Whistleblower: "Almost no one outside of Facebook knows what happens inside Facebook"
Frances Haugen, the Facebook whistleblower who released tens of thousands of pages of internal research and documents, said the social media company could "destroy" her for speaking out, but she believed that "as long as Facebook is operating in the.....»»
Should parents decide what their kids do online? These states think so
In the future, when teenagers want to sign up for an account on Facebook or Instagram, they may first need to ask their parent or guardian to give their consent to the social media companies......»»
Apple banned 22 ‘competing brands’ from appearing near its first store in India
Ahead of the opening of the first Apple Stores in India, it’s being reported that Apple banned 22 competing brands from an “exclusive zone” around the store. These brands include Amazon, Facebook, Google, and Twitter. The iPhone maker used a c.....»»
Facebook is offline for a lot of people
Unable to load Facebook? You’re not alone … even if you can’t contact your friends. Users are reporting a site outage that presumably affects the social network’s website as well as the iPhone app. more… The post Facebook is offline for.....»»
Meta already verified me to influence elections — so why do I have to pay for a checkmark?
If you have to prove who you are and where you live to run political advertising on Facebook and Instagram, paying for a blue checkmark makes even less sense......»»
Apple cuts select corporate retail jobs in streamlining effort
Select corporate retail teams related to the development and preservation of Apple Stores are allegedly being restructured in a streamlining effort by Apple.Apple ParkSilicon Valley faced massive layoffs across companies like Facebook, Amazon, Google.....»»
Apple cuts select retail jobs in streamlining effort
Select retail teams related to the development and preservation of Apple Stores are allegedly being restructured in a streamlining effort by Apple.Apple ParkSilicon Valley faced massive layoffs across companies like Facebook, Amazon, Google, Microsof.....»»
You can finally ask Meta to stop tracking you – but there’s a catch
Good news, it appears that if you live in the EU, Meta will soon allow you to opt out of being tracked. One of the main reasons to avoid social media is because companies like Facebook and Instagram are known to track your web activity. T.....»»
Facebook tracking will allow users to opt-out – but only in Europe
Parent company Meta reportedly plans to allow users to opt out of Instagram and Facebook tracking – but only if you live in Europe … more… The post Facebook tracking will allow users to opt-out – but only in Europe appeared first on 9to5Mac.....»»
Meta wants EU users to apply for permission to opt out of data collection
Instead of a yes/no consent, Meta users will fill out a form and include justification. Enlarge (credit: NurPhoto / Contributor | NurPhoto) Meta announced that starting next Wednesday, some Facebook and Instagram users i.....»»
Fake news on Facebook increased 2020 election doubts, finds study
Facebook users were more likely to read fake news about the 2020 U.S. presidential election than users of Twitter and other social media websites, a Washington State University-led analysis found......»»
Arkansas sues TikTok, ByteDance and Meta over mental health claims
The state of Arkansas has sued TikTok, its parent ByteDance, and Facebook-parent Meta over claims the companies' products are harmful to users, in the latest effort by public officials to take social media companies to court over mental-health and pr.....»»
Fake ChatGPT for Google extension hijacks Facebook accounts
A new Chrome extension promising to augment users’ Google searches with ChatGPT also leads to hijacked Facebook accounts, Guardio Labs researchers have found. While this specific trick isn’t new, this time around the extension also worked.....»»
Predicting protein folding from single sequences with Meta AI ESM-2
Researchers from Facebook AI Research (FAIR) at Meta AI have published a paper in the journal Science detailing a machine-learning-created database of 617 million predicted protein structures. The ESMFold language model described the structures 60 ti.....»»
Meta & Google shouldn"t be allowed to bully their way out of paying for news
Journalism has been nearly destroyed by Google and Facebook stealing news — and they should not be allowed to use threats to escape regulation demanding that they pay for profiting from it.Canadian lawmakers are debating whether to charge online pl.....»»
Meta Verified comes to the US
Meta verified comes to the US. Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg has finally rolled out a paid subscription service that adds verified badges for dedicated Facebook and Instagram users. It’s called Meta Verified and is being sold as a way.....»»
Meta rolls out paid verification option for Facebook and Instagram users in US
Facebook and Instagram users in the United States will soon be able to pay to get a coveted blue check on their account......»»
Facebook also launches blue-check Verified program
Meta's Facebook is rolling out its own verification program to users that gives access to a blue check mark and exclusive features, very similar to Twitter's paid offering.Meta VerifiedThe company announced the subscription service in February, and i.....»»
YouTube reinstates Donald Trump"s channel
It is the latest social media channel to restore his account following Twitter, Facebook and Instagram......»»
What metaverse? Meta says its single largest investment is now in "advancing AI"
Roughly a year-and-a-half after Facebook renamed itself "Meta" and said it would go all-in on building a future version of the internet dubbed the metaverse, the tech giant now says its top investment priority will be advancing artificial intelligenc.....»»
Meta cuts another 10,000 jobs in "year of efficiency"
Facebook owner Meta is almost doubling the number of employees that is laying off that it previously announced, and also plans to leave many further jobs that it has advertised, vacant.As recently predicted, Meta's new job cuts come after the company.....»»