Zuckerberg’s Meta shift will leave the user base of his platforms split
22 hours, 21 minutes ago

Zuckerberg’s Meta shift will leave the user base of his platforms split

Live Mint  

When Mark Zuckerberg earnestly looked at a camera and told the world that he was shutting down all fact-checking on Facebook and Instagram, he left out some important context. If you believe that Facebook’s work on content moderation has been a form of censorship, then Americans will be blessed with new freedom in Zuckerberg’s vibrant public square. Meta AI assistant, which had close to 500 million monthly active users last September, has been delayed in the EU because of concern from the region’s top privacy regulator about using people’s data to train its AI models. “It’s sad that I basically have to tell our teams to launch our new AI advances everywhere except the EU at this point," he said in a Threads post in December. Meta likely won’t apply the EU’s new rules on disinformation, known as the Digital Services Act, on Americans, as several legal experts tell me.

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Courting Trump, Zuckerberg ditches DEI and kills off LGBTQ+ themes for Facebook Messenger
5 days, 7 hours ago

Courting Trump, Zuckerberg ditches DEI and kills off LGBTQ+ themes for Facebook Messenger

Salon  

Meta is continuing to roll back its diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, from changing its own hiring practices to eliminating user themes that celebrated LGBTQ+ rights. Meta says it's axing the programs because the “legal and policy landscape surrounding diversity, equity and inclusion efforts in the United States is changing,” per a memo obtained by Axios. Meta isn’t alone in …

Mark Zuckerberg's MAGA conversion is complete as he tears up the internet and remakes it in Trump's image
1 week ago

Mark Zuckerberg's MAGA conversion is complete as he tears up the internet and remakes it in Trump's image

Daily Mail  

Mark Zuckerberg's announcement that he will end 'fact-checking' on Meta completes his turn from a man who banned Trump from his platform to a full supporter of the president-elect. Mark Zuckerberg 's announcement that he will end 'fact-checking' on Meta completes his turn from a man who banned Trump from his platform to a full supporter of the president-elect Zuckerberg …

Zuckerberg’s MAGA turn insulates Meta for a while. But the business has bigger problems
Top News
1 week ago

Zuckerberg’s MAGA turn insulates Meta for a while. But the business has bigger problems

CNN  

A version of this story appeared in CNN Business’ Nightcap newsletter. New York CNN — Four years ago, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg banned Donald Trump from Facebook and Instagram, saying the risks of allowing him on the platforms were “simply too great” after Trump repeatedly used the sites to broadcast election lies and cheer on the January 6 mob. In …

Opinion: Meta is changing its rules and embracing Trump. What does that mean for the world?
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1 week ago

Opinion: Meta is changing its rules and embracing Trump. What does that mean for the world?

LA Times  

Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive of Meta, appears at the computer graphics and interactives conference SIGGRAPH 2024 in Denver. Trump and major social media platforms have been warring for years over perceived anti-conservative bias, including Meta’s decision to shutter Trump’s accounts after the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot. Meta will err on the side of leaving up content that does not …

Video: Mark Zuckerberg revamps Meta's content moderation policies
1 week ago

Video: Mark Zuckerberg revamps Meta's content moderation policies

India Today  

Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, announced a major shift in content moderation policies across the company’s platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, and Threads. The move aims to prioritise free speech, overhauling the current system with a new community-driven approach inspired by Elon Musk’s X. In a video message, Zuckerberg said, “It’s time to get back to our roots around free expression …

Meta to discontinue fact-checking, rely on user-based filtration: Zuckerberg
Top News
1 week ago

Meta to discontinue fact-checking, rely on user-based filtration: Zuckerberg

Live Mint  

New Delhi: Meta Platforms chief executive Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday announced a decision to do away with the company's long-standing fact checking teams—choosing instead to establish a ‘community notes’ mechanism akin to Elon Musk’s X, formerly Twitter. Zuckerberg’s other moves include backing the incoming Trump administration to influence global governments that the executive said has made it difficult for “American …

Mark Zuckerberg’s MAGA makeover will reshape the entire internet
Top News
1 week, 1 day ago

Mark Zuckerberg’s MAGA makeover will reshape the entire internet

CNN  

New York CNN — Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is making sweeping changes to the social internet, all in line with the desires of President-elect Donald Trump and his supporters. The recent elections “feel like a cultural tipping point towards once again prioritizing speech,” Zuckerberg said in his announcement, justifying relaxed new content moderation rules on Facebook, Instagram and Threads. Tuesday …

Zuckerberg secures green light to train AI on public British Facebook posts
4 months ago

Zuckerberg secures green light to train AI on public British Facebook posts

The Telegraph  

Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta has been given the green light to use millions of Britons’ Facebook and Instagram data to supercharge its artificial intelligence technology in a break with the EU. The UK’s data privacy regulator, the Information Commissioner’s Office, has waved through plans from Meta, the owner of Facebook and Instagram, to harvest billions of public posts and images from …

EU investigates Meta over Facebook and Instagram child safety
7 months, 4 weeks ago

EU investigates Meta over Facebook and Instagram child safety

Al Jazeera  

The European Commission says it is concerned systems used by apps could ‘exploit weaknesses and inexperience’ of children and stimulate ‘addictive behaviour’. European Union regulators have opened a formal investigation into Meta for potential breaches of online content rules relating to child safety in its Facebook and Instagram platforms. Thierry Breton, the EU’s internal market commissioner, said on X the …

EU opens probe into Facebook and Instagram amid claims they are not doing enough to tackle Russian disinformation ahead of crunch elections
8 months, 2 weeks ago

EU opens probe into Facebook and Instagram amid claims they are not doing enough to tackle Russian disinformation ahead of crunch elections

Daily Mail  

The European Union has launched an investigation into Facebook and Instagram amid claims they are not doing enough to tackle Russian disinformation which could potentially undermine democracy. 'If we suspect a violation of the rules, we act,' Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Brussels is especially concerned that Meta, the company which runs the social media platforms, does not …

Meta's millions lost: How much did Zuckerberg lose after Facebook, Instagram global outage
10 months, 1 week ago

Meta's millions lost: How much did Zuckerberg lose after Facebook, Instagram global outage

Hindustan Times  

Social media went dark on Tuesday, March 5th, 2024, as a major outage swept across Meta's platforms globally. The reason behind the Meta global outage All of Meta's owned social media platforms faced technical glitches, similar to those in 2021, resulting in a 7-hour outage. A Facebook insider informed DailyMail.com that their internal systems were down during the outage, with …

Zuckerberg: King of the Metaverse, review: how Facebook changed (then ruined) the world
1 year ago

Zuckerberg: King of the Metaverse, review: how Facebook changed (then ruined) the world

The Telegraph  

Remember when Facebook seemed harmless? In Zuckerberg: King of the Metaverse, one former executive put it this way: “When I first joined, movies were being made; the founder was on the cover of Time magazine; you’re overthrowing dictators. Now, you’re being told you destroyed democracy.” The film traced Facebook from Zuckerberg’s invention to world domination and scandals involving data harvesting, …

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg was warned that Instagram and Facebook could go extinct, here is why
1 year, 1 month ago

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg was warned that Instagram and Facebook could go extinct, here is why

India Today  

ChatGPT launched in November 2022 and took the world by surprise. And now, reports say that the situation was similar at Meta too, as the company's top AI scientist had warned CEO Mark Zuckerberg about the "possible extinction" of Facebook and Instagram if they didn't catch up with ChatGPT. According to a report by The New York Times, Yann LeCun, …

No More Loneliness? Meta is launching AI-powered chatbots for people to ‘befriend’, chat with on Facebook
1 year, 5 months ago

No More Loneliness? Meta is launching AI-powered chatbots for people to ‘befriend’, chat with on Facebook

Firstpost  

Meta is planning to launch a number of AI chatbots so that users can befriend and chat with them. The chatbots can be personalised in any way users want and can even speak like historical figures Meta, the parent company of Facebook, is preparing to introduce AI-powered chatbots designed to entice users back to the massive social media platform. The …

Facebook’s Meta launches ‘Twitter killer’ social network Threads
1 year, 6 months ago

Facebook’s Meta launches ‘Twitter killer’ social network Threads

Al Jazeera  

Mark Zuckerberg launches Twitter rival in bid to capitalise on turmoil at Twitter under Elon Musk. Instagram owner Meta has launched its new social media network Threads, aiming to capitalise on the turmoil at Twitter under billionaire owner Elon Musk. Zuckerberg’s launch of the platform dubbed a “Twitter killer” by some tech analysts is seen as a direct challenge to …

Call the bluff: Meta cannot and will not unfriend Europe
2 years, 11 months ago

Call the bluff: Meta cannot and will not unfriend Europe

Hindustan Times  

Meta, formerly Facebook, has said that it may have to consider shutting down popular social networks Facebook and Instagram in European countries. Facebook's parent firm Meta said February 7, 2022 it has no plans to pull its services from Europe, after raising the possibility amid an ongoing row over transferring European data to the United States. “If a new transatlantic …

Facebook loses users for the first time EVER: Zuckerberg blames TikTok boom
2 years, 11 months ago

Facebook loses users for the first time EVER: Zuckerberg blames TikTok boom

Daily Mail  

Facebook lost daily users for the first time in its 18-year history which CEO Mark Zuckerberg believes was caused by the TikTok boom Facebook lost daily users for the first time in its 18-year history in the final quarter of 2021, which CEO Mark Zuckerberg believes was caused by the TikTok boom. The social media giant's devastating earnings report on …

Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen slams 'Meta' rebrand
3 years, 2 months ago

Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen slams 'Meta' rebrand

The Hindu  

Former Facebook employee turned whistleblower Frances Haugen on November 1 slammed Facebook's rebrand as she reiterated her accusation that the company prioritized expansion over people's safety. Haugen had leaked internal documents that sparked weeks of criticism of the social media giant before CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced changing the name of Facebook's parent company to "Meta." Asked if Zuckerberg should step …

Facebook whistleblower Haugen urges Zuckerberg to step down
3 years, 2 months ago

Facebook whistleblower Haugen urges Zuckerberg to step down

The Hindu  

In her first public address since she leaked a trove of damaging documents about Facebook's inner workings, whistleblower Frances Haugen urged her former boss, Mark Zuckerberg, to step down and allow change rather than devoting resources to a rebrand. "Over and over Facebook chooses expansion and new areas instead of sticking the landing on what they've already done, "Haugen told …

‘Prioritise people and planet over profit’: Patagonia calls on firms to join Facebook boycott
3 years, 2 months ago

‘Prioritise people and planet over profit’: Patagonia calls on firms to join Facebook boycott

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Patagonia has renewed calls …

Meta and the Facebook Papers: Why Mark Zuckerberg has nothing to fear
3 years, 2 months ago

Meta and the Facebook Papers: Why Mark Zuckerberg has nothing to fear

Salon  

With great fanfare on Thursday, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced his company's much-anticipated name change. A former Facebook employee named Frances Haugen has been releasing a steady stream of leaked documents showing that Facebook knew its social media networks were being used to spread misinformation, stoke often genocidal levels of conflict, and undermine people's mental health — but did little …

Facebook will fuel more unrest, whistle-blower tells UK lawmakers
3 years, 2 months ago

Facebook will fuel more unrest, whistle-blower tells UK lawmakers

Al Jazeera  

The social media giant needs to stop its algorithms from pushing divisive content, Frances Haugen tells British politicians. Facebook Inc will fuel more violent unrest around the world unless it stops its algorithms from pushing extreme and divisive content, whistle-blower Frances Haugen has told a British parliamentary committee. The world’s biggest social network has rejected the charges, with CEO Mark …

Facebook to hire 10,000 people in EU to build the ‘metaverse’
3 years, 2 months ago

Facebook to hire 10,000 people in EU to build the ‘metaverse’

CNN  

London CNN Business — Facebook plans to hire up to 10,000 workers in Europe to build a “metaverse” that will combine virtual and augmented reality technologies in a new online realm. “As we begin the journey of bringing the metaverse to life, the need for highly specialized engineers is one of Facebook’s most pressing priorities,” Facebook executives Nick Clegg and …

Facebook knows it is in trouble as Mark Zuckerberg picks his battles
3 years, 3 months ago

Facebook knows it is in trouble as Mark Zuckerberg picks his battles

Hindustan Times  

When Senator Edward Markey on Tuesday called Frances Haugen “a 21st-century American hero,” it underlined the trouble Facebook finds itself in. Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook is defending allegations that the company has long ignored teenage safety on its platforms, particularly Instagram, resolving conflicts in favour of profits. Facebook has been accused of hiding internal research about how Instagram’s algorithms were negatively …

Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook will turn into a ‘metaverse’ so ‘our software will be everywhere’
3 years, 5 months ago

Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook will turn into a ‘metaverse’ so ‘our software will be everywhere’

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The metaverse, in Mr Zuckerberg’s vision, will be about “engag more naturally” with the behaviours we already …

Back to square one? Trump decision still weighs on Facebook
3 years, 8 months ago

Back to square one? Trump decision still weighs on Facebook

Associated Press  

Suppose you were Mark Zuckerberg, recently ordered by an advisory board to decide how long former President Donald Trump should stay banned from Facebook. Facebook’s quasi-independent oversight board last week said the company was justified in suspending Trump because of his role in inciting deadly violence at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. While many Americans might look to Facebook’s …

Facebook faces year of reckoning after showdown in Australia
3 years, 10 months ago

Facebook faces year of reckoning after showdown in Australia

Live Mint  

Facebook Inc.’s brief but tempestuous standoff with the Australian government over a world-first pay-for-news law is only the start of a string of regulatory battles that the world’s biggest social network faces in 2021. Mark Zuckerberg started the year on the offensive, blocking news across Rupert Murdoch’s home turf of Australia to fend off demands that Facebook pay media companies …

The worldwide web as we know it may be ending
3 years, 10 months ago

The worldwide web as we know it may be ending

CNN  

CNN Business — Over the last year, the worldwide web has started to look less worldwide. The result is that “either platforms voluntarily or governments forcibly are erecting geographical barriers, so that we see different things in one country than in another.” The great retreat While Facebook isn’t the only tech company in the crosshairs of governments around the globe, …

US trade commission and over 40 states accuse Facebook of illegally crushing competition
4 years, 1 month ago

US trade commission and over 40 states accuse Facebook of illegally crushing competition

Firstpost  

While Facebook said the regulators had ignored important history, the lawsuits set off a chorus of bipartisan support on Capitol Hill Washington: The Federal Trade Commission and more than 40 states accused Facebook on Wednesday of buying up its rivals to illegally squash competition, and they called for the deals to be unwound, escalating regulators’ battle against the biggest tech …

Facebook merges Instagram and Messenger
4 years, 4 months ago

Facebook merges Instagram and Messenger

Daily Mail  

Facebook rolled out an update that merges Instagram with Messenger, providing users with access to a list of features in Direct Messages. Scroll down for video Facebook rolled out an update that merges Instagram with Messenger, providing users with access to a list of features in Direct Messages. The move adds a 'new colorful look for your chats,' more emoji …

Facebook knew its algorithm made people turn against each other but stopped research
4 years, 7 months ago

Facebook knew its algorithm made people turn against each other but stopped research

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Facebook executives took the decision to end research that would make the social …

Mark Zuckerberg makes his case for not breaking up Facebook
5 years, 6 months ago

Mark Zuckerberg makes his case for not breaking up Facebook

CNN  

San Francisco CNN Business — Mark Zuckerberg can’t think of a single reason to break up Facebook, even as lawmakers call to dismantle or regulate major US tech platforms. “The question that I think we have to grapple with is that breaking up these companies wouldn’t make any of those problems better,” Zuckerberg said in a conversation with Harvard law …

Facebook: Breaking us up won’t fix privacy or election security
5 years, 6 months ago

Facebook: Breaking us up won’t fix privacy or election security

CNN  

Washington CNN Business — Facebook pushed back on Monday against critics’ calls for a break-up of the company, urging instead that policymakers develop new regulations swiftly to prevent countries such as China and Russia from “writing the new rules of the Internet.” Though Facebook may have been too optimistic early on to understand how its platform could be abused by …

Zuckerberg must tolerate the deepfake treatment – and it’s all thanks to Facebook’s shoddy approach to news
5 years, 7 months ago

Zuckerberg must tolerate the deepfake treatment – and it’s all thanks to Facebook’s shoddy approach to news

The Independent  

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. But that’s exactly the point of …

Facebook CEO Zuckerberg calls for more outside regulation
5 years, 9 months ago

Facebook CEO Zuckerberg calls for more outside regulation

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg called Saturday for more outside regulation in several areas in which the social media site has run into problems over the past few years: harmful content, election integrity, privacy and data portability. But if we were starting from scratch, we wouldn’t ask companies to make these judgments alone.” More regulation over what constitutes …

Mark Zuckerberg presents his vision for an integrated, privacy-focused platform
5 years, 10 months ago

Mark Zuckerberg presents his vision for an integrated, privacy-focused platform

Firstpost  

Mark Zuckerberg is back with another detailed outline of what he wants to do in the coming years. Not really, Facebook and Instagram are going nowhere Zuckerberg’s announcement of the new platform naturally put question marks over Instagram and Facebook, which are more public in nature. Securing data centres “Looking at the future of the internet and privacy, I believe …

Amid continuous criticisms over election interference, Zuckerberg seeks more time to fix Facebook
6 years, 4 months ago

Amid continuous criticisms over election interference, Zuckerberg seeks more time to fix Facebook

India TV News  

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Friday sought more time to fix his network as countries over the world including India face elections amid the spread of fake news and political interference on social media platforms. "My personal challenge for 2018 has been to fix the most important issues facing Facebook -- whether that's defending against election interference by nation states, …

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