Mark Zuckerberg

Metaverse — the world not prepared for dangers it poses

The metaverse will be the most god-like technology we have ever seen and our “medieval institutions” are already struggling to understand the elements of it.

Does Zuckerberg's Meta project pose a threat to mental health?

Researchers have found that social media platforms, including Facebook, can cause or exacerbate the symptoms of depression in teenagers.

Facebook profits grow amid revelations from leaked documents

Facebook says its profits rose to over $9 billion in the last quarter, hours after a US news collective published reports saying the platform allowed hate speech to flourish internationally and knew its algorithm fuelled toxic polarisation online.

Facebook likely to rebrand itself with new name

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg intends to announce the decision at the company's annual Connect conference next week.

Facebook outage reveals world's dependence on the networking app

The six-hour disruption at Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp made things difficult for millions, proving how big a role the social media giant plays in our lives.

Whistleblower: Facebook chooses 'profit over safety'

Frances Haugen, a 37-year-old data scientist from Iowa, who has worked for companies including Google and Pinterest - says in an interview that Facebook was "substantially worse" than anything she had seen before.

Facebook bills its 'metaverse' as next big computing platform

"Metaverse" will be a digital world where people can move between different devices and communicate in a virtual environment, says CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who's setting up a team to work on the social media product.

Facebook urged to cancel plans to launch Instagram for pre-teens

Instagram is exploring the launch of a version of the image-centric social network for children under 13, with parental controls.

Will the push to tax the super-rich work?

Calls to tax wealthy people and corporations are growing as governments struggle to come up with funds to deal with the pandemic’s economic fallout.

Can social media ever be ethical?

Designed by profit-oriented companies with little regard to what you need, social media reshaping what it means to be human. Can that be turned around to our benefit?

Zuckerberg defends not suspending ex-Trump aide Bannon from Facebook

Former Trump White adviser Steve Bannon had suggested in a Facebook video that FBI Director Christopher Wray and government infectious diseases expert Anthony Fauci should be beheaded for being disloyal to Trump.

Facebook, Twitter CEOs summoned over suppressing article attacking Bidens

US Senator Josh Hawley shoots letters to Twitter's Jack Dorsey and Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg, asking them to testify at Senate sub-committee after social media giants blocked a news story about Democrat Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden.