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There are still “many companies” who are hiring now and being the first to apply will give applicants an extra edge, said LinkedIn’s career expert.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg thanked about 11,000 laid-off employees for their work during a video call on Wednesday.

Meta has not explained how many, if any, of those layoffs will affect the Boston office.

Facebook parent Meta mum on impact of 11K layoffs on Boston area

Meta is laying off 13% of its staff, or more than 11,000 employees, CEO Mark Zuckerberg told employees on Wednesday.

The layoffs are expected to impact thousands of employees.

A Washington state judge has fined Facebook parent company Meta nearly $25 million for repeated, willful violations of campaign finance disclosure laws.

In today’s Tech Tuesday, Research Director at Forrester Mike Proulx explains how Facebook is changing the way people can control what content shows up on their stream.

Facebook said it was the largest and most complex Russian propaganda effort that it has found since the invasion of Ukraine began.

Meta debuted new account management tools for its Facebook and Instagram users that lets them more easily switch between the two apps.

The new update to their Sensitive Content Control, introduced by Instagram last summer, allows users to filter content on more than just their Explore page.

Instagram head Adam Mosseri shared a video on Twitter Tuesday explaining recent changes to the social media platform.

The main news feed will now be known as “Home,” and will act as more of a “discovery engine” based on people’s online habits.

Amazon has filed a lawsuit against administrators of more than 10,000 Facebook groups it accuses of coordinating fake reviews in exchange for money or free products.

Twitter and Facebook parent Meta said Friday they’re deleting any videos of the assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe that break their rules on harmful content.

Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was assassinated Friday as he delivered a campaign speech in Nara, Japan. He was 67.

The DOJ claimed that Meta targeted users with housing ads based on algorithms that relied partly on characteristics protected under the Fair Housing Act.

After 14 years, Sheryl Sandberg announced Wednesday that she is stepping down from her role as chief operating officer at Meta, the company formerly known as Facebook.

Sandberg joined Facebook in early 2008 as the No. 2 to Facebook CEO and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg.

The lawsuit comes after a judge rejected Racine’s attempt to add Zuckerberg as a defendant on his original consumer protection complaint against Facebook.