week Google announced similar protection for Android phones, which is likely to cost Meta, Facebook’s …

Facebook has become a hellscape – and there’s no way out
2 years, 10 months ago

Facebook has become a hellscape – and there’s no way out

The Independent  

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Mark Zuckerberg warns against taking screenshot of your Facebook Messenger chats
2 years, 11 months ago

Mark Zuckerberg warns against taking screenshot of your Facebook Messenger chats

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Mark Zuckerberg has issued a reminder – and an apparent warning – to …

The AP Interview: Facebook whistleblower fears the metaverse
3 years, 2 months ago

The AP Interview: Facebook whistleblower fears the metaverse

Associated Press  

BRUSSELS — Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen warned Tuesday that the “metaverse,” the all-encompassing virtual reality world at the heart of the social media giant’s growth strategy, will be addictive and rob people of yet more personal information while giving the embattled company another monopoly online. “So beyond the fact that these immersive environments are extremely addictive and they encourage people …

EXPLAINED: What is Metaverse and Why Facebook/ Meta Thinks it's the Future of Internet
3 years, 2 months ago

EXPLAINED: What is Metaverse and Why Facebook/ Meta Thinks it's the Future of Internet

News 18  

The term “metaverse” is the latest buzzword to capture the tech industry’s imagination — so much so that one of the best-known internet platforms is rebranding to signal its embrace of the futuristic idea. In an interview with The Verge, Zuckerberg said that “the metaverse isn’t just virtual reality” and would be accessible across various computing platforms like virtual and …

Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen slams 'Meta' rebrand
3 years, 2 months ago

Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen slams 'Meta' rebrand

The Hindu  

Former Facebook employee turned whistleblower Frances Haugen on November 1 slammed Facebook's rebrand as she reiterated her accusation that the company prioritized expansion over people's safety. Haugen had leaked internal documents that sparked weeks of criticism of the social media giant before CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced changing the name of Facebook's parent company to "Meta." Asked if Zuckerberg should step …

Meta and the Facebook Papers: Why Mark Zuckerberg has nothing to fear
3 years, 2 months ago

Meta and the Facebook Papers: Why Mark Zuckerberg has nothing to fear

Salon  

With great fanfare on Thursday, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced his company's much-anticipated name change. A former Facebook employee named Frances Haugen has been releasing a steady stream of leaked documents showing that Facebook knew its social media networks were being used to spread misinformation, stoke often genocidal levels of conflict, and undermine people's mental health — but did little …

Facebook will be now called Meta as Mark Zuckerberg works to create Metaverse: Full story in 10 points
3 years, 2 months ago

Facebook will be now called Meta as Mark Zuckerberg works to create Metaverse: Full story in 10 points

India Today  

Facebook’s parent company is now Meta. This is because Zuckerberg wants to move beyond the realms of social media and does not wish his company to be known as a social media company only. “Today we are seen as a social media company, but in our DNA we are a company that builds technology to connect people, and the metaverse …

Facebook Is Going Meta
55 years ago

Facebook Is Going Meta

Wired  

From Wall Street to Main Street to Capitol Hill, everyone is mad at Facebook. “Today, we're seen as a social media company, but in our DNA we are a company that builds technology to connect people,” Zuckerberg said at the company's Connect conference on Thursday morning, where he unveiled a series of new products and ambitions around the metaverse. “It …

Facebook changes name to Meta to highlight virtual reality shift
3 years, 2 months ago

Facebook changes name to Meta to highlight virtual reality shift

Al Jazeera  

Facebook is changing its name to Meta – a move that decouples its corporate identity from its social network, which has been under increasing fire. Facebook Inc. is re-christening itself Meta, decoupling its corporate identity from the eponymous social network mired in toxic content, and highlighting a shift to an emerging computing platform focused on virtual reality. “The metaverse is …

Former Zuckerberg advisor: Facebook’s problem is its business model
3 years, 2 months ago

Former Zuckerberg advisor: Facebook’s problem is its business model

CNN  

Editor’s Note: This interview has been editing for length and clarity. New York CNN Business — Calls for increased regulation of Facebook continue to grow louder after leaked internal documents became public and whistleblower Frances Haugen’s testimony showed that the social media platform has repeatedly failed to rein hate speech and misinformation. On Friday, a consortium of 17 US news …

Facebook Q3 Earnings: Mark Zuckerberg responds to massive document dump
3 years, 2 months ago

Facebook Q3 Earnings: Mark Zuckerberg responds to massive document dump

CNN  

New York CNN Business — CEO Mark Zuckerberg kicked off Facebook’s quarterly earnings call by addressing the latest wave of coverage based on a trove of leaked internal documents on Monday. Tens of thousands of pages of internal documents leaked by whistleblower Frances Haugen informed the Wall Street Journal’s “Facebook Files” series, and on Monday, a flood of additional news …

Facebook is going to change its name, report claims
3 years, 2 months ago

Facebook is going to change its name, report claims

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The social media company’s rebranding, according to a report from The Verge, would put the Facebook app …

Facebook to reportedly get new name as part of major rebranding exercise: Here's all you need to know
3 years, 2 months ago

Facebook to reportedly get new name as part of major rebranding exercise: Here's all you need to know

Firstpost  

Speculation suggests the name for the entire Facebook group could be one related to Horizon, which is Facebook’s unreleased VR product. Facebook might soon get a new name, as hinted by an unnamed source familiar with the matter. Although, speculation suggests the name could be one related to Horizon, which is Facebook’s unreleased VR product. And I think it’s going …

Facebook plans to change its name to focus on metaverse
3 years, 2 months ago

Facebook plans to change its name to focus on metaverse

The Hindu  

Facebook is planning to rename the company, The Verge reported citing a source with direct knowledge of the matter. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg plans to unveil the new name at the company’s annual connect conference on October 28, the report added. Zuckerberg had said previously that Facebook’s future lies in metaverse - an online concept where people exist and communicate …

Facebook May Be Planning To Change Its Name, To Focus On 'Metaverse': Report
3 years, 2 months ago

Facebook May Be Planning To Change Its Name, To Focus On 'Metaverse': Report

News 18  

Social media giant Facebook may be planning to rebrand itself with a new name next week, a report in The Verge said on Tuesday, citing a source with direct knowledge of the matter. Facebook Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg plans to talk about the name change at the company’s annual Connect conference on October 28, but it could be unveiled …

Facebook ‘planning to rebrand company’ with new name
3 years, 2 months ago

Facebook ‘planning to rebrand company’ with new name

Al Jazeera  

CEO Mark Zuckerberg plans to talk about the name change at its annual conference on October 28, but it could be sooner. Social media giant Facebook Inc is planning to rebrand itself with a new name next week, American technology blog the Verge reported on Tuesday, citing a source with direct knowledge of the matter. Facebook Chief Executive Officer Mark …

Facebook tech chief Mike Schroepfer to step down
3 years, 3 months ago

Facebook tech chief Mike Schroepfer to step down

The Hindu  

September 23, 2021 12:51 pm | Updated 12:51 pm IST Facebook’s Chief Technology Officer Mike Schroepfer is stepping down from the social media company, taking on a part-time role while longtime executive Andrew Bosworth will replace him next year. Bosworth, known as “Boz," is another longtime Facebook exec and a close friend of Zuckerberg's. “As our next CTO, Boz will …

Facebook’s controversial encryption plans ‘won’t give users real privacy’
3 years, 3 months ago

Facebook’s controversial encryption plans ‘won’t give users real privacy’

The Telegraph  

Facebook’s controversial encryption plans ‘won’t give users real privacy’, MPs have been told as they were warned it will ‘cripple’ child abuse blocking software. The social media giant is facing mounting criticism over encryption plans that will make it harder to detect terrorist activity and child abuse material, with the Home Secretary condemning the proposals earlier this year as ‘dangerous …

The next big internet revolution: what is the metaverse?
3 years, 5 months ago

The next big internet revolution: what is the metaverse?

Live Mint  

Imagine a world where you could sit on the same couch as a friend who lives thousands of miles away, or conjure up a virtual version of your workplace while at the beach. The metaverse is, in fact, the stuff of science-fiction: the term was coined by Neal Stephenson in his 1992 novel "Snow Crash", in which people don virtual …

Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook will turn into a ‘metaverse’ so ‘our software will be everywhere’
3 years, 5 months ago

Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook will turn into a ‘metaverse’ so ‘our software will be everywhere’

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The metaverse, in Mr Zuckerberg’s vision, will be about “engag more naturally” with the behaviours we already …

How Apple screwed Facebook
3 years, 7 months ago

How Apple screwed Facebook

Wired  

It is not unusual for the bosses of Apple and Facebook to be at loggerheads with each other over privacy. Back in 2018 Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg accused his Apple counterpart Tim Cook of being “extremely glib” for making scathing remarks about Facebook’s involvement in the Cambridge Analytica scandal. Weeks later Apple introduced privacy controls that hampered Facebook’s ability …

Apple and Facebook face off over iPhone privacy update
3 years, 8 months ago

Apple and Facebook face off over iPhone privacy update

LA Times  

A new privacy feature, dubbed “App Tracking Transparency,” will allow iPhone users to decide if they want apps such as Facebook to be able to track their usage in other apps. “What are the consequences of seeing thousands of users join extremist groups and then perpetuating an algorithm that recommends more?” It’s part of Apple’s attempt to use the privacy …

Facebook tweaks ad tools ahead of Apple's privacy changes
3 years, 8 months ago

Facebook tweaks ad tools ahead of Apple's privacy changes

The Hindu  

Facebook Inc on Wednesday said it has made changes to its advertising tools, a week ahead of Apple’s iOS 14.5 software update. The world’s largest social network and the second-largest seller of online ads is feuding with Apple over the iPhone maker's App-Tracking Transparency feature, which will prohibit collection of certain data from apps unless users opt in. Apple says …

Signal Trolls Mark Zuckerberg After Facebook CEO Found 'Using' WhatsApp's Rival App
3 years, 9 months ago

Signal Trolls Mark Zuckerberg After Facebook CEO Found 'Using' WhatsApp's Rival App

News 18  

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg was among the 533 million Facebook users from 106 countries whose personal information was reportedly leaked by hackers on April 3. On April 4, Walker tweeted, “Regarding the #FacebookLeak, of the 533M people in the leak – the irony is that Mark Zuckerberg is regrettably included in the leak as well.” In another tweet, the security …

Chronology Of Apple Vs Facebook: Even FB Employees Don’t Believe They Are Standing Up For Small Businesses
4 years ago

Chronology Of Apple Vs Facebook: Even FB Employees Don’t Believe They Are Standing Up For Small Businesses

News 18  

The Facebook vs Apple saga is turning into a bit of a PR nightmare for the social media giant. The way the App Tracking Transparency feature will work is that when you open an app on your iPhone, for the first time or after an update, you will be asked, “Allow XYZ to track your activity across other companies’ apps …

Facebook has been trying to make a breakup impossible for years.
55 years ago

Facebook has been trying to make a breakup impossible for years.

Slate  

The U.S. government wants to break up Facebook—and Facebook has spent years barricading its bunker for the fight. The FTC cites Facebook’s 2012 acquisition of Instagram, 2014 acquisition of WhatsApp, and restrictions on software developers as instances of monopolistic behavior that has smothered potential competitors. The commission is seeking a permanent injunction that would require Facebook to spin off Instagram …

Is Facebook really ready for the 2020 election?
4 years, 2 months ago

Is Facebook really ready for the 2020 election?

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “This election is not going to be business as usual," Zuckerberg wrote in a …

Is Facebook really ready for the 2020 election?
4 years, 2 months ago

Is Facebook really ready for the 2020 election?

Associated Press  

Ever since Russian agents and other opportunists abused its platform in an attempt to manipulate the 2016 U.S. presidential election, Facebook has insisted — repeatedly — that it’s learned its lesson and is no longer a conduit for misinformation, voter suppression and election disruption. “This election is not going to be business as usual,” Zuckerberg wrote in a September Facebook …

After Microsoft, Facebook now cancels physical events until 2021 due to COVID-19
4 years, 8 months ago

After Microsoft, Facebook now cancels physical events until 2021 due to COVID-19

India TV News  

After Microsoft, Facebook has cancelled all physical conferences and events it had planned with 50 or more people through June 2021. "We will require the vast majority of our employees to work from home through at least the end of May in order to create a safer environment both for our employees doing critical jobs who must be in the …

Facebook cancels large in-person events through June 2021
4 years, 8 months ago

Facebook cancels large in-person events through June 2021

CNN  

New York CNN Business — Facebook is canceling all of its planned physical events with 50 or more people through June 2021 due to concerns about the coronavirus pandemic. “A small percent of our critical employees who can’t work remotely, like content reviewers working on counter-terrorism or suicide and self-harm prevention, and engineers working on complex hardware, may be able …

Facebook tells US govt it won't remove encryption
5 years ago

Facebook tells US govt it won't remove encryption

Live Mint  

SAN FRANCISCO :Facebook has clearly told US Attorney General William Barr that the social networking giant will neither remove encryption from its messaging apps nor will provide law enforcement agencies access to its encrypted services. Encrypted messaging is the leading form of online communication and the vast majority of the billions of online messages that are sent daily, including on …

Facebook CEO Zuckerberg to discuss ‘internet regulation’ with U.S. senators
5 years, 3 months ago

Facebook CEO Zuckerberg to discuss ‘internet regulation’ with U.S. senators

The Hindu  

Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg is on Capitol Hill this week to meet with senators as the social media giant faces scrutiny from both the Federal Trade Commission and members of Congress, the company confirmed on Wednesday. Privacy issues It is Mr. Zuckerberg 's first trip to Washington since April 2018, when he fielded 10 hours of questions over two …

Live updates: Mark Zuckerberg addresses privacy and regulation
5 years, 6 months ago

Live updates: Mark Zuckerberg addresses privacy and regulation

CNN  

I can kind of get why, politically, saying you want to break up the companies feels nice.” Many people have made the argument for breaking up Facebook, including Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes and Democratic presidential candidate Senator Elizabeth Warren. Being smaller doesn’t make the issues any different, he said, pointing to services with far fewer users such as Reddit and …

Mark Zuckerberg makes his case for not breaking up Facebook
5 years, 6 months ago

Mark Zuckerberg makes his case for not breaking up Facebook

CNN  

San Francisco CNN Business — Mark Zuckerberg can’t think of a single reason to break up Facebook, even as lawmakers call to dismantle or regulate major US tech platforms. “The question that I think we have to grapple with is that breaking up these companies wouldn’t make any of those problems better,” Zuckerberg said in a conversation with Harvard law …

Mark Zuckerberg says future is private but Facebook is still not walking his privacy talk
5 years, 8 months ago

Mark Zuckerberg says future is private but Facebook is still not walking his privacy talk

India Today  

When Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg took to the stage at the McEnergy Convention Centre in San Jose, California, on May 30 a lot of people assumed that Facebook's annual developers conference F8 2019 would focus on the company's products and services. First the F8 privacy talk "I believe privacy is future," Zuckerberg said in his opening statement at the F8 …

F8 2019: 10 important announcements from Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg keynote that you shouldn't miss
5 years, 8 months ago

F8 2019: 10 important announcements from Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg keynote that you shouldn't miss

India Today  

Facebook's annual developer conference - the F8 2019 - began with a keynote addressal by the company CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Last year at F8 2018, Mark Zuckerberg announced the launch of Facebook Dating - a platform that would focus on "building real, long-term relationships -- not just for hookups". This year, Facebook fixed that by introducing a Secret crush list …

Facebook overhauls design
5 years, 8 months ago

Facebook overhauls design

The Hindu  

Facebook Inc debuted an overhaul of its core social network on Tuesday, taking its first concrete steps to refashion itself into a private messaging and e-commerce company as it tries to move past scandals while tapping new revenue sources. Facebook had delayed rolling out certain products at last year’s F8 event, which came soon after revelations it inappropriately shared information …

Opinion | Facebook redesign: Revenue over privacy
5 years, 8 months ago

Opinion | Facebook redesign: Revenue over privacy

Live Mint  

It took about three years of privacy scandals for Facebook to initiate a move to rework its platform. At the company’s annual developer conference, F8, yesterday, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the “future is private” and he outlined a number of ways in which Facebook planned to help attain that future. While Facebook’s plan focuses on private communication and reducing public …

Facebook could have shown its commitment to privacy by rolling out this feature
5 years, 8 months ago

Facebook could have shown its commitment to privacy by rolling out this feature

Live Mint  

Facebook Inc. Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg stood on stage Tuesday at the company’s annual F8 conference in San Jose, California, in front of a giant screen sharing a simple message: “ The future is private." “It’s going to take time," Zuckerberg said of Facebook’s privacy-focused future. Secure messaging is also difficult to implement, and “there are a lot of …

Here are four of Facebook’s most important announcements from F8 2019
5 years, 8 months ago

Here are four of Facebook’s most important announcements from F8 2019

Live Mint  

Facebook says the “future is private", and CEO Mark Zuckerberg spent the better part of his keynote at F8, the company’s yearly developer conference, outlining just how Facebook will do this. Gaming groups will get a new chat feature so members can create threads for different topics within the group," the company wrote. View Full Image Facebook Messenger becomes smaller …

HOW DOES FACEBOOK PLAN TO IMPROVE PRIVACY?
5 years, 8 months ago

HOW DOES FACEBOOK PLAN TO IMPROVE PRIVACY?

Daily Mail  

In a March 6 blog post, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg promised to rebuild based on six 'privacy-focused' principles: Private interactions Encryption Reducing permanence Safety Interoperability Secure data storage Zuckerberg promised end-to-end encryption for all of its messaging services, which will be combined in a way that allows users to communicate across WhatsApp, Instagram Direct, and Facebook Messenger. He also said …

In revamp, Facebook bets on small-scale connections, romance
5 years, 8 months ago

In revamp, Facebook bets on small-scale connections, romance

Live Mint  

Got a crush on another Facebook user? The new app made available to US users Tuesday aims for a new direction for Facebook: it eliminates the blue background and offers a range of new ways to connect, in line with Zuckerberg's vision to move away from the "digital town square" to a "digital living room." Dogs and politics Changes announced …

F8 2019: Facebook to let users chat across Messenger, WhatsApp and Instagram
5 years, 8 months ago

F8 2019: Facebook to let users chat across Messenger, WhatsApp and Instagram

India Today  

Facebook's annual developers' conference - the F8 2019 - started with a high note on privacy by the company founder Mark Zuckerberg at the McEnergy Convention Centre in San Jose, California on May 30. Sharma said that soon the Facebook would allow users to chat across all of its messaging platforms including the Messenger, which was introduced as Lightspeed during …

Facebook overhauls design as it pivots to private messaging
5 years, 8 months ago

Facebook overhauls design as it pivots to private messaging

Firstpost  

By Katie Paul SAN JOSE, Calif. - Facebook Inc debuted an overhaul of its core social network on Tuesday, taking its first concrete steps to refashion itself into a private messaging and e-commerce company as it tries to move past scandals while tapping new revenue sources. The new design showcases Facebook’s messaging app, online marketplace and video-on-demand site, while giving …

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