SAN FRANCISCO: Billionaire venture capitalist Peter Thiel will leave Facebook parent Meta’s board, the firm said Monday, after a lengthy tenure that saw the network’s rise and his vocal support of Donald Trump. Meta and Thiel’s announcement offered nothing on his future plans, but the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times reported that … Read more
BANGKOK – Facebook parent Meta will ban all pages and accounts belonging to Myanmar military-backed businesses, it said, expanding its restraints on the country’s armed forces. Myanmar’s secretive military has extensive business interests, with tentacles in industries as diverse as beer, tobacco, transportation, textiles, tourism and banking. Activists and rights groups say they funded crackdowns and abuses even … Read more
SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook-parent Meta on Wednesday said it derailed an anti-Covid vaccine campaign that harassed medical workers, journalists and elected officials, in a signal of the ongoing pressure from pandemic-tied misinformation. The social media giant took down accounts in France and Italy that were linked to a conspiracy movement called “V_V”, which inundated pro-vaccine posts … Read more
