Facebook’s parent company Meta and major US hospitals violated medical privacy laws with a tracking tool that sends health information to Facebook, two proposed class-action lawsuits allege. The lawsuits, filed in the Northern District of Read More…
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What 21 billion Facebook friendships say about the economic ladder in the US
Meta publicly released information on 21 billion Facebook friendships as part of a research project looking at economic inequality in the United States, the company announced today. Along with new insights into the intersection of Read More…
Meta will stop paying US publishers to put their content in Facebook’s News tab
As you’ve probably heard, Facebook and Instagram will lean heavily into AI-curated creator content going forward, and the News Tab project Facebook launched a few years ago doesn’t seem to be a big part of Read More…
Internal documents show Facebook and Google discussing platform strategies
New internal documents released Tuesday detail how three of Big Tech’s most prominent companies favored their own products as a means of stamping out competition. Their release comes as lawmakers push to approve stronger antitrust Read More…
Meta freezes hiring for shopping team, Messenger Kids, and other products
Meta is pulling back its investments in a number of products, including the teams it spun up early in the pandemic to compete with Zoom and build shopping features, The Verge has learned. In addition Read More…
Messenger gets new shortcuts that let you send silent replies
Meta, the parent company of Facebook, is introducing Slack-like shortcuts to Messenger that let you do things like send a message silently or quickly call up a GIF while you’re chatting with your friends. Two Read More…
Biden demands Congress protect kids online in State of the Union address
President Joe Biden called on Congress to pass new rules to enhance child safety on social media platforms like Facebook and Instagram in his first State of the Union address on Tuesday. It’s the first Read More…
Facebook has stopped recommending Russian state media globally
Meta has stopped recommending content by Russian state media to all users of Facebook, and soon Instagram, as the country’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine wages on. In a call with reporters on Tuesday, Meta executives Read More…
Facebook limits access to some Russian state-controlled media in Ukraine
Facebook has blocked access to a number of accounts in Ukraine, some of which are associated with Russian state-backed media outlets. It’s also reviewing other governments’ requests to restrict access to these accounts in their Read More…
Meta launches Reels in Facebook globally, with more ads and editing features
Meta is launching its TikTok-clone Reels worldwide on Facebook, making the feature available through the service’s iOS and Android apps in more than 150 countries. In addition to expanding access to Reels, the social media Read More…
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