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Meta to layoff 5% of its lowest performers as a way to 'raise the bar'

According to a report by Bloomberg, Meta will implement another round of layoffs, affecting approximately 3,600 employees worldwide; In an internal memo sent to staff, the company said that layoffs will target lowest-performing workers, with plans to fill the positions by the end of the year

News Agencies | 01.14.25

Meta steps back from policing content—for all the wrong reasons

Opinion: Meta's move to shift fact-checking to users may prompt regulators to strengthen oversight of social media and enforce advertising rules on Meta akin to those governing traditional media outlets

Tal Shahaf | 01.08.25

האם מטא משתיקה יוצרי תוכן שעוסקים בנושאים יותר מדי פוליטיים מבחינתה?

Facebook follows example of Musk's X and scraps fact-checkers

Meta decides to make a dramatic change: No more fact-checking by employees but a move to community comment model like Elon Musk's X ; How Mark Zuckerberg learned to avoid conflict and embrace Trump

Raphael Kahan | 01.07.25

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg 'Gets Low' in grand gesture for his wife

Zuckerberg and singer T-Pain have collaborated on an acoustic and romantic cover for the early 2000s song 'Get Low'; It's a romantic tribute to Zuckerberg's wife on the anniversary of the day that the two met for the first time

Daniela Ginzburg | 11.15.24

Mark Zuckerberg says Biden administration pressured Facebook to censor COVID-related content

Meta CEO regrets not speaking out more and says Facebook will push back against such demands in the future

Ynetnews | 08.29.24

Mark Zuckerberg goes Roman with giant statue to celebrates wife Priscilla Chan

Meta CEO Zuckerberg unveils sculpture on Instagram, referencing Roman tradition of erecting statues for beloved wives; tradition focused on virtues like duty, loyalty and devotion to family

Ynetnews | 08.15.24

Donald Trump threatens to jail Mark Zuckerberg if elected

'All I can say is that if I'm elected president, we will pursue election fraudsters at levels never seen before, and they will be sent to prison for long periods of time,' presidential hopeful says in social media post

Ynetnews | 07.11.24

Mark Zuckerberg, Katy Perry and the Backstreet Boys: India's high-end wedding scene

India recently became the most populous nation on earth, and economic growth soon followed, with weddings alone generating an annual sum of $130 billion; With each wedding becoming a bigger extravaganza, packed with more celebrities than ever, rich couples are pulling out all the stops for their big day

ynet correspondents | 07.09.24

Meta ends ban on the word 'Shahid' in posts

Tech giant's oversight board decides to allow Arabic word for 'martyr' on posts after consulting with experts considering term to be neutral

Israel Wullman | 07.03.24

Mark Zuckerberg plans an 11-building complex at Lake Tahoe

The plans include a 20,000-square-foot main residence, guest houses, a lakeside spa and gym, a security gatehouse, storage sheds, a home office, and a cottage. Landscaping elements in the plan include mulch trails, bridges, fire pits, and stone walkways

Ynetnews | 06.17.24

שריל סנדברג סמנכ"לית התפעול של פייסבוק לשעבר

Sheryl Sandberg leaves Meta: 'It was the opportunity of a lifetime'

Sandberg, who served as Facebook's and then Meta's COO for the past 14 years, announced she will be stepping down from the board in May; Mark Zuckerberg: 'Your dedication and guidance have been instrumental in driving our success'

Calcalist | 01.18.24

Meta tells ministers they can block calls from hecklers after Knesset speaker demands action

Amir Ohana demands that Meta CEO 'take decisive and swift action' to halt the flood of threatening text messages and calls to Israeli lawmakers on WhatsApp over the war against Hamas; 'Many of the messages contain murder threats, child pornography, violent content and disturbing material'

Itamar Eichner | 12.21.23

Meta to announce layoffs in metaverse silicon division

Cuts could hurt the company’s ability to build augmented and virtual reality products enabling access to a set of immersive virtual worlds known as the "metaverse"

Reuters | 10.04.23

Quest 3: Zuckerberg's new hope

It will try to compete with Apple's Vision Pro to bring more people into the Metaverse; Meta's new glasses support mixed reality (MR) and allow for the integration of digital elements in the physical environment; Target audience: not only gamers

Yuval Mann, Menlo Park | 10.02.23

Number of Threads users drops by 80%

The app that was supposed to be Meta's answer to Twitter, and garnered over 100 million users in a few days, is almost empty of users in a matter of weeks. Is this why Musk continues to avoid wrestling with Zuckerberg?

Raphael Kahan | 08.14.23