Tech Meta reports first ever quarterly sales decline Mark Zuckerberg says ‘we seem to be entering an economic downturn’ as Facebook and Instagram cite falling advertisers’ budgets
Matt Cooper: No amount of Metaverse guff can distract from Zuckerberg’s failingsThe Facebook founder concentrated on the future in his message to his ‘Metamates’ last week, but the company’s best days may already be behind it
Editorial: What’s in a name? For beleaguered Facebook, not very much at allThe social media giant is trying to distract from its various woes by changing its name, a gambit that is doomed to failure
Facebook rebrands as MetaMark Zuckerberg avoided all of the current news stories about his company, took a pot shot at Apple, and waxed lyrical about the metaverse, before eventually announcing the company’s new name
Elaine Byrne: If Facebook is too big to fail, it’s too big to existThe social media giant holds half the world’s population in thrall and, as whistleblower Frances Haugen pointed out last week, it allows no principle to hamper its pursuit of profit
Vincent Boland: Facebook needs a reboot of its system, starting at the topCan the social media giant’s woes only be fixed by a rearrangement of the power balance at board level?
Malcolm Byrne: State must get up to date on tech regulationThe main players in Big Tech wield more power than ever and, while innovation should be encouraged, the government also has a responsibility to protect its citizens
Willie O’Reilly: A long overdue reckoning for the giants of social mediaThe recent events in Washington DC have seen Facebook and Twitter diving for cover as they try to wash their hands of responsibility. It won’t work
The Business Post’s view: Facebook case goes to the heart of free market ethicsThe century-old anti-trust law may not bear the weight of a contemporary case, but the FTC is right to pursue it in the public interest