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WhatsApp hits 100 million monthly active US users
WhatsApp is growing in the US, with one-tenth of the daily users coming from Texas alone.
Meta needs updated rules for sexually explicit deepfakes, Oversight Board says
Meta’s Oversight Board is urging the company to update its rules around sexually explicit deepfakes.
Meta takes down 63,000 Instagram accounts linked to extortion scams
Meta has taken down tens of thousands of Instagram accounts from Nigeria as part of a massive crackdown on sextortion scams.
Meta AI is now available in Spanish, Portugese, French and more
Meta AI gets new tools and languages in latest update.
Llama 3.1 is Meta's latest salvo in the battle for AI dominance
Meta said that the new model, called Llama 3.1 405B, is the first openly available model that can compete available rivals in general knowledge, math skills and translating across multiple languages.
EU officials say Meta may be violating consumer laws with paid 'ad-free' plan
Meta is facing further scrutiny from the EU over its "pay or consent" advertising model in Europe. Officials say the company may have broken consumer laws with its "misleading" approach.
Meta will withhold multimodal AI models from the EU amid regulatory uncertainty
Meta’s move follows a similar decision by Apple, which recently announced it would not release its Apple Intelligence features in Europe due to regulatory concerns.
Meta gives researchers access to Instagram data for teen mental health study
Meta is letting a group of researchers examine Instagram data to determine if there's a link between social media and the state of a teenager's mental well-being.
TikTok will still be a 'gatekeeper' under the Digital Markets Act, EU rules
TikTok will maintain its gatekeeper status in the EU.
What Meta should change about Threads, one year in
Threads has grown to 175 million users, but it's still not really clear what it's actually for.
Meta is changing its policy for the most-moderated word on its platforms
Meta is changing a long-running policy regarding the Arabic word “shaheed,” which has been described as the most-moderated word on the company’s platform.
Meta changes its labels for AI-generated images after complaints from photographers
Meta is updating its “Made with AI” labels after widespread complaints from photographers that the company was mistakenly flagging non-AI-generated content.
Meta could get slapped with a massive fine for violating the EU's Digital Markets Act
The EU could issue Meta a fine for using a "consent to pay" data collection model.
Meta's Oversight Board made just 53 decisions in 2023
The Oversight Board has published its latest annual report looking at its influence on Meta and ability to shift the policies that govern Facebook and Instagram.
A Meta ‘error’ broke the political content filter on Threads and Instagram
Meta continued to limit political content even for users who had opted in to seeing it due to an unspecified "error."
Threads can now show replies from Mastodon and other fediverse apps
The Threads app will now be able to show replies and likes from Mastodon and other services in the fediverse.
Apple reportedly even held talks with Meta about an AI partnership as it plays catch-up
According to a report by the Wall Street Journal, citing sources with knowledge of the discussions, Apple has held talks with Meta, Anthropic and Perplexity about the possibility of using the companies' generative AI models.
How small claims court became Meta's customer service hotline
Frustrated Facebook and Instagram users are heading to small claims court in a last-ditch attempt to get help from Meta.
You can now restrict Instagram Lives to Close Friends
Instagram has rolled out an option to limit the audience of a Live to Close Friends. You can also now add music to carousel posts that feature videos.
Meta makes the Threads API available to all developers
Meta is finally making the Threads API available to developers.
