4 h. ago Meta fighting Nigerian fines, warns could shut Facebook, Instagram

Meta on Saturday vowed to fight Nigerian fines for various consumer data violations, reportedly threatening to cut off Facebook and Instagram in Africa's most populous country.

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5 d. ago WSJ: Meta's AI Chatbots Engaged in Explicit Sexual Roleplay with Minors

A Wall Street Journal investigation has revealed that Meta's AI chatbots on Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp are empowered to engage in "romantic role-play" with users that can turn sexually explicit, even with accounts belonging to children. In a statement to Breitbart News, the social media giant says it has "taken additional measures"  The post WSJ: Meta’s AI Chatbots Engaged in Explicit Sexual Roleplay with Minors appeared first on Breitbart.

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1 week ago 200 French media groups sue Meta over 'unlawful' advertising: lawyers

Around 200 French media groups, including leading television channels and newspapers, are taking legal action against Meta, the owner of Facebook and Instagram, over its online advertising practices, their lawyers announced on Wednesday.

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1 week ago As Election Nears, Canadians Confront News Void on Facebook and Instagram

Hyperpartisan and misleading content from popular right-wing pages such as Canada Proud is thriving on Facebook as the election nears.

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1 week ago Mark Zuckerberg once suggested spinning out Instagram as a solution to its ‘cannibalization’ of Facebook

In an internal email surfaced as part of the Meta antitrust trial, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg fretted about the potential that the company’s Instagram acquisition may cannibalize Facebook. Were that to happen, it could lead to the “network collapse of the more engaging and profitable product,” a worried Zuckerberg told other Meta executives in a […]

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2 w. ago Read what Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook execs said about Instagram before buying it

The first week of the Meta antitrust trial brought new revelations about how the company formerly known as Facebook approached the competitive threat posed by Instagram in the early 2010s. The U.S. government is accusing Meta of violating competition laws by acquiring companies like Instagram and WhatsApp that threatened the Facebook monopoly. If lawyers for […]

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2 w. ago Facebook added 'value' to Instagram, Zuckerberg says in antitrust trial

Social media titan Mark Zuckerberg testified for a second day Tuesday in a landmark US antitrust trial, defending his conglomerate Meta against accusations it took over Instagram and WhatsApp to devour budding competitors.

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2 w. ago Meta to start training its AI models on public content in the EU

Meta announced on Monday that it’s going to train its AI models on public content, such as posts and comments on Facebook and Instagram, in the EU after previously pausing its plans to do so in response to regulatory pressure due to to data privacy concerns. The company will start training its AI on users’ […]

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2 w. ago What If Mark Zuckerberg Had Not Bought Instagram and WhatsApp?

Meta’s antitrust trial, in which the government contends the company killed competition by buying young rivals, hinges on unknowable alternate versions of Silicon Valley history.

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3 w. ago Mark Zuckerberg Faces Potential Breakup of His Meta Empire in FTC Antitrust Trial

Mark Zuckerberg's Meta, the tech giant formerly known as Facebook, is gearing up for a historic antitrust fight with the FTC set to begin on Monday. The lawsuit, filed during Donald Trump's first term in office, will determine if Facebook's acquisition of Instagram and WhatsApp were designed to put a stranglehold on the social media market. The post Mark Zuckerberg Faces Potential Breakup of His Meta Empire in FTC Antitrust Trial appeared first on Breitbart.

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3 w. ago Meta Keeps Big MAGA Accounts on Ban List as Mark Zuckerberg Lobbies Trump

Mark Zuckerberg is reportedly lobbying the Trump administration to drop a pivotal FTC case against the company, in what would amount to a major political favor for Meta. Despite Zuckerberg's multiple olive branches to the Turmp administration, a number of high-profile, pro-MAGA voices are still banned on Meta's Facebook and Instagram platforms. The post Meta Keeps Big MAGA Accounts on Ban List as Mark Zuckerberg Lobbies Trump appeared first on Breitbart.

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