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Australian kids under 16 will soon be banned from social media – but parents still don’t know which apps are out

YoopyaNovember 7, 2024November 7, 2024

by YoopyaNovember 7, 2024November 7, 20240568

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese today announced the age limit for his government’s controversial social media ban: children under 16. He plans to take the proposal to a...

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South Korea fines Meta $15 million for illegally collecting information on Facebook users

YoopyaNovember 5, 2024November 5, 2024

by YoopyaNovember 5, 2024November 5, 20240392

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s privacy watchdog on Tuesday fined social media company Meta 21.6 billion won ($15 million) for illegally collecting sensitive personal information...

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Moderators protect us from the worst of the internet. That comes at huge personal cost

YoopyaOctober 31, 2024October 31, 2024

by YoopyaOctober 31, 2024October 31, 20240400

Unless you’re a moderator for a local community group discussing garbage collections or dog park etiquette, you are unlikely to fully understand the sheer volume...

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Facebook owner Meta restarts facial recognition tech in ‘celeb-bait’ crackdown

YoopyaOctober 22, 2024October 22, 2024

by YoopyaOctober 22, 2024October 22, 20240417

SYDNEY/NEW YORK, Oct 22 (Reuters) – Three years after Meta (META.O) shut down facial recognition software on Facebook amid a groundswell of privacy and regulator pushback,...

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Is big tech harming society? To find out, we need research – but it’s being manipulated by big tech itself

YoopyaOctober 6, 2024October 6, 2024

by YoopyaOctober 6, 2024October 6, 20240487

For almost a decade, researchers have been gathering evidence that the social media platform Facebook disproportionately amplifies low-quality content and misinformation. So it was something of a surprise...

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Meta, challenging OpenAI, announces new AI model that can generate video with sound

YoopyaOctober 6, 2024October 6, 2024

by YoopyaOctober 6, 2024October 6, 20240438

NEW YORK, Oct 4 (Reuters) – Facebook owner Meta (META.O) announced on Friday it had built a new AI model called Movie Gen that can create...

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Meta bans RT and other Russian state media networks

YoopyaSeptember 17, 2024September 17, 2024

by YoopyaSeptember 17, 2024September 17, 20240501

NEW YORK, Sept 17 (Reuters) – Facebook owner Meta (META.O) said on Monday it was banning RT, Rossiya Segodnya and other Russian state media networks from...

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One Tech Tip: Don’t want chatbots using your conversations for AI training? Some let you opt out

YoopyaAugust 29, 2024August 29, 2024

by YoopyaAugust 29, 2024August 29, 20240540

LONDON (AP) — Be careful what you tell a chatbot. Your conversation might be used to improve the artificial intelligence system that it’s built on....

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Zuckerberg says Biden administration pressured Meta to censor COVID-19 content

YoopyaAugust 27, 2024August 27, 2024

by YoopyaAugust 27, 2024August 27, 20240545

Aug 27 (Reuters) – Meta Platforms (META.O) CEO Mark Zuckerberg said senior officials in the Biden administration had pressured his social media company to censor COVID-19...

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Meta kills off misinformation tracking tool CrowdTangle despite pleas from researchers, journalists

YoopyaAugust 15, 2024August 15, 2024

by YoopyaAugust 15, 2024August 15, 20240491

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Facebook and Instagram parent Meta Platforms has shut down CrowdTangle, a tool widely used by researchers, watchdog organizations and journalists to...