Meta bans RT and other Russian state media networks
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
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....
Zuckerberg says Biden administration pressured Meta to censor COVID-19 content
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...
Meta kills off misinformation tracking tool CrowdTangle despite pleas from researchers, journalists
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Facebook and Instagram parent Meta Platforms has shut down CrowdTangle, a tool widely used by researchers, watchdog organizations and journalists to...
Tech CEOs told ‘you have blood on your hands’ at US Senate child safety hearing
WASHINGTON, Jan 31 (Reuters) – U.S. senators on Wednesday grilled leaders of the biggest social media companies and said Congress must quickly pass legislation, as...
TikTok, Meta, X CEOs to testify at US Senate hearing in January
The chief executives of social media companies Meta (META.O), X, TikTok, Snap (SNAP.N) and Discord will testify on online child sexual exploitation at a Jan. 31 U.S. Senate...
Court document claims Meta knowingly designed its platforms to hook kids, reports say
Facebook parent Meta Platforms deliberately engineered its social platforms to hook kids and knew — but never disclosed — it had received millions of complaints...
EU fines Meta a record $1.3 billion for user data processing violations
The European Union on Monday ordered the transfer of user data across the Atlantic to stop by October and imposed a $1.3 billion privacy fine....
Tech: Facebook gives users new way to see all their friends’ posts
Facebook is rolling out an update that enables its 2 billion daily users to more easily view their friends’ posts in chronological order. The new...
Instagram and Facebook remove posts offering abortion pills
Facebook and Instagram have begun promptly removing posts that offer abortion pills to women who may not be able to access them following a Supreme Court...