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The court case between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard played out alongside online vitriol
Ruling party is ‘massively ahead’ of rivals in using social media stars to boost support among the young
Lay-offs dominate in the sector, but fresh ideas are there as well
Microsoft, Google and Meta are using more water to cool down data centres that power artificial intelligence products
Political campaign groups spend millions on social media users with small followings to target messages better
Prospectus filing shows $804mn in revenue and a $91mn net loss in 2023
Elon Musk’s platform forced to take down accounts and posts on threat of ‘fines and imprisonment’
Cyber criminals backed by Pyongyang turn to artificial intelligence as they try to secure funds
Google, Meta, Microsoft and OpenAI agree at Munich Security Conference to stifle content designed to mislead voters
Meta just issued its first dividend. Will this become more common?
Story of the journey from free-spirited idealism to monetisation is timely, if familiar
Microsoft, eBay and PayPal have each cut thousands of jobs since the start of the year
Lawsuit from former global marketing head criticises corporate culture at popular app owned by China’s ByteDance
The term describes the slow decay of online platforms such as Facebook. But what if we’ve entered the ‘enshittocene’?
The meltdown was a revealing moment for the game as global entertainment — and its vulnerability to social media
Social media company’s earnings underwhelmed investors a day after it announced lay-offs
Meta’s move to start the payouts could signal an upcoming switch in investor mindset
Banker whose satirical alter ego gained a cult-like following on Wall Street talks exclusively to the FT
There may be benefits to waiting but the penalty is an expected value half that at which it raised funds in 2021
Social media companies must tailor their policies to basic principles of transparency and freedom of expression
Alphabet, Amazon, Microsoft and Meta have all shifted estimates of how long they will use technical equipment
Facebook’s parent company records biggest-ever one day increase in market capitalisation
The US group has benefited from huge but unsustainable outlays from Chinese advertisers
Citizens and democracy need better protection from nefarious actors
Facebook and Instagram parent rewards shareholders as it plans big investments on new bets, including AI
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