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Meta Platforms Inc Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg will leave the social media company, according to her Facebook post. Shares of the company fell about 4% following the news.

Technology stocks were declining on Wednesday, with the SPDR Technology Select Sector ETF (XLK) falling 0.8% while the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index was sliding 2.5% this afternoon.

Young women are more concerned about the mental health impact of being online than other internet users, with many citing personal safety fears and the harm caused by trolling, a study by Britain's media watchdog has found.

Young women are more concerned about the mental health impact of being online than other internet users, with many citing personal safety fears and the harm caused by trolling, a study by Britain's media watchdog has found.

Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the iShares Core S&P 500 ETF (Symbol: IVV) where we have detected an approximate $2.2 billion dollar inflow -- that's a 0.7% increase week over week

Apple AAPL has released the second test version of iOS 15.6 for all developers thirteen days after releasing the first beta version. The company has also released beta 2 versions of watchOS 8.7, tvOS 15.6 and macOS 12.5.

In this podcast, Motley Fool senior analyst Tim Beyers discusses:

Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) is having a challenging time adjusting to the reversal of the e-commerce surge it experienced at the pandemic's onset. Now that billions of people have been vaccinated against COVID-19, and people are, by and large, less concerned about social distancing, th

The state law that allowed Texas residents to file a lawsuit against social media companies for content moderation and removal has been blocked by the U.S. Supreme court. 

What exactly is this law? Texas House Bill 20 or HB20 prohibits social media platforms with at least 50 million active users in the United States from censoring users based on their viewpoint.

Notably, large social media platforms, including Meta (NASDAQ: FB) owned Facebook and Instagram, Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL) owned YouTube, and Twitter (NYSE: TWTR), are often accused of unfair moderation and being biased. Further, the lack of transparency for removing content and account suspensions was a matter of concern. Last year, HB20 was passed to combat these issues.

What It Means for Social Media Giants

The blocking of HB20 brings some respite for these social media companies as its enforcement would have increased their legal and regulatory risks. 

Per the TipRanks Risk Factors tool, legal and regulatory risks are one of the top risk categories for these companies. For context, looking at Meta’s risk distribution profile, legal and regulatory risks accounted for 22% of its total risks. Moreover, it is well above the sector benchmark of 15.8%.  

As for Alphabet, legal and regulatory risks account for 23% of its total risks, even higher than the sector average.

Meanwhile, for Twitter, the legal risks account for 14% of the total risks, which is lower than the sector average. 

Bottom Line

The global operations of these large companies put them under a lot of supervision. Meanwhile, complex international laws and regulations directly impact their operations and could lead to litigation and monetary damages. Thus investors should also keep an eye on the emerging risk factors of these top social media companies. 

Notably, TipRanks’ Risk Factors tool allows users to quickly keep track of the changing risk scenario of these corporations, which in turn, helps them make more informed decisions and reduce potential losses.

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Stuart Popejoy, Co-Founder and CEO of Kadena, talks about the three trends that show the crypto market is poised for continued growth, as well as how crypto investors may want to evaluate stablecoin Terra’s recent crash.

Broadcom (NASDAQ: AVGO) is a chip company that has traditionally thrived on customer relationships. These partnerships have led to innovative products, such as the wi-fi hotspot built into Apple's iPhones and Alphabet's artificial intelligence chip.

Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: FB) is experiencing a challenging year. Apple's privacy changes limit its ability to deliver targeted advertising, while supply chain disruptions are decreasing business demand for advertising. Rising digital advertising inventory is taking marketing budge

On Monday, May 23, Snap (NYSE: SNAP) released an SEC filing that informed investors that it might not meet the low end of its guidance in the upcoming quarter due to a faster-than-expected macroeconomic deterioration. Shortly after, numerous companies took a dive, which could be

Snap (NYSE: SNAP), the parent company of Snapchat, took investors on a wild ride after it went public at $17 per share on March 2, 2017. The stock opened at $24, but tumbled over the following two years and sank below $5 a share in December 2018. But the bulls eventually rushed b

Meta Platforms Inc on Wednesday compared searches by EU antitrust regulators to a fishing super trawler as watchdogs investigate the owner of Facebook's data and online marketplace.

Amazon.com Inc on Wednesday lambasted a bill in Congress barring tech giants from giving preference to their own businesses on their websites, saying it unfairly singles the retailer out while not subjecting rivals to similar regulations.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday blocked a Texas law that bars large social media companies from banning or censoring users based on "viewpoint," siding with two technology industry groups that have argued that the Republican-backed measure would turn platforms into "havens of the vilest expression imaginable."

(RTTNews) - Meta Platforms Inc. (FB), parent company of social media giant Facebook, on Tuesday announced that its stock will begin trading on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol META beginning June 9.

Snap's (NYSE: SNAP) stock recently dropped below its IPO price of $17 after it unexpectedly cut its second-quarter guidance on May 24.In its first-quarter earnings report on April 21, Snap had predicted its revenue would rise 20% to 25% year-over-year in the second quarter, and t

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