Facebook’s earnings in the three months ended June 30 beat expectations and posted the fastest revenue growth since 2016. But Facebook shares fell 5% in after-hours trading after the social media company said it expects revenue growth to slow in the coming quarters. And earnings per share came to $3.61, …
Read More »Tech Companies Take Center Stage in Today’s News
A number of news reports and stories by major international media outlets on Monday shined a light on the rising importance of technology companies in the world economy, as well as their intersection with the issues of privacy and political conflicts. In India, the police announced that they visited a …
Read More »U.S. Congress Questions Facebook’s Advertising Policy
The United States House of Representatives on Monday questioned the CEO of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, about the social network’s policies regarding ads directed towards gun accessories and protective equipment, Reuters reported. The claim is that ads about weapons were placed next to content that amplified election misinformation and news about …
Read More »Facebook and Instagram to Block Trump’s Accounts for Two Weeks
Social media platforms, Facebook and Instagram, will impose a suspension on the official accounts of the President of the United States, Donald Trump, for at least two weeks, until the end of his presidency term, the CEO of Facebook Inc. Mark Zuckerberg revealed. This comes after Facebook and Instagram, as …
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