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Meta May Introduce AI-Powered User Accounts on Facebook, Instagram
6 days, 8 hours ago

Meta May Introduce AI-Powered User Accounts on Facebook, Instagram

Deccan Chronicle  

Tech giant Meta might introduce AI bots on its social media platforms Facebook and Instagram. Meta has already introduced AI features to the platforms, and now the social media giant is planning for AI-powered user accounts. “We expect these AIs to actually, over time, exist on our platforms, kind of in the same way that accounts do,” Connor Hayes, vice-president …

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Tech giants like Meta, Google to be forced to pay for Australian news
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3 weeks, 6 days ago

Tech giants like Meta, Google to be forced to pay for Australian news

CNN  

Sydney Reuters — Australia plans new rules to “create a financial incentive” for big tech firms to pay Australian media companies for news content on their platforms, Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Financial Services Stephen Jones announced on Thursday. The move, described as a “news bargaining initiative,” piles pressure on global tech giants like Facebook-owner Meta Platforms and Google to …

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Meta announces ban on Russian state media channel RT across social media platforms over alleged amplification of Kremlin propaganda
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Meta announces ban on Russian state media channel RT across social media platforms over alleged amplification of Kremlin propaganda

Daily Mail  

Facebook owner Meta has said it's banning Russian state-owned media outlets from its social media platforms over the alleged use of deceptive tactics to amplify Moscow's propaganda. Russia's President Vladimir Putin presents flowers to editor-in-chief of Russian broadcaster RT Margarita Simonyan on May 23, 2019 Meta has said it's banning Russian state-owned media outlets from its social media platforms over …

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Kremlin slams Meta Platforms over ban on Russian state media outlets, says it’s ‘unacceptable’
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Kremlin slams Meta Platforms over ban on Russian state media outlets, says it’s ‘unacceptable’

Live Mint  

Slamming the Meta Platforms’ decision to ban Russian state media outlets from its apps, the Kremlin said on Tuesday that it was “unacceptable” and that the US social media giant had discredited itself with its action. Meta had accused the Russian state media outlets of “foreign interference activity”. On Monday, Meta said it was banning RT, Rossiya Segodnya and other …

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Meta now has an AI chatbot. Experts say get ready for more AI-powered social media
8 months ago

Meta now has an AI chatbot. Experts say get ready for more AI-powered social media

LA Times  

“AI is increasingly driving lots of communication online,” a University of Pennsylvania professor says. “Our goal is to build the world’s leading AI and make it available to everyone,” said Mark Zuckerberg, the chief executive officer at Meta, as he announced the chatbot’s launch two weeks ago. “We believe that meta AI is now the most intelligent AI assistant that …

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Social media outages hurt small businesses -- so it’s important to have a backup plan
10 months ago

Social media outages hurt small businesses -- so it’s important to have a backup plan

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — To businesses that rely on social media platforms for advertising, client communication or direct sales, Tuesday’s Meta platforms outage was more than a communal inconvenience. Experts say that whenever there’s an outage — be it social media or other software we’ve come to rely on — it’s a reminder that small businesses need to make sure they …

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Meta's Canada news ban fails to dent Facebook usage
1 year, 4 months ago

Meta's Canada news ban fails to dent Facebook usage

The Hindu  

Meta's decision to block news links in Canada this month has had almost no impact on Canadians' usage of Facebook, data from independent tracking firms indicated on Tuesday, as the company faces scorching criticism from the Canadian government over the move. Daily active users of Facebook and time spent on the app in Canada have stayed roughly unchanged since parent …

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Meta's Threads app won't launch in European Union countries. Here's why
1 year, 6 months ago

Meta's Threads app won't launch in European Union countries. Here's why

Hindustan Times  

Meta Platforms Inc.’s Threads app — the social network rolling out this week to take on Twitter Inc. — won’t be offered in the European Union as the company works out how data sharing between the new platform and its Instagram app will be regulated. Meta is waiting for more guidance around the Digital Markets Act, new EU competition rules …

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Facebook is wrong to say news lacks economic value, says Canada PM Justin Trudeau
1 year, 7 months ago

Facebook is wrong to say news lacks economic value, says Canada PM Justin Trudeau

The Hindu  

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday said Meta Platforms Inc.'s opposition to proposed legislation that would compel payment by its Facebook unit and other internet companies for journalistic content was based on a flawed argument that news has no economic value. Speaking to a parliamentary committee about the Trudeau government's legislation on Monday, a Meta official said news has …

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Meta to wind down NFTs on platforms amid crypto bust
1 year, 9 months ago

Meta to wind down NFTs on platforms amid crypto bust

The Hindu  

Meta Platforms Inc. is cutting off support for digital collectibles or non-fungible tokens on its platforms less than a year after rolling it out, as the crypto market continues to spiral. "We're winding down digital collectibles for now to focus on other ways to support creators, people, and businesses," the social media firm's fintech head, Stephane Kasriel, tweeted on Monday. …

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Explained | Why is Facebook threatening to block news in Canada
2 years, 2 months ago

Explained | Why is Facebook threatening to block news in Canada

The Hindu  

The story so far: On October 21, Meta threatened to block news content from Facebook in Canada. The law can force social media platforms like Facebook and Google to pay news publishers for their content. The law lays down rules that mandate platforms like Meta’s Facebook and Alphabet’s Google to negotiate deals with news publications. Tech companies like Facebook profit …

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Downdetector Twitter outage users reported disruptions like Meta Platforms Instagram last year
2 years, 4 months ago

Downdetector Twitter outage users reported disruptions like Meta Platforms Instagram last year

The Hindu  

Twitter Inc said on Tuesday it had fixed issues after thousands of users reported that they were having trouble accessing the micro-blogging platform. More than 27,000 users had reported outage of the service, according to Downdetector.com, a website which tracks outages by collating status reports from a number of sources including user-submitted errors on its platform. Last month, Twitter users …

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Facebook takes down Brazil environmental disinformation network with ties to military
2 years, 9 months ago

Facebook takes down Brazil environmental disinformation network with ties to military

The Hindu  

Facebook owner Meta Platforms said on Thursday it had removed a network of social media accounts with ties to the Brazilian military that posed as fake nonprofits to play down the dangers of deforestation. Although the individuals involved in the network were active military personnel, Meta's investigation did not find enough evidence to establish if they were following orders or …

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Meta uncovered and blocked about 40 profiles on Instagram and Facebook, pretending to be Ukraine News Portal
2 years, 10 months ago

Meta uncovered and blocked about 40 profiles on Instagram and Facebook, pretending to be Ukraine News Portal

India TV News  

Meta has taken down a network for targeting people in Ukraine who posed as news editors, aviation engineers and authors to spread misinformation around the Russian invasion across social media platforms. The people ran websites posing as independent news entities and created fake personas across social media platforms including Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, Telegram and also Russian Odnoklassniki and VK …

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Here’s how US lawmakers could finally rein in Facebook
2 years, 11 months ago

Here’s how US lawmakers could finally rein in Facebook

CNN  

New York CNN Business — “Change is going to come. “It’s clear that a lot of these members of Congress have done their homework and they understand what they’re looking at.” Still, after years of talk and glimmers of progress, it remains unclear if or when US lawmakers and regulators might take successful action— as their EU and UK counterparts …

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Russian court fines Meta Platforms and Alphabet’s Google
3 years ago

Russian court fines Meta Platforms and Alphabet’s Google

Al Jazeera  

A Moscow court has said it was imposing a fine on Alphabet’s Google $98m for what it said was a repeated failure to delete content Russia deems illegal, the first revenue-based penalty of its kind in Russia. Russia’s communication watchdog Roskomnadzor said that Facebook and Instagram failed to remove 2,000 pieces that violate Russian laws whereas Google keeps 2,600 pieces …

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