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Facebook is working on its own in-app podcast player

Facebook is putting a bigger focus on audio these days. Earlier this month, the company confirmed a variety of new elements coming to its official app sometime in the future, including a feature aimed at taking on the mega-popular Clubhouse. And podcasts are part of the upgrade, too.

A cringey Facebook video tries to sell the idea of privacy-breaching personalized ads

Facebook has launched a new campaign to tell the world that small businesses operating on its social platforms rely heavily on personalized advertising. It includes a video, titled “Good Ideas Deserve To Be Found,” featuring Houston-based fashion brand House of Takura. The company omits the fact that targeted advertising available on its platforms is a result of massive privacy breaches. Facebook is vehemently opposing Apple's upcoming App Tracking Transparency initiative that will require iOS apps to seek user permission to track users.