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Launched in February 2004, Facebook is a social networking service founded by Mark Zuckerberg with his college roommates and fellow students Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes. Early investors included Microsoft and Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka- shing, through his namesake charitable foundation. In November 2021, Facebook Inc was renamed Meta Platforms Inc.
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Mark Zuckerberg
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Internet
Website
facebook.com
Headquarters address
Menlo Park, California, US
Stock Code
NASDAQ:FB
Year founded
2004
Research has shown how SIM cards from the grey market are powering bot armies that fill social media with fake likes and comments to manipulate users and deliberately steer trends. Photo: dpa
Scams and swindles

How the global grey market in SIM cards powers fraud and influence

How much does an army of bots cost? A new study reveals how likes and clout are bought.

South Korea

South Korea mandates labels on AI-generated adverts to curb deepfakes

Australia

‘#seeyouwhenim16’: Australia’s social media ban for children takes effect

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Vietnam

Asian Angle | Vietnam’s anti-drug police are speaking Gen Z, and it’s working

Ho Chi Minh City’s police have found a way to wrap dry state messaging in viral humour, mirroring China’s digital playbook.

A viral social media post showing a faux wedding proposal created by an anti-drugs police unit photo in Ho Chi Minh City. Photo: Facebook/PC04.CATP
Obituaries

Frank Gehry, the most celebrated architect of his time, dies at 96

His masterpieces include the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain, the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles and Berlin’s DZ Bank Building.

Meta Platforms

Meta plans budget cuts as high as 30% to its metaverse efforts

Mark Zuckerberg’s metaverse vision has not taken off despite his conviction that people will one day work and play in virtual worlds.

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Australia

Fight’s over: YouTube becomes last major platform to accept Australia’s age rule

Despite agreeing to comply, YouTube maintains that it is still ‘fundamentally different’ from other social media services.

Six-year-old Enrique Navarro watches a show on YouTube at his home in western Sydney on October 30. Photo: AFP
Australia

Australia’s under-16 social media ban faces high court challenge

Critics say the world-first law, effective next month, infringes on political communication rights. Australia lacks an express free speech right.

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Australia

Snapchat makes Australian teens verify age as social media ban looms

From December 10, social media platforms in Australia must remove users aged below 16 or face fines, in one of the strictest bans globally.

Artificial intelligence

AI pioneer Yann LeCun leaving Meta to launch start-up

LeCun joined the company in 2013 to create Facebook AI Research, the in-house lab that helped transform Meta into one of the AI leaders.

Yann LeCun has been a key part of Meta’s AI ambitions for more than a decade. Photo: AFP
Indonesia

Isis-linked group used video games to radicalise Indonesian children: police

Over 110 children have been targeted by terrorist recruiters this year alone, a ‘massive’ spike from 17 between 2011 and 2017, police say.

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Members of a police bomb squad inspect the wreckage of a motorbike used to carry out a suicide attack in South Sulawesi, Indonesia, on March 29, 2021. Photo: AP
United States

Meta defeats US antitrust case over Instagram and WhatsApp acquisitions

The ruling gives Big Tech its first decisive win against the antitrust crackdown started in Trump’s first term.

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Nepal

Asian Angle | Nepal found out what Thailand already knew: digital repression is risky

The tactics vary, from Myanmar’s internet blackouts to Indonesia’s subtler control, but the results are the same: resentment and resistance.

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Artificial intelligence

Meta Platforms’ AI lay-offs triggered by resource competition: ex-researcher

Tian Yuandong says internal conflicts emerged at Meta as LLM development became the industry-wide focus.

Meta Platforms let go of around 600 employees from its legacy AI research unit. Photo: Shutterstock
Hong Kong society

Opinion | Hong Kong needs to tackle its screen addiction problem

A survey on smartphone use underlines the need to protect children from the harmful effects of too much time spent on electronic devices.

Boys play games on their smartphones on a bus in Hong Kong. Photo: Jonathan Wong
Malaysia

Meta disagrees with Malaysia’s social media licensing framework, proposes talks

Malaysia says its licensing rules are aimed at curbing scams, online gambling and child pornography.

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Extreme weather

Fake AI videos clog social media as Hurricane Melissa bears down on Jamaica

Jamaica’s information minister urges people to ‘listen to the official channels’ as Category 5 storm approaches.

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Hong Kong weather

Fact-Check | This video does not show Hongkonger knocked over during Super Typhoon Ragasa

Footage of a woman struggling in intense winds is falsely linked to the typhoon that hit Hong Kong this year.

A screenshot from a video inaccurately linked to Super Typhoon Ragasa in Hong Kong. Photo: Facebook/SCMP composite
The Philippines

Filipino blogger arrested over ‘headshot’ threat to Marcos

Mike Romero, a supporter of ex-president Duterte, was arrested for inciting sedition for a Facebook post of President Marcos that said ‘headshot’.

Malaysia

Outcry in Malaysia over independent news outlet’s social media suspension

The move came hours after the news portal published a report on a network of suspicious social media accounts boosting the PM’s page.

Malaysia

Malaysia minister accused of victim-blaming after baby killed in crash

Transport Minister Anthony Loke suggested a child seat could have saved an infant killed at a toll plaza, sparking immediate public outrage.

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A screenshot of the scene of a crash on Saturday at the Bukit Kajang toll plaza in Malaysia. Photo: Handout
Hong Kong society

Hong Kong restaurant says sorry after video of diners sneaking food goes viral

Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data says it has received five complaints from public about leaked video.

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Footage shows the pair had tried to take home seafood, beef slices and instant noodles. Photo: Handout
Social media

Many of Instagram’s teen-safety tools ‘simply are not working’, study finds

Only eight of 47 features to prevent teens accessing harmful content and related to contact with strangers were fully effective, report says.

Indonesia

Asian Angle | TikTok Live blackout in Indonesia exposes fragility of digital freedoms

The suspension shows how global platforms are intertwined with state power and digital infrastructure can be disabled in a political crisis.

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Hong Kong

In the digital age, a single post can change a dog’s life

Who knew saving an abandoned pet could start with a double tap? Hong Kong adopters are proving the internet has heart.

Cici was abandoned by her previous owner, before she found a loving home with Amber Nathaniel. Photo: courtesy Amber Nathaniel
Singapore

Singapore gives Meta deadline to fight scams as US$776,400 fine looms

The tech giant has until September 30 to implement steps, including facial recognition, to combat impersonation scams on the platform.

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According to Singapore’s home affairs ministry, Facebook is the “top platform used by scammers to commit impersonation scams”. Photo: dpa
Nepal

Nepal’s Gen Z revolt turns deadly as police fire on protesters, killing 19

The government’s lethal crackdown on young protesters has deepened a crisis sparked by a social media ban and long-standing corruption.

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Nepal

Police in Nepal open fire on pro-social media protest, killing 17

The Gen Z-led protest was held to condemn a government attempt to regulate social media that blocked Facebook, X and YouTube, among others.

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