Meta
Posts about the company formerly known as Meta, but trying to pretend it didn't rename itself for the Metaverse…

Book recommendations: Drax & Meta Paid Members Public
How money from the slave trade is still influencing British politics — and the inside story of the people in Facebook that ended up upending society.
Meta pirated books — and trained AI on them. Paid Members Public
And it looks like some of mine were in there.

The humour and morality void at the heart of Meta Paid Members Public
A new book is confirming every dark suspicion we had about Facebook

Rule 1: Never trust Facebook Paid Members Public
Zuckerberg is MAGAing Facebook and Instagram. But he's always done what suits the company, not what helps the users.

The post X-battle: Threads is down, but not out Paid Members Public
The fight to capture ex-X users heats up, as Meta, the sleeping giant, wakes up and realises that it has a blue butterfly problem…

How Threads got tangled Paid Members Public
Meta's Twitter clone is struggling with engagement bait and over-zealous moderation. Meanwhile, has The Economist figured out how to attract Gen Z without TikTok?
Facebook woos the kids Paid Members Public
And this might matter to local journalism. Plus: has The Telegraph found a buyer? And the mysteries of algospeak.

How many people are you? Paid Members Public
Meta is up to its old tricks, the WordPress meltdown continues, and Shorts aren't long enough, it seems. Happy Monday!
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