Facebook parent Meta is preparing large-scale layoffs this week: Report

Facebook parent Meta is preparing large-scale layoffs this week: Report

Meta Platforms Inc is planning to begin large-scale layoffs this week that will affect thousands of employees, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday citing people familiar with the matter, with an announcement planned as early as Wednesday. Meta declined to comment on the WSJ report. Facebook parent Meta in October forecasted a weak holiday […]

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Meta’s Facebook agrees to settle data privacy lawsuit

Meta’s Facebook agrees to settle data privacy lawsuit

Meta Platforms Inc’s Facebook has in-principle agreed to settle a lawsuit in the San Francisco federal court seeking damages for letting third parties including Cambridge Analytica access the private data of users, a court filing showed. The financial terms were not disclosed in the filing on Friday that asked the judge to put the class […]

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‘Operating with increased intensity’: Zuckerberg leads Meta into next phase

‘Operating with increased intensity’: Zuckerberg leads Meta into next phase

Mark Zuckerberg, the founder and CEO of the company formerly known as Facebook, called his top lieutenants for the social network to a last-minute meeting in the San Francisco Bay Area this month. On the agenda: a “work-athon” to discuss the road map for improving the main Facebook app, including a revamp that would change […]

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Meta slashes hiring plans, girds for ‘fierce’ headwinds

Meta slashes hiring plans, girds for ‘fierce’ headwinds

Facebook-owner Meta Platforms Inc has cut plans to hire engineers by at least 30% this year, CEO Mark Zuckerberg told employees on Thursday, as he warned them to brace for a deep economic downturn. “If I had to bet, I’d say that this might be one of the worst downturns that we’ve seen in recent […]

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