Clocked News Facebook dons Meta mask just in time for Halloween, which it will never remove by Alastair Cairns In a possible attempt to hoodwink the entire world, Facebook has begun the process of rebranding itself as Meta – a reference to its metaverse of acquired intellectual properties and…
Clocked News Science A hitchhiker’s guide to the “metaverse”, and why Facebook is obsessed with it by Jake Jamieson In light of Facebook’s announcement of a metaverse rollout in Europe you might be wondering, “what the heck is a metaverse?” Facebook has shared that they’re hiring thousands of engineers…
Clocked News Can’t be bothered reading the terms and conditions? This site has you covered by Alastair Cairns Sometimes it feels like modern life is little more than bureaucratic nonsense and endless pages of terms and conditions. But we’ve found a website that conveniently summarises the critical information…
News Science Revealed: science says Tom Waits fans are ‘open’, The Smiths fans are ‘neurotic’ by Stanley Widdison What is more interesting than the data theft however, is the insanely alarming fact (or should I say, reaffirming knowledge) that people who like The Smiths have certain psychological predispositions….
News Politics Facebook news ban lifted, Aus Government and Zuckerberg reach agreement by Marcie Cheers It has felt like the longest week for the Australian media industry, but we are finally able to post and share news on Facebook once again! Australian news is back…
News Politics Government lashes back at Zuck by pulling advertising spend on Facebook by Ria Pandey And so, the plot thickens. The Federal Government has pulled potentially millions of dollars in advertising spend from Facebook, lashing back at the social media platform’s block on Aussie’s access…
News What Facebook’s heavy-handed news ban means for Australia by Tom Cameron As you may have heard, Facebook has gone and banned Australian news outlets from sharing content. But what does this mean for you? And Happy Mag?
Clocked News Facebook accidentally bans ‘Fallout 76’ role-play clan The Free States Militia by Rian Howlett The Free States Militia are a group of super committed role players who live and breathe that Fallout 76 life, but that’s not what Facebook saw. Within The Free States…
News Politics Twitter bans Donald Trump while other social media giants suspend his accounts by Phil Hanlon In news that should’ve happened a while ago, Donald Trump’s access to his Facebook, Instagram, and Twitch accounts have been blocked until the end of his presidency. UPDATE: Twitter have…
News Politics Pop Culture Facebook may be forced to sell Instagram and WhatsApp in new lawsuit by Phoebe Repeti The American Federal Trade Commission and forty-eight attorney generals filed a lawsuit against the social media giant for unlawful monopolisation. According to the lawsuit filed on Wednesday, Facebook has used…
News Politics World #StopTheSteal: controversial pro-Trump group shut down by Facebook after rapidly amassing members by Brendan Neville Facebook has removed the pro-Trump group, Stop The Steal, who were claiming that the Democrats were stealing the US election. Surprise surprise, it turns out a group of Trump voters…
Clocked News Now Facebook is making a play into cloud gaming by James He Facebook will join Google Stadia and Amazon Luna by releasing their own cloud gaming streaming service for free-to-play mobile games. Facebook Gaming is making smaller splashes away from the big…
News Google and Facebook “likely” to ban Australian news instead of paying for it by Samara Louise Facebook and Google plan to remove news all together from their Australian platforms, instead of paying news companies for their stories. A report titled “Tech-xit” from the Australia Institute’s Centre…
