U.S. appeals court rejects big tech’s right to regulate online speech

U.S. appeals court rejects big tech’s right to regulate online speech

A U.S. appeals court on Friday upheld a Texas law that bars large social media companies from banning or censoring users based on “viewpoint,” a setback for technology industry groups that say the measure would turn platforms into bastions of dangerous content. The 3-0 ruling by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, based in […]

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Meta’s Facebook agrees to settle data privacy lawsuit

Meta’s Facebook agrees to settle data privacy lawsuit

Meta Platforms Inc’s Facebook has in-principle agreed to settle a lawsuit in the San Francisco federal court seeking damages for letting third parties including Cambridge Analytica access the private data of users, a court filing showed. The financial terms were not disclosed in the filing on Friday that asked the judge to put the class […]

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Facebook outage: News feed of thousands in US, UK full of celebrity posts

Facebook outage: News feed of thousands in US, UK full of celebrity posts

Facebook is currently facing its weirdest outage yet. Thousands of users across the US and UK have reported that something is wrong with their news feed, which is mysteriously full of celebrity posts sent to popular artists like Eminem, Billie Eilish and One Direction. Outage detection website DownDetector has also reported hundreds of Indian reports […]

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Facebook, Instagram inject ‘tracking code’ in in-app browser to monitor usage: Report

Facebook, Instagram inject ‘tracking code’ in in-app browser to monitor usage: Report

When users open a link on the Facebook and Instagram apps, they’re taken to the respective page not via a browser of their choice, one installed on their phones, but via Facebook or Instagram’s in-app browser. While this may seem convenient, recent reports suggest parent company Meta may have other motives behind implementing an in-app […]

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Meta’s chatbot says Zuckerberg’s business practices are ‘not always ethical’

Meta’s chatbot says Zuckerberg’s business practices are ‘not always ethical’

Meta (formerly Facebook) recently released its new chatbot dubbed BlenderBot 3 to the public. The purpose of the release is to use help from users to contribute to the tool’s conversational research. This basically refers to training the chatbot to better understand and respond to conversation. While Meta had acknowledged that responses by the bot […]

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Meta Facebook puts AI chatbot BlenderBot 3 to test as Google races ahead

Meta Facebook puts AI chatbot BlenderBot 3 to test as Google races ahead

Meta understood early on that language models perform better when they learn from chatting with people. This experience helps the model understand based on the feedback it gets from users Meta understood early on that language models perform better when they learn from chatting with people. This experience helps the model understand based on the […]

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As Zuckerberg bets on TikTok-style videos, Meta heads for first-ever revenue drop

As Zuckerberg bets on TikTok-style videos, Meta heads for first-ever revenue drop

Meta is expected to record its first-ever revenue drop in its history as a public company, down 0.4% to about $29 billion Meta is expected to record its first-ever revenue drop in its history as a public company, down 0.4% to about $29 billion Meta’s future may lie in the metaverse, but when the company […]

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Facebook’s growth woes in India: too much nudity, not enough women

Facebook’s growth woes in India: too much nudity, not enough women

On Feb. 2, when Meta Platforms reported Facebook’s first-ever quarterly drop in daily users, its finance chief identified higher mobile data costs as a unique obstacle slowing growth in India, its biggest market. On the same day, the U.S. tech group posted the findings of its own research into Facebook’s business in India on an […]

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Facebook introduces new group organisation sidebar, community channels

Facebook introduces new group organisation sidebar, community channels

Facebook is introducing a new way for users to quickly access and organise their Facebook groups. Both admins and members will be able to use the new organisation features which are now tucked into a new sidebar. This sidebar will quickly let users jump in and out of groups and stay updated. This sidebar will […]

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Facebook and Instagram creators won’t have to share their revenue until 2024

Facebook and Instagram creators won’t have to share their revenue until 2024

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that Facebook and Instagram creators won’t have to share a cut of their revenue until 2024. This comes as Meta previously said it would hold off on revenue sharing until 2023. “We’ll hold off on any revenue sharing on Facebook and Instagram until 2024. That includes paid online events, Subscriptions, […]

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