Meta to test ‘Community Notes’ using algorithm from Elon Musk’s X | Social Media
Tech giant says it expects new feature to be ‘less biased’ than previous third-party fact-checking program.Meta has said that its “Community Notes” feature intended to…
Google, Amazon, Meta join back tripling of global nuclear power by 2050
A coalition of the world's biggest corporate energy users signed a pledge Wednesday in Houston to support a tripling of nuclear energy capacity by 2050.…
Meta to link world with longest subsea cable
Meta has confirmed plans to build the world's longest subsea cable that will circle the Earth and connect five continents. Project Waterworth and its 31,000-mile…
Meta agrees $25m payout to Trump over suspended accounts | Technology News
Settlement seen as a big victory for the US president as Meta’s Zuckerberg bows to the new administration on a number of fronts.Meta has agreed…
EU digital enforcement barometer amid rising pressure from US tech giants
The European Commission will conclude several investigations launched against Big Tech in the coming months. As US tech giants pressure the EU to retreat and…
Las nuevas directrices de Meta permiten calificar a las personas LGTBIQ+ “enfermos mentales”
Meta ha actualizado sus políticas de moderación, permitiendo a los usuarios acusar a otros de “enfermos mentales” basándose en la identidad de género u orientación…
Why California tech leaders are friending and funding Trump
Four years ago, several of California’s most influential tech titans determined that then-President Trump was such a threat to democracy they barred him from posting…
Company memo reveals social media giant Meta rolling back DEI program
Social media giant Meta is rolling back its corporate diversity, equity and inclusion program, according to a leaked internal company memo published on Friday. File…
Meta, Amazon nix diversity, inclusion programmes ahead of Trump term | Donald Trump News
Conservative groups have denounced the programmes and threatened to sue companies over them.Facebook owner Meta Platforms and Amazon are winding down diversity programmes ahead of…
Meta, Facebook to drop fact-checkers: What does this mean for social media? | Social Media News
Meta, the owner of Facebook and other social media platforms, will implement major changes to its content moderation policies, founder Mark Zuckerberg announced this week…
What do Meta’s changes mean for Facebook users around the world?
The announcement by Mark Zuckerberg that Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and Threads, will dramatically overhaul its approach to content moderation on the…
Social media giant Meta scraps fact-checking for ‘community notes’ | Social Media News
Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, says allowing fact-checkers to assess content ‘became a tool to censor’.The social media giant Meta, which owns Instagram and…
Tech billionaires help bankroll Trump’s inauguration. What to know
Tech executives, attempting to ease tensions with President-elect Donald Trump, are opening up their wallets after the former president staged a historic return to the…
Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp down in mass Meta outage
Users of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp have experienced difficulties accessing them due to a mass global outage."We're aware that a technical issue is impacting some…
I’m fed up with terrible WhatsApp changes but the latest is so bad I want to quit – I’m scared to even open the app
WHAT'S up with WhatsApp at the moment?The world's most popular messaging service has billions of users but I'm on the verge of deleting it for…
New California law would require warning labels on social media
Victoria Hinks watched her daughter get sucked into the dark sides of social media, and she couldn’t pull her out. “We tried to take her…
Meta says AI had only ‘modest’ impact on global elections in 2024 | Elections News
Despite fears that artificial intelligence (AI) could influence the outcome of elections around the world, the United States technology giant Meta said it detected little…
Meta: 20 covert influences ops uncovered; AI abuse limited in global elections
"Since 2016 we have been evolving our approach to elections to incorporate the lessons we learn and stay ahead of emerging threats," Meta officials wrote…
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg meets with Donald Trump in Florida
CEO of Meta Mark Zuckerberg testifies during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing entitled "Big Tech and the Online Child Sexual Exploitation Crisis" at the U.S.…
Meta fined 798 million euros ($846m) for breaking EU antitrust rules | Technology News
EU says Meta automatically ties its ad service – Facebook Marketplace – to Facebook, creating an unfair advantage.The European Union has hit technology giant Meta…