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Does Meta Have a Social Media Monopoly? Here’s What the U.S. Has Argued.
The government showed hundreds of internal documents as it sought to prove that the social media company bought Instagram and ...
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Meta exec’s frantic warning about Instagram’s alarming ‘fake’ activity numbers in spotlight at FTC trial
A Meta executive once flagged concerns that ... boss Adam Mosseri and an executive who raised alarms that the social-media app had “mis-prioritized and under-funded our integrity efforts ...
Gen Z users and a dad tested Instagram Teen Accounts. Their feeds were shocking.
Meta promised parents it would shield teens from harmful content. Tests by young users and our tech columnist dad find it fails spectacularly in important ways.
Meta Has Requested the FTC’s Antitrust Case Be Thrown Out Mid-Trial
The FTC wants to prove Meta has a monopoly over personal social networking, so it wouldn’t view video app TikTok as a ...
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Major social media platforms failing to meet ‘basic standards’ of safety for LGBTQ users: GLAAD
Now in its fifth year, GLAAD’s Social Media Safety Index evaluates policies and product features of TikTok, X, YouTube, and Meta’s Instagram, Facebook and Threads on more than a dozen LGBTQ ...
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How workable is a social media ban for under 16s?
When the Member’s Bill about banning social media for adolescents under 16 went into the biscuit tin, the media release ...
What the Tech: Meta AI
Meta emphasizes that the app is continually learning, with new features regularly on the horizon. In conclusion, Meta AI is not just another AI app; it’s an extension of the digital world you already ...
Abortion-rights groups denounce censorship on Meta-owned apps in Latin America and beyond
All of a sudden, women contacting one of the biggest sources of information about abortion in Mexico through the encrypted messaging app WhatsApp were met with silence. The ...
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Abortion-rights groups denounce censorship on Meta-owned apps in Latin America and beyond
who manages their social media. Although the WhatsApp account was restored after a week, they worry it could happen again. A Meta spokesperson said this week that the Instagram posts were ...
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Social media giant hit with scathing ad campaign amid anger over AI chatbots sexually exploiting kids
A nonprofit parents coalition is calling on multiple congressional committees to launch an investigation into Meta for prioritizing engagement metrics that put children's safety at risk.
Ye song glorifying Hitler gets millions of views on X while other platforms struggle to remove it
Spotify, SoundCloud and other platforms have pulled the song, but its spread underscores the challenges tech platforms face in removing content that violate their policies.
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meta platforms inc. - META
FTC lawyers accused Meta of a 'buy-or-bury' strategy designed to snuff out competition and dominate the social media marketplace. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairman Andrew Ferguson weighed in ...