Meta, the parent company of Facebook, has named company vice president Guy Rosen as the new chief information security officer (CISO), Reuters reported Monday (June 6). He is the first person to fill the CISO role at Meta. He said his new role will “continue...
Meta will be looking into new ads that don’t use advanced targeting, meaning less user data would be used or needed, a report said Friday (June 3). The ads would not use “any anonymized personal info” according to two ad buyers. Called “Basic Ads,” it...
Meta is introducing a new process to add more access verification for tech providers, helping to better identify and serve businesses that integrate with other ones, according to a company blog post published Thursday (June 2). The company said access verification includes a process where...
In an apparent bid to address the rising use of Messenger for audio and video calls, Meta Platforms has added a new “Calls” tab to the function bar at the bottom of the app. As Social Media Today reported Wednesday (June 1), the move comes...
Meta Platforms on Monday (May 31) took another step toward removing the Facebook branding from its company property with the announcement its Class A common stock will begin trading on NASDAQ under the ticker symbol META before the market opens June 9. The ticker symbol...
Meta’s president of global affairs, Nick Clegg, is defending Meta’s eye-popping investments in the metaverse, saying he believes the technology will change how consumers use the internet. In his blog post Wednesday (May 18), Clegg compared the transition to the metaverse to the way our...
At its inaugural “Conversations” event on Thursday (May 19), Meta revealed new products, pilots and plans to make messaging the heart of next-level social commerce, leveraging demographic tailwinds that are now sunsetting email as the prime means of B2C communication. The news was teased by...
Meta Platforms will rename Facebook Pay — its payment system available across Facebook, Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp — as Meta Pay “soon,” according to a blog post Wednesday (May 11) by Stephane Kasriel, Meta’s head of commerce and financial technologies. “We’re focused on enhancing the...
Meta is looking into cutting the funds it gives to news organizations, Reuters reported Monday (May 9). This comes as Meta is noticing that less people have been clicking on news links since former President Donald Trump left office. The social media giant is reportedly...
