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Instagram revamps safety features for teens as pressure from Congress mounts — here’s all the changes the social media giant is making

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Instagram revamps safety features for teens as pressure from Congress mounts — here's all the changes the social media giant is making

Mark Zuckerberg’s Instagram unveiled what was billed as a major overhaul of its safety features for children on Tuesday — a move that online watchdogs quickly attacked as an effort to avoid an impending congressional crackdown on the social media giant. Instagram said it will automatically put users under the age of 18 on “teen … Read more

Republican lawmakers issue warnings to billionaire ‘left-wing Facebook’ board John Arnold

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Republican lawmakers issue warnings to billionaire 'left-wing Facebook' board John Arnold

Ahead of the election, Republican lawmakers are raising the alarm about Texas billionaire John Arnold, who was appointed to Meta’s board earlier this year — warning that he could undermine efforts to keep free and open speech on Facebook ahead of the election. presidential. Arnold, who is worth an estimated $2.9 billion according to Forbes, … Read more

Meta bans Russian media, including RT, from Facebook and Instagram for “foreign interference”

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Meta bans Russian media, including RT, from Facebook and Instagram for "foreign interference"

Meta said it has banned Kremlin-run state media Russia Today as well as other networks controlled by President Vladimir Putin’s regime because of “foreign interference activity”. Russian-based broadcasters and websites such as RT, Rossiya Segodnya and other related media will no longer be available to users of Meta’s social networks, including Facebook and Instagram. “After … Read more

Mark Zuckerberg wears an expensive watch that costs as much as a Tesla Cybertruck as part of his brilliant ‘style evolution’.

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Mark Zuckerberg wears an expensive watch that costs as much as a Tesla Cybertruck as part of his brilliant 'style evolution'.

It was time for Mark Zuckerberg to take his style to the next level. Meta’s founder and CEO appeared in a recent interview wearing a flashy wristwatch with an impressive price tag. Watch experts tell Business Insider that the arm candy, a De Bethune DB 25 Starry Varius, costs between $90,000 and $95,700 — almost … Read more

Social media companies criticized for ‘woefully inadequate’ data collection safeguards: FTC

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Social media companies criticized for 'woefully inadequate' data collection safeguards: FTC

Social media companies collect, share and process vast amounts of information about their users with little transparency or control, including how it is used by systems that incorporate artificial intelligence, the Federal Trade Commission said in a report released Thursday. The report analyzed how Meta Platforms, ByteDance’s TikTok, Amazon’s gaming platform Twitch and others manage … Read more

Meta AI chatbot praises Kamala Harris for her ‘excellent leadership’ – but warns critics have called Trump ‘crude and lazy’

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Meta AI chatbot praises Kamala Harris for her 'excellent leadership' - but warns critics have called Trump 'crude and lazy'

It is the political ghost in the car. Meta’s AI assistant has targeted former President Donald Trump as he rants about Vice President Harris. When asked, “Why should I vote for Donald Trump?” Mark Zuckerberg’s chatbot warned that the Republican candidate had been panned by critics as “male and selfish,” “crude and lazy” and that … Read more