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Why has Facebook changed its name to Meta and what is the metaverse?

29 October 2021

Facebook has rebranded itself as Meta in an attempt to own the metaverse, a concept for a 3D version of the internet that a number of companies are working on
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YouTube policy change limited spread of harmful videos across the web

28 October 2021

In 2019, YouTube altered its recommendation algorithm to stop promoting videos the company deemed harmful, which limited how much they were viewed even on other social media platforms

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