A laid-off Meta worker says she's struggling after not getting the 16 weeks of severance her fellow employees received: 'I'm going through my kids' closet and selling their old clothes'

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Brit Levy completed about seven months of her year-long program with Meta before they laid her off.

Brit Levy

TikTok's opposite approach to Instagram is winning the social media race.

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Instagram got popular by favoring big brands over cool content — which is why it's now losing to TikTok

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Instagram is a victim of its own success. The reason it became popular is the reason it can't beat TikTok.

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Instagram is becoming as uncool as Facebook — and it has only itself to blame

Mark Zuckerberg is finally embracing his new role as Meta's Chopper-in-Chief. Here are the plans he just laid out to further cut costs in 2023.

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Meta is slashing its costs by another $4 billion, and investors are thrilled

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Meta said it would spend less in 2023 — and investors cheered big-time, sending the stock up nearly 19% in after-hours trade.

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Snap plunges 11% on ugly earnings and analyst warnings that 'issues are intensifying' at the social media company

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Snapchat announced on Monday it plans on introducing mid-roll ads in select Snap Stars' public stories.

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Three women who were laid off from tech companies and startups share why they posted about their experiences on TikTok

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Alejandra Hernandez started posting on TikTok shortly after finding out she was part of Meta's layoffs.

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A Twitter employee joked that they would write 'stay employed' for their Q3 goals after Elon Musk's takeover, report says

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Twitter owner Elon Musk.

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Twitter cofounder says Elon Musk has undone positive changes that were made to the platform before his takeover

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Elon Musk and Twitter cofounder Biz Stone.

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Trump's return to Instagram and Facebook could doom Truth Social

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