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Illinois AG Kwame Raoul part of coalition calling on Meta to protect users from scammers
A bipartisan coalition including Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul is calling on Meta to protect its users from being hijacked by scammers, NBC Chicago’s Charlie Wojciechowski reports.
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Meta to expand encryption on Messenger making it similar to WhatsApp
Meta to bring end-to-end encryption to Messenger, representing a major privacy update that makes the service more similar to its sibling WhatsApp.
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Thousands of fake Facebook accounts shut down by Meta were primed to polarize voters ahead of 2024
Meta says it has found and disabled thousands of fake Facebook accounts linked to China that were used to spread politically partisan content in the United States before next year’s election.
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Illinois joins lawsuit alleging Meta ‘targets children' with harmful business practices
Illinois is one of dozens of states that has joined a federal lawsuit alleging that Meta Platforms Inc., which operates Facebook, Instagram and other sites, uses harmful business practices to target children and to encourage them to spend unhealthy amounts of time on their platforms.
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau slams Facebook for blocking Canada wildfire news
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is accusing Facebook of putting profits over people’s safety during Canada’s wildfire emergencies.
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Sarah Silverman among those suing Meta, OpenAI for using copyrighted material to train chatbots
Comedian Sarah Silverman has teamed up with two authors suing Meta and the company OpenAI in San Francisco.
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Threads app breaks records on first day. Here's how
Meta’s latest social media venture Threads continues to display its meteoric growth just a day after its debut with more than 40 million sign-ups worldwide, according to data from Sensor Tower
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What is Threads? All your questions about Meta's new Twitter rival, answered
Threads, Meta’s text-based app seemingly built to rival Twitter, is live. Here’s everything you need to know about the new social media platform.
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Twitter accuses Meta of stealing trade secrets for its new Threads app
Elon Musk’s attorney, Alex Spiro, wrote a letter to Meta on Thursday accusing the company of “willful” misappropriation of trade secrets.
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Want to delete your Threads profile? Then you have to delete Instagram too, Meta says
Less than 24 hours after launching, Meta’s newly released alternative to Twitter is already sparking controversy over its accounts policy.
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Meta launches Instagram Threads in a direct challenge to Twitter
Meta is pitching Threads as Instagram’s “text-based conversation app.”
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Meta is launching a new app called ‘Threads' to take on Twitter
A listing for the app appeared on Apple’s App Store, indicating it would debut as early as Thursday
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Meta launches more parental supervision tools for Instagram. Is it enough?
Instagram and Facebook’s parent company Meta is adding some new parental supervision tools and privacy features to its platforms as social media companies face increasing scrutiny over their effects on teen mental health.
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Malaysia to take legal action against Meta for failing to remove ‘undesirable' content from Facebook
Malaysia’s government says it will take legal action against Facebook’s parent company, Meta Platforms, for failing to remove “undesirable” and harmful content from its social media platform.
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Canada will require Google and Meta to pay media outlets for news under bill set to become law
A Canadian bill that will require Google and Meta to pay media outlets for news content that they share or otherwise repurpose on their platforms is set to become law.
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Meta to debut new channels broadcasting tool for WhatsApp
Meta announced a new broadcasting feature dubbed Channels for its WhatsApp messaging service intended for people and organizations to send one-way messages.
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Meta's heated rivalry with Apple enters new phase as the tech giants go after headsets
Less than two years after Facebook changed its name to Meta in a pivot to the metaverse, Apple is now jumping into mixed-reality headsets.
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Meta Tests Blocking News Content on Instagram, Facebook for Some Canadian Users
Meta is preparing to block news for some Canadians on Facebook and Instagram in a temporary test that is expected to last through the end of June.
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Tech Layoffs Ravage the Teams That Fight Online Misinformation and Hate Speech
Meta, Amazon, Alphabet and Twitter have all drastically reduced the size of their teams focused on trust and safety as the companies cut costs.