Competition and Markets Authority boss Andrea Coscelli warns Facebook: Britain will block your takeovers By Helen Cahill, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:52 GMT, 12 December 2020 | Updated: 22:41 GMT, 12 December 2020 The boss of Britain’s markets watchdog has ramped up his attack on US tech giants with a threat to block takeovers … Read more
Kate and William’s ‘Christmas card photo’ featuring beaming George, Charlotte and Louis is leaked on Facebook Duke and Duchess of Cambridge ‘s Christmas card has been shared online Shows Prince Louis, Princess Charlotte and Prince George on haystacks infront of piles of firewood with their parents Prince William and Kate Middleton The card is addressed … Read more
Eight years ago, Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg emailed a colleague at the social network, musing about smaller competitors that were nipping at their heels. Photo-sharing apps Instagram and Path, as well as location tracking service Foursquare, were still tiny by comparison to the Silicon Valley behemoth. But Zuckerberg fretted. ‘If they grow to a large … Read more
Mark Zuckerberg threatened ‘ominous ramifications’ to Instagram if it did not team up with Facebook, leaving his competitors fearing the ‘wrath of Mark’, according to the lawsuit which aims to break up his social media empire. Backed by 46 states and a federal agency, the legal filing sets out 123 pages of evidence against Facebook … Read more
A ‘smoking gun’ email has emerged that illustrates the government’s core case in its landmark antitrust suits against Facebook, but Wall Street analysts doubt that the case will succeed in forcing the company to spin off Instagram and WhatsApp. In lawsuits filed on Wednesday by 46 states and federal regulators, the government accuses Facebook of illegally … Read more
Facebook, Messenger and Instagram have all stopped working for some users this morning. The Facebook-owned social media apps went down at around 09.30 GMT, according to the website Downdetector, which monitors online outages. Users are unable to send messages and are being flashed an error message which says the app is ‘waiting for network’. More … Read more
Facebook, Messenger and Instagram all CRASH leaving thousands of users unable to log into social media sites Facebook, Messenger and Instagram have stopped working for some users Down Detector logged thousands of complaints from just after 10am UK time Thousands of people across the UK have been left unable to send messages By Amie Gordon … Read more
Forty-six states and the Federal Trade Commission have filed massive antitrust lawsuits against Facebook, seeking to force the company to divest major acquisitions such as Instagram and WhatsApp. One suit filed on Wednesday in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia is spearheaded by New York Attorney General Letitia James, leading a coalition of … Read more
Facebook has become a go-to source for news among Americans, but a new survey reveals nearly half are unsure to whether the social media firm conducts is own reporting. Pew Research Center found that six percent of those surveyed said Facebook ‘does its own reporting,’ while 42 percent marked ‘not sure.’ The group surveyed more … Read more
The attorney general of New York has filed a massive antitrust lawsuit against Facebook, seeking to force a divestiture of acquisitions such as Instagram and WhatsApp. The suit filed on Wednesday in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia is spearheaded by New York Attorney General Letitia James, and joined by 45 other states … Read more