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Google Rejects App Store Age Verification For Online Content
American tech heavyweight Google on Friday reiterated its opposition to verifying the age of a device's user through the app stores built into operating systems, calling a proposal from Facebook and Instagram parent Meta "ineffective".
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Brazil's Top Court Votes to Hold Social Media Platforms Accountable for User Posts
Brazil's Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that social media firms are responsible for certain user-posted content in the country. This could result in fines against social media companies in Brazil. The decision could impact the business of platforms including Meta's Facebook and Instagram, as well as TikTok, Elon Musk's X and other internet giants, s...
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Meta Is Rolling Out a Template-Style Generative AI-Powered Video Editing Tool
Meta is rolling out a new artificial intelligence (AI) video editing tool in the US and a dozen more countries across the world. On Wednesday, the Menlo Park-based tech giant announced that more than 50 preset AI prompts were being added to the Meta AI app, Meta.AI website, and the new Edits app, and they can change various aspects of a video.
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Meta Secures Nuclear Energy In 20-Year Illinois Plant Deal
Facebook owner Meta announced Tuesday a 20-year nuclear energy agreement with US-based Constellation Energy to secure power from a nuclear plant in the state of Illinois.
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Meta Said to Be Aiming to Fully Automate Advertising With AI by 2026
Meta Platforms aims to allow brands to fully create and target advertisements with its AI tools by the end of 2026. The Mark Zuckerberg-led firm also plans to let advertisers personalise ads using AI, so that users see different versions of the same ad in real time, based on factors such as geolocation, according to a WSJ report.
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WhatsApp Adds Collages, Photo Stickers to Its Status Feature; Username Picker Spotted in Development on iOS
WhatsApp has launched a new set of features for Status updates on Thursday. The Meta-owned instant messaging platform now allows users to post collages, music and new stickers to their Status updates. With the latest update, WhatsApp's Status feature works much like Stories on Facebook and Instagram. In addition to enhancing status updates, WhatsAp...
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Mark Zuckerberg's MAGA Rebrand Sparks Major Policy Shifts At Meta
Mark Zuckerberg has been going through a bit of a MAGA rebrand, complete with a new look - gold chains, grown-out hair, custom boxy, black T-shirts - and appearances on so-called manosphere podcasts hosted by MAGA-friendly comedians like The Von
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WhatsApp Had No Plans to Compete With Facebook, Co-Founder Says
WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton said that the messaging app had no plans to compete with Facebook. Acton was present at a federal courthouse in Washington to testify in the ongoing US Federal Trade Commission’s antitrust trial against Meta Platforms.
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WhatsApp Had No Plans To Compete With Facebook: Co-Founder Brian Acton
WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton said that his messaging company had no plans to build social networking features to compete with Facebook before he sold the company to Mark Zuckerberg.
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Facebook Parent Meta Platforms Launches Standalone AI Assistant App
Facebook parent Meta Platforms on Tuesday launched a separate app for its Meta AI assistant, similar to those offered by Microsoft-backed OpenAI and Alphabet's Google.
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Meta Allows Facebook, Instagram AI Chatbots To Have Sex Talks With Children: Report
Meta's AI bots engage through text, selfies, and live voice conversations.
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Instagram Founder Claims Zuckerberg Suppressed His Platform's Growth: "We Were A Threat"
Mark Zuckerberg acquired Instagram for $1 billion in 2012 as the photo-sharing app was on the ascendency.
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Instagram Co-Founder Says Mark Zuckerberg Saw App’s Growth as ‘Threat’
Instagram co-founder Kevin Systrom testified that the app could have succeeded without being acquired by Meta Platforms. Systrom, testifying Tuesday at Meta’s antitrust trial in Washington, recounted how quickly Instagram was growing before Zuckerberg’s purchase offer.
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Meta’s Oversight Board Rebukes Company Over Policy Overhaul
Meta Platforms’ Oversight Board on Wednesday sharply rebuked the Facebook and Instagram owner over a policy overhaul in January that cut fact-checking. The board, which operates independently but is funded by Meta, urged the world's biggest social media company to assess “potential adverse effects” of the changes, put in place just before US ...
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Meta's Zuckerberg Eyed Instagram Spinoff Amid Antitrust Scrutiny, Document Shows
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg considered spinning off Instagram in 2018 over concerns about growing risk of antitrust scrutiny. The document was shown during Zuckerberg's second day of testimony at the high-stakes trial, in which the Us Federal Trade Commission is seeking to unwind Meta's acquisitions of prized assets Instagram and WhatsApp.
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Google Rejects App Store Age Verification For Online Content
American tech heavyweight Google on Friday reiterated its opposition to verifying the age of a device's user through the app stores built into operating systems, calling a proposal from Facebook and Instagram parent Meta "ineffective".
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Brazil's Top Court Votes to Hold Social Media Platforms Accountable for User Posts
Brazil's Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that social media firms are responsible for certain user-posted content in the country. This could result in fines against social media companies in Brazil. The decision could impact the business of platforms including Meta's Facebook and Instagram, as well as TikTok, Elon Musk's X and other internet giants, s...
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Meta Is Rolling Out a Template-Style Generative AI-Powered Video Editing Tool
Meta is rolling out a new artificial intelligence (AI) video editing tool in the US and a dozen more countries across the world. On Wednesday, the Menlo Park-based tech giant announced that more than 50 preset AI prompts were being added to the Meta AI app, Meta.AI website, and the new Edits app, and they can change various aspects of a video.
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Meta Secures Nuclear Energy In 20-Year Illinois Plant Deal
Facebook owner Meta announced Tuesday a 20-year nuclear energy agreement with US-based Constellation Energy to secure power from a nuclear plant in the state of Illinois.
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Meta Said to Be Aiming to Fully Automate Advertising With AI by 2026
Meta Platforms aims to allow brands to fully create and target advertisements with its AI tools by the end of 2026. The Mark Zuckerberg-led firm also plans to let advertisers personalise ads using AI, so that users see different versions of the same ad in real time, based on factors such as geolocation, according to a WSJ report.
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WhatsApp Adds Collages, Photo Stickers to Its Status Feature; Username Picker Spotted in Development on iOS
WhatsApp has launched a new set of features for Status updates on Thursday. The Meta-owned instant messaging platform now allows users to post collages, music and new stickers to their Status updates. With the latest update, WhatsApp's Status feature works much like Stories on Facebook and Instagram. In addition to enhancing status updates, WhatsAp...
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Mark Zuckerberg's MAGA Rebrand Sparks Major Policy Shifts At Meta
Mark Zuckerberg has been going through a bit of a MAGA rebrand, complete with a new look - gold chains, grown-out hair, custom boxy, black T-shirts - and appearances on so-called manosphere podcasts hosted by MAGA-friendly comedians like The Von
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WhatsApp Had No Plans to Compete With Facebook, Co-Founder Says
WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton said that the messaging app had no plans to compete with Facebook. Acton was present at a federal courthouse in Washington to testify in the ongoing US Federal Trade Commission’s antitrust trial against Meta Platforms.
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WhatsApp Had No Plans To Compete With Facebook: Co-Founder Brian Acton
WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton said that his messaging company had no plans to build social networking features to compete with Facebook before he sold the company to Mark Zuckerberg.
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Facebook Parent Meta Platforms Launches Standalone AI Assistant App
Facebook parent Meta Platforms on Tuesday launched a separate app for its Meta AI assistant, similar to those offered by Microsoft-backed OpenAI and Alphabet's Google.
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Meta Allows Facebook, Instagram AI Chatbots To Have Sex Talks With Children: Report
Meta's AI bots engage through text, selfies, and live voice conversations.
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Instagram Founder Claims Zuckerberg Suppressed His Platform's Growth: "We Were A Threat"
Mark Zuckerberg acquired Instagram for $1 billion in 2012 as the photo-sharing app was on the ascendency.
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Instagram Co-Founder Says Mark Zuckerberg Saw App’s Growth as ‘Threat’
Instagram co-founder Kevin Systrom testified that the app could have succeeded without being acquired by Meta Platforms. Systrom, testifying Tuesday at Meta’s antitrust trial in Washington, recounted how quickly Instagram was growing before Zuckerberg’s purchase offer.
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Meta’s Oversight Board Rebukes Company Over Policy Overhaul
Meta Platforms’ Oversight Board on Wednesday sharply rebuked the Facebook and Instagram owner over a policy overhaul in January that cut fact-checking. The board, which operates independently but is funded by Meta, urged the world's biggest social media company to assess “potential adverse effects” of the changes, put in place just before US ...
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Meta's Zuckerberg Eyed Instagram Spinoff Amid Antitrust Scrutiny, Document Shows
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg considered spinning off Instagram in 2018 over concerns about growing risk of antitrust scrutiny. The document was shown during Zuckerberg's second day of testimony at the high-stakes trial, in which the Us Federal Trade Commission is seeking to unwind Meta's acquisitions of prized assets Instagram and WhatsApp.
