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Category: Meta Platforms Inc
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Trump’s Tariff on Cheap Chinese Imports Will Cost Big Tech Billions
For Meta, Alphabet and other platforms, the elimination of the tariff exemption for inexpensive goods is already cutting into advertising revenue.
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House Passes Bill to Ban Sharing of Revenge Porn, Sending It to Trump
The Take It Down Act, which united a coalition of conservative and liberal lawmakers, criminalizes the nonconsensual sharing of sexually explicit images of others and requires companies to remove them.
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EU Fines Apple and Meta Total of $800 Million in First Use of Digital Competition Law
The European Commission said the Silicon Valley companies violated the Digital Markets Act, a law meant to crimp the power of the largest tech firms.
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At Meta’s Antitrust Trial, a Bygone Internet Era Comes Back to Life
In the landmark antitrust case, tech executives have harked back to a Silicon Valley age when social apps like Facebook, Path, Orkut and Google Plus boomed.
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The U.S. Wants to Break Up Google and Meta. That Could Be Hard.
For the first time since the late 1990s Microsoft case, federal trials are weighing antitrust breakups, a tactic that harks back to Standard Oil.
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The U.S. Wants to Break Up Google and Meta. That Could Be Hard.
For the first time since the late 1990s Microsoft case, federal trials are weighing antitrust breakups, a tactic that harks back to Standard Oil.
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Mark Zuckerberg Is Back in the Hot Seat in a Crucial Trial
Mark Zuckerberg has appeared before Congress more times than any other tech leader. He will testify again soon — as a witness in a federal antitrust trial. Cecilia Kang, a technology reporter for The New York Times, recalls some of Zuckerberg’s past congressional hearings and explains why the stakes are even higher this time.
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What If Mark Zuckerberg Had Not Bought Instagram and WhatsApp?
Meta’s antitrust trial, in which the government contends the company killed competition by buying young rivals, hinges on unknowable alternate versions of Silicon Valley history.
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How ‘Free Speech’ Became a New Flashpoint Between Europe and U.S.
The two have long been divided on whether speech can be restricted, and when. Under the Trump administration, the gap is widening.
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How A.I. Companies Are Turning Into Energy Companies
The race to build the best artificial intelligence products is resulting in a worldwide search for new energy sources to power tech giants’ data centers. Karen Weise, a technology correspondent for The New York Times, describes how these A.I.-specific data centers are more power-intensive and how tech companies are investing in new ways to bring more electricity to the grid.
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Meta Seeks to Block Further Sales of Ex-Employee’s Scathing Memoir
An arbitrator has prevented the employee from promoting her book and disparaging the company until private arbitration concludes.