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Facebook tests £9.99 monthly subscription for sharing more than two links
Meta is encouraging users to verify themselves to unlock more features or engagement with their posts.

Facebook is testing a link-posting limit for professional accounts and pages | TechCrunch
Meta said that the test impacts professional accounts and pages on Facebook.

Facebook isn't just giving these agitators a platform: it's paying them
An ABC NEWS Verify investigation reveals Facebook is directly funding some controversial Australian content creators including a white nationalist and an anti-vaxxer influencer.
Facebook loses users for the first time in its history
Facebook parent Meta’s stock nosedived in after-hours trading as the company refocuses on the "metaverse" and reports its hardware division bled more than $3 billion.

Facebook pays teens to install VPN that spies on them | TechCrunch
Desperate for data on its competitors, Facebook has been secretly paying people to install a "Facebook Research" VPN that lets the company suck in all of

Apple bans Facebook's Research app that paid users for data | TechCrunch
In the wake of TechCrunch's investigation yesterday, Apple blocked Facebook's Research VPN app before the social network could voluntarily shut it down.

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Wages for Facebook - Dissent Magazine
The art campaign Wages for Facebook is an attempt to unsettle the digital marketization of our relationships that many of us have already come to accept as normal.


Introducing Meta One: A Subscription Service With More Features and AI to Create, Connect, and Stand Out
We're introducing Meta One, a new subscription service on Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Meta AI that offers more AI usage, enhanced expression features, and tools for creators and businesses.

Meta launches Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp subscriptions, with more to come, including AI plans | TechCrunch
Meta is rolling out paid subscription plans for Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp worldwide, while also testing new AI, creator, and business-focused offerings under its broader “Meta One” subscription brand.

Nobody clicks your share buttons — Ankur Sethi
I've always wondered if anyone actually used the social sharing buttons embedded on news sites and (some) WordPress blogs.
Facebook's Big Move Toward the AfterWeb
Blow up your browser! The Next Big Thing is the AfterWeb. Facebook made a monumental announcement Monday that seemed as though it was designed to...

Facebook Data Privacy Scandal: A Cheat Sheet - TechRepublic
Read about the saga of Facebook's failures in ensuring privacy for user data, including how it relates to Cambridge Analytica, the GDPR, the Brexit campaign, and the 2016 US presidential election.

Hundreds of free open access journals to receive significant financial support! @ojcollective.bsky.social, which launched in January, has already raised £1.56 million of its £2.65 million target and will start to financially support 297 journals.
How collective funding supports sustainable publishing
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