Yesterday
Trump to regain social media presence with new company
The former US president has announced a deal that will give him a social media platform after he was kicked off Twitter and Facebook platforms.
- Jennifer Jacobs and Mark Niquette
This Month
Facebook to rebrand company with new name: report
The move is likely to position the flagship app as one of many products under a parent company overseeing brands such as Instagram and WhatsApp, a report says.
- Shivam Patel
UN-backed tech group raises alarms over Australia’s social media laws
Tough new laws enacted after the 2019 Christchurch terrorist attacks to prevent the spread of extremely violent online content appear to be doing their job, says the eSafety Commissioner.
- Max Mason
Facebook may identify trolls in defamation cases
Facebook could reveal the identity of people who post defamatory material on its platform if asked by someone suing for defamation or by a court.
- Miranda Ward
Microsoft shutting down LinkedIn app in China amid scrutiny
The company says it has faced a ‘significantly more challenging operating environment and greater compliance requirements in China’.
- Matt O'Brien
Jules Lund’sTribe float picks up steam
Tribe’s initial public offering plans are taking shape, with the business expected to undertake a management roadshow and bookbuild in the next few weeks.
- Anthony Macdonald, Yolanda Redrup and Kanika Sood
How a high-powered lawyer became a TikTok superstar
Joanne Lee Molinaro’s ‘thing’ for eating and talking over food as ‘the Korean Vegan’ has earned her more than 2.7 million followers in just over a year.
- Monica Eng
Facebook accused of cashing in on small business ads despite outage
Facebook’s outage last week caused thousands of dollars in marketing spend to either evaporate or redirect into less efficient audiences.
- Jessica Sier
WeChat to name Australian counsel amid foreign interference scrutiny
The Chinese-owned platform has about 690,000 registered users in Australia.
- Tom McIlroy
Snapchat positions as safe alternative to Facebook
The company has been on a “10-year journey to creating a brand-safe platform”.
- Miranda Ward
- Analysis
- Analysis
Facebook’s disconnection problem
If US regulators have their way, the social media giant won’t just be disconnected from its users. Its platforms will be disconnected from each other, too.
- John Davidson
Buy the dip in Facebook as it’s set to rise up to 35pc, JPMorgan says
The social media giant’s share price has been hit by negative news, ranging from advertising and blackouts to a whistleblower’s leaking of internal documents.
- Carla Mozée
- Opinion
- Regulation
It is time to imagine a post-Facebook world
A huge market opportunity has opened up to build a social media platform that prioritises users rather than advertisers.
- John Thornhill
- Opinion
Facebook is far weaker than you probably thought it was
A trove of leaked documents reveals a company desperately trying to hold on to its power and influence.
- Kevin Roose
Facebook blames ‘faulty configuration change’ for six-hour outage
Employees told Reuters they believed the outage was caused by an internal mistake in how internet traffic is routed to its systems.
- Subrat Patnaik, Eva Mathews and Sheila Dang
Mark Zuckerberg loses $9.6b in hours as Facebook plunges
The social media giant’s stock slide came after a whistleblower spoke out and outages took the company’s flagship products offline.
- Scott Carpenter
Facebook whistleblower says firm put profits first
A former product manager has exposed thousands of internal documents she says show showed the social media giant failed to protect users.
- Naomi Nix and Kurt Wagner
September
Finfluencer with 500,000 followers says bitcoin will ‘get slayed’
Financial TikTok influencer Mason Versluis, 21, has shared how cryptos and stablecoins make up his ‘slow process’ trading strategy.
- Camomile Shumba
- Opinion
Should there be an Instagram for 10-year-olds?
Facebook’s decision to pause its Instagram Kids project raises a troubling question: is social media the new tobacco?
- Aaron Patrick
How Wall Street influencers are making more than bankers
Social media influencers are getting into the big league, with some making $US500,000 a year from companies paying ‘finfluencers’ to direct customers to them.
- Misyrlena Egkolfopoulou
