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Meta Platforms stock jumps 19% as Facebook returns to user growth
The company reports slowest rise in revenue in a decade
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Meta Platforms say experiencing good ad impression growth in India
David Wehner, Chief Financial Officer of Meta, said during the earnings call that the Asia-Pacific region benefited from strong demand in products like Click-to-Messaging ads
Russia bans tech honchos, including Zuckerberg, from entering country
These shutdowns have included snapping access to Facebook and Instagram, limiting access to Google News and issuing warnings about YouTube
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Russia foreign ministry bars Harris, Zuckerberg, other prominent Americans
In a statement Thursday, the ministry said that the travel bans would apply in perpetuity and that the sanctions list would be updated shortly in responsible to the hostile actions of the West
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Keeping Mark Zuckerberg safe cost Meta nearly $27 million last year
Meta Platforms spent more than $15.2 million in 2021 for expenses related to protecting its chief executive officer at his homes and during personal travel, according to a recent regulatory filing
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Zuckerberg money won't be in next round of aid for US elections
The 2020 effort by Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, amid the COVID-19 pandemic fueled conservative anger and distrust of the presidential election outcome
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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg planning to launch NFTs on Instagram
As NFTs are all the rage these days, Facebook chief executive officer (CEO) Mark Zuckerberg is planning to let Instagram users mint non-fungible tokens (NFTs) on the social media platform
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Meta commits $15 mn for humanitarian efforts in Ukraine
Meta has established a special operations centre staffed by experts from across the company, including native Russian and Ukrainian speakers, who are monitoring the platform around the clock
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Instagram brings automatic subtitles to videos in feed: Report
The addition should improve accessibility for deaf and hard-of-hearing users, who will have more choices for spoken-word video, reports Engadget
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Meta to break language barriers with AI, builds universal speech translator
Meta announced an ambitious plan to use AI for translation which has been used by several players including Google & Apple, Indian Govt too has launched its ambitious NLTM programme
Facebook parent Meta's social VR platform Horizon hits 300,000 users
Horizon Worlds was rolled out to Oculus Quest VR headset users in the US and Canada in early December.
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Zuckerberg calls staff 'Metamates' in memo outlining new vision
Meta's chief executive officer said it is now 'a distributed company' and gave a nod to its international nature by saying 'we will continue hiring around the world.'
Meta renews EU exit threat for Facebook, Instagram over data rules
Meta has already warned in its previous annual report that if it is not allowed to use standard contractual clauses
Sky-high markets are new risk to billionaires beyond death and divorce
Mark Zuckerberg's wealth plummeted as much as $31 billion on Thursday, the third-biggest one-day drop in wealth since the Bloomberg Billionaires Index began compiling data in 2012
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Zuckerberg tells staff to focus on video products as Meta's stock plunges
Facebook lost a record $251 billion of value in a single day
Meta stock drops 26% in a day, Mark Zuckerberg's wealth down by $29 bn
Meta stock has dropped by more than $200 bn in the biggest single day market value wipeout for a US company; Jeff Bezos, meanwhile, added $20 bn to wealth on Amazon's blockbuster earnings
TikTok, user base, ad share: Reasons Mark Zuckerberg's Meta is in trouble
The company formerly known as Facebook has hit major turbulence as it suffered its biggest one-day wipeout ever.
Facebook plunges over 25% as Tiktok steals user attention
Investors wipe off $200 bn from m-cap after firm misses major projections in earnings update
Shares of Meta plunge 22% on lower profits, co loses $200 bn in valuations
If the drop holds until the market opens Thursday, the company's overall value is on track to drop by a figure greater than the size of the entire Greek economy, based on data from the World Bank
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Mark Zuckerberg risks $24-bn wealth wipeout after Meta misses estimates
Meta's share price was down about 20% in after-hours trading on Wednesday.