Instagram Facebook Today, March 21, the Tverskoy Court of Moscow recognized the activities of the Meta Platform company as extremist and banned the operation of its Facebook and Instagram services in Russia. We asked a representative of the Semenov & Pevzner law firm to briefly explain what this means.

Russian users will no longer be shown targeted ads on Facebook. Meta has suspended its placement in the country. She also stopped working with any advertisers from Russia.

Meta is dissatisfied with the European rules for storing user data. She warned about the possible closure of a number of services in the region if these rules are not revised. Instagram Facebook, among other things, may come under attack.

Meta company reported for 2021. It seems that Apple’s new privacy policy has cost Facebook almost $10 billion in lost advertising revenue over the past two quarters. After the publication of the report, the company’s shares lost a lot in value.Analyst and marketing expert Eric Seufert drew attention to this.

Last October, Meta (formerly Facebook) released a new VR headset – Oculus Quest 2. Since that time, 10 million people have bought the device.

Yesterday, Facebook Corporation officially changed its name to Meta. The company has announced a number of new products and technologies that will help it on its way to creating its own metaverse. We tell you in detail about Meta’s ambitions, its concept, main functions and the reaction of market experts to the rebranding.

Facebook is preparing for rebranding. The company does not want to be thought of only as a social network. Its new name will refer to plans to build a metaverse.

The SideQuest VR application platform has received additional investments. The company will create tools to help developers port games to Oculus Quest.

Facebook wants to motivate developers and creators to create content for the Horizon Worlds social VR platform, which is currently in beta testing. To do this, the company launched its own fund.

It seems that Facebook has asked developers to make a number of changes to the VR version of Resident Evil 4 for Oculus Quest 2. The authors have removed some phrases and jokes from the dialogues that they considered sexist and obscene. Also, the final scene completely disappeared from the game. Fans called this approach censorship.

Facebook has decided to slightly update business processes in companies. She announced the launch of an open beta test of the Horizon Workrooms platform. This is a VR space where teams can work remotely or hold meetings.

Facebook still managed to launch its cloud gaming service on iOS. Due to Apple restrictions, it still cannot be accessed through the App Store. Instead, users will have to run the games in a separate web application.Facebook’s cloud gaming service will run on iOS as a progressive web application (PWA).

After the release of iOS 14.5, advertising costs on Android increased significantly. The situation was reflected, among other things, on the Facebook Audience Network advertising network, whose customers in June began spending most of their budgets on Android traffic.

Cloud gaming on Facebook is becoming more popular. The company reported that 1.5 million people use the service every month. The social network also shared plans for the development of this area and announced a partnership with Ubisoft.Assassin’s Creed Rebellion

Ads will appear in games for Oculus VR headsets. Facebook has announced that it will start testing creatives in the coming weeks.

Facebook continues to expand the capabilities of its gaming communities. To do this, the company has introduced a new feature in the form of special fan Groups. They will allow streamers to build an audience, and users to get together for discussions or to find partners for online games.The new feature was announced personally by CEO Mark Zuckerberg (Mark Zuckerberg), according to VentureBeat.

Another VR developer has come under the control of Facebook. This time, the American BigBox VR, which developed the battle royale Population: One, became part of Oculus Studios.

Facebook is often used to advertise mobile games. However, this social network has its own peculiarities when it comes to promoting PC titles. The publisher of Hooded Horse shared his experience, also talking about the difficulties and advantages of Reddit as an advertising platform for hardcore genre games.Terra Invicta

The Spanish company Inditex, which owns the Zara and Pull&Bear brands, is considering new ways to attract an audience. Instagram Facebook and she is working on her first mobile game. Pacific Game