Canadian groups who study and advocate for free expression have mixed feelings on Meta's changes to what is automatically considered "hateful" conduct on social media platforms like Facebook and Instagram, as advocates for 2SLGBTQ+ people and women point out concerns over terms like "whore" being allowed. "We're getting rid of a number of restrictions on topics like...

Meta, the owner of Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram, is to cut about 5% of its global workforce, with its poorest-performing employees most likely to leave. In a memo to staff, the chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, said he had decided to “move out low-performers faster”, ahead of what he said would be an “intense year”, and...

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