Meta temporarily avoids UK data lawsuit payout

Facebook parent company Meta has held off a UK lawsuit, which was filed against it over alleged abus...

Oscar Hornstein

Big Data / Tue 21 Feb 2023

Meta hit by £346m data fine as UK lawsuit approaches

Meta has been slapped with a €390m (£346m) fine by the Irish data regulator, less than a month af...

Oscar Hornstein

Big Data / Thu 5 Jan 2023

Meta starts redundancy consultation for UK staff – but remains tight-lipped on layoff numbers

Social media giant Meta has confirmed it is beginning a redundancy consultation for its UK workforce...

George Simister

Recruitment / Thu 10 Nov 2022

Instagram adds AI-powered age verification for UK users

Photo-sharing social network Instagram has partnered with British digital identification startup Yot...

George Simister

Cybersecurity / Mon 7 Nov 2022

Meta’s forced divestiture of Giphy met with mixed reaction by UK tech

The UK competition watchdog's decision to force Meta to unwind its acquisition of Giphy has drawn mi...

George Simister

Government & Policy / Fri 21 Oct 2022

Instagram head moves operations to London

Instagram head Adam Mosseri is set to move to London as part of a strategic change by the US social ...

Oscar Hornstein

London / Tue 2 Aug 2022