Meta beats censorship lawsuit by RFK Jr’s anti-vaccine group
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) - Meta Platforms defeated an appeal by Children's Health Defense, an anti-vaccine group founded by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., challenging its censorship of Facebook posts that spread misinformation about vaccines' efficacy and safety. In a decision on Friday,
Facebook parent Meta sees strong global ad sales while keeping AI costs in check
By Katie Paul, Yuvraj Malik (Reuters) - Meta Platforms beat market expectations for second-quarter revenue on Wednesday and issued a rosy sales forecast for the third quarter, signaling that robust digital-ad spending on its social media platforms can cover the cost
Gen AI productions are becoming more believable – what can we do?
Gen AI: In June 2024, an artificial intelligence-generated picture of the well-known K-pop star G-Dragon holding a transparent bag of bread while making peace signs with his hands went viral on X in South Korea. The popular post on X showed
Meta to roll back some restrictions on Trump’s Facebook, Instagram accounts
Βy Sheila Dang WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Meta said on Friday it was rolling back some restrictions that had applied to former U.S. President Donald Trump's Facebook and Instagram accounts. The social media company indefinitely suspended Trump's accounts following his praise of people
Meta’s Facebook says it is attracting most young adults in 3 years
By Katie Paul NEW YORK (Reuters) - Meta said on Friday its flagship app Facebook is attracting its highest number of young adults in three years, as it tries to shake the platform's reputation as the bastion of an older generation. More
Dutch privacy watchdog recommends government organisations stop using Facebook
By Bart Meijer and Anthony Deutsch AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The Dutch privacy watchdog AP on Friday said it was recommending that government organizations should stop using Facebook as long as it is unclear what happens with personal data of users of
Analysis-When Facebook blocks news, studies show the political risks that follow
By Byron Kaye (Reuters) - Since Meta blocked links to news in Canada last August to avoid paying fees to media companies, right-wing meme producer Jeff Ballingall says he has seen a surge in clicks for his Canada Proud Facebook page. "Our
Meta urged by US states to combat Facebook, Instagram account hijackings
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - Forty U.S. states and Washington, D.C. called on Meta Platforms to crack down on scammers who hijack Facebook and Instagram accounts, to address a "dramatic" surge in account takeovers. In a letter to Meta's chief
20 years of Facebook, merits and many flaws of a colossus immune to crisis
20 years of Facebook have changed the world like few other digital revolutions. Mark Elliott Zuckerberg's intuition in creating a site in two weeks to facilitate meetings and acquaintance among Harvard students is an example of conduct outside the box in retrospect.