Meta, Snap, TikTok to remove self-harm content
A Meta workspace in San Francisco in 2023. The company is part of a social media coalition that claims it will monitor and remove content…
Meta oversight board rules ‘From the river to the sea’ not hate speech
Meta's oversight board ruled Wednesday that the phrase, "From the river to the sea" on the company's social media platforms is not hate speech, despite…
Meta: Iranian hackers target Biden, Trump officials in WhatsApp attack
The WhatsApp platform was used by Iranian hackers to target public figures in the United States, Britain and the Middle East, the tech giant Meta…
Scott Wiener’s AI bill moves forward with significant changes
A controversial bill that seeks to protect Californians from artificial intelligence-driven catastrophes has caused uproar in the tech industry. This week, the legislation passed a…
Malaysia PM Anwar slams Meta after Facebook removes post on Hamas’s Haniyeh | Social Media News
Malaysian prime minister accuses US-based social media platform of ‘cowardice’ and acting on behalf of Israel.Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has accused Meta of “cowardice”…
Meta shares surge after tech giant reports $13.5bn profit | Financial Markets
CEO Mark Zuckerberg says Meta AI is on track to be the most used AI assistant worldwide by the year’s end.Meta, the parent company of…
Meta settles data privacy lawsuit, agrees to pay Texas $1.4 billion
1 of 2 | Meta has agreed to pay the state of Texas $1.4 billion, in the largest data privacy settlement brought by a state.…
Meta Oversight Board urges updates to rules on non-consesnual, deepfaked explicit images
Meta's Oversight Board said Thursday that posts of two AI-generated nude images resembling public figures in the United States and India violated Meta rules. Both…
Meta unleashes its most powerful AI ever as Mark Zuckerberg boasts his Llama 3.1 will even beat ChatGPT
META has unveiled its most powerful AI model yet - and CEO Mark Zuckerberg claims it is on track to beat out its fiercest competitor.The…
Netflix app vanishes from millions of devices forever as fans cry ‘this sucks’ – but there’s a trick to getting it back
META has officially discontinued the Netflix app for the Quest 3 mixed-reality headset.Users will be met with a playback error when trying to stream content.2Meta…
Meta lifts restrictions on Donald Trump’s Facebook, Instagram accounts
Former President Donald Trump had his Facebook and Instagram accounts reinstated two years after the Jan. 6 Capitol riot but was still subject to restrictions…
Facebook lifts restrictions imposed on Trump after Jan. 6 Capitol attack
WASHINGTON — Facebook has lifted restrictions imposed on Donald Trump after his supporters’ Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, placing the former president on an equal…
Meta lifts restrictions on Trump’s Facebook, Instagram accounts | Donald Trump News
Meta has said it is rolling back restrictions on former US President Donald Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts, as the presumptive Republican nominee seeks to…
Billions of WhatsApp users must update their devices today to stop scammers with new triple alert feature
WHATSAPP has started to roll out a new triple alert feature that can help users detect a dodgy group chat - and you'll need to…
Mother hits out at Meta over sextortion death data delay
Ros DoweyMurray Dowey took his own life aged 16The mother of a teenager who ended his life after becoming the victim of a sextortion gang…
‘In shadows’: Meta, YouTube black market clouds India election integrity | India Election 2024 News
New Delhi, India – In 2019, political consultant Tushar Giri found himself in a room with a distraught veteran leader from Indian Prime Minister Narendra…
Families of Uvalde school shooting victims sue Microsoft, Meta and gunmaker | Gun Violence News
Families of the victims killed in a school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, have filed two wrongful death lawsuits: one against the firearm manufacturer and another…
EU opens probe into Meta over advertising, political content
1 of 3 | The European Commission said Tuesday Meta faces a new probe over deceptive advertising and political content on its Facebook and Instagram…
EU launches disinformation probe against social media giant Meta | News
Meta defends risk mitigation process after EU says the companies efforts at moderating content was ‘insufficient’. The European Commission has launched a disinformation probe against…
Hacked Facebook accounts leave businesses out of pocket as ombudsman records spike in Meta complaints
In short: Small businesses that have had their social media accounts hacked are facing a lengthy response process from parent company Meta.Catherine Wilson's business has lost…