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Mark Zuckerberg’s fortune has tumbled by $17.4-billion so far this year as Facebook faces fresh criticism over its treatment of critics and continues to grapple with the fallout from its response to Russian election meddling.
With due respect to Tim Berners-Lee’s attempts to recreate the bright-eyed enthusiasm of the Internet’s early years, the Web is long past attempts at self-regulation and voluntary ethics codes.
Although Facebook may have tamped down on hoax news in the US, bigger problems remain, driven by the viral nature of shocking content.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is betting the company’s future on video and disappearing posts called “stories”, not the company’s famous news feed. Investors are buying into the vision for now.
It wasn’t a dream or an exaggeration by cautious Facebook executives. The company’s financial results are weakening, just as executives warned they would a few months ago.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has said the $20-million penalty he was given for announcing on Twitter that he had funding to take the electric vehicle maker private was “worth it”.
Twitter has topped estimates for earnings and revenue in the third quarter amid higher spending from advertisers, marking a much-needed boost for the social networking site.
Apple CEO Tim Cook on Wednesday touted the importance of privacy and legislation to protect it, as the iPhone maker seeks to distance itself from Silicon Valley competitors under scrutiny for recent user data breaches.
Facebook is losing another long-tenured founder from an acquired company: Brendan Iribe, who was the CEO of Oculus VR when Facebook bought it in 2014.