FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson recently warned Meta and a dozen social media and technology companies that “censoring Americans to comply with a foreign power’s laws, demands, or expected demands” may violate US law. Ferguson’s letters said the EU’s Digital Services Act and other laws “incentivize tech companies to censor worldwide speech.” Meta told media outlets ..
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As a marketer, you might have heard that Gen Z prefers TikTok, Instagram is trendier and so on. But Facebook is far from flailing. It’s the biggest social network in the world — by a large margin. Gen Z prefers TikTok, Instagram is trendier, and new platforms are emerging to capture attention. But the data ..
“While TBD Labs is still relatively new, we believe it has the greatest compute-per-researcher in the industry, and that will only increase,” Meta said. Wang and other former Scale staffers have struggled with some of the idiosyncratic ways of working at Meta, according to someone familiar with his thinking, for example having to adjust to ..
With its massive reach, flexible content formats, and built-in engagement, Facebook is still one of the most powerful marketing tools for creators and small businesses. “For brands targeting Millennials, Gen X, or niche communities, Facebook is where real conversations are still happening,” says Cashé Collocott, founder of Kidd Digital, a boutique social media agency, “You ..
After what was arguably Meta’s biggest purge of child predators from Facebook and Instagram earlier this summer, the company now faces backlash after its own chatbots appeared to be allowed to creep on kids. After reviewing an internal document that Meta verified as authentic, Reuters revealed that by design, Meta allowed its chatbots to engage ..
Meta announced new protections for businesses using Facebook and Instagram, updating its Brand Rights Protection tool to include scam ad reporting. According to the social media platform, all businesses enrolled in Brand Rights Protection have the ability to report suspected scam ads at scale. This also includes instances where it does not explicitly use their ..
A federal jury found on Friday that Meta violated the California Invasion of Privacy Act, the state’s wiretap law, by collecting data from a period-tracker app without user consent. Plaintiffs in a class-action case proved by a preponderance of evidence that Meta intentionally eavesdropped on and/or recorded conversations using an electronic device, said a verdict ..
Political, electoral, and social issue ads will no longer be served on Meta-owned platforms in the European Union, starting in October. The parent company of Facebook and Instagram is complying with the Transparency and Targeting of Political Advertising regulation that is set to take effect Oct. 10, requiring tech companies to clearly label political advertising ..
YouTube quietly made changes to its moderation policies last December, ahead of President Donald Trump’s second term. According to The New York Times, which reviewed internal documents, YouTube is allowing content containing political, social, and cultural issues that would have been subject to removal under previous guidelines to remain on the platform. YouTube is allowing ..
Social media giant Meta intends to integrate artificial intelligence into more of its suite of products, including its ad unit. The Wall Street Journal reported that Meta aims for brands to be able to create and target ads using AI, with the goal of full implementation by the end of 2026. Some AI functionality is ..
