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Meta Fined EUR 798 Million by EU Over Abusing Classified Ads Dominance
- Friday November 15, 2024
- Samuel Stolton, Bloomberg
The European Commission ordered Meta to stop tying its classified-ads service to Facebook’s sprawling social media platform, and refrain from imposing unfair trading conditions on rival second-hand goods platforms.
- www.gadgets360.com
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Meta Fined $840 Million For "Abusive" Facebook Ad Practices
- Thursday November 14, 2024
- World News | Agence France-Presse
The EU fined online giant Meta almost 800 million euros on Thursday for breaching antitrust rules by giving users of its Facebook social network automatic access to classified ads service Facebook Marketplace.
- www.ndtv.com
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Meta Will Face Antitrust Trial Over Instagram, WhatsApp Acquisitions
- Thursday November 14, 2024
- Reuters
Meta will be facing a trial in a US Federal Trade Commission lawsuit seeking its break-up over claims that it bought Instagram and WhatsApp to crush emerging competition in social media.
- www.gadgets360.com
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Meta to Offer Less Personalised Ads in Europe to Appease Regulators
- Wednesday November 13, 2024
- Reuters
Meta Platforms plans to offer Instagram and Facebook users in Europe the option to receive "less personalised ads". These ads will also target users based on age, gender, and location, with some being unskippable for a few seconds.
- www.gadgets360.com
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Instagram AI Feature That Lets Users Generate Profile Pictures Spotted in Development
- Tuesday November 12, 2024
- Written by Akash Dutta, Edited by David Delima
Instagram might be working on a new artificial intelligence (AI) feature that will allow users to upload AI-generated images. A new leak claims that the Meta-owned social media platform is testing a feature that will allow users to use AI models to generate profile pictures using AI. While not a lot is known about the feature at this point, similar...
- www.gadgets360.com
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Meta To Fight US Wars? Zuckerberg Allows Military To Use Its AI Models
- Tuesday November 5, 2024
- World News | Edited by Abhinav Singh
The Mark Zuckerberg-owned social media company said it was playing its part in ensuring the safety and security of the United States.
- www.ndtv.com
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AI-Driven Algorithm Increases Screen Time Of Facebook, Instagram Users
- Friday November 1, 2024
- Tech | Edited by Abhinav Singh
The improvement to the tech giant's AI system has led to an 8% increase in the amount of time spent on Facebook and a 6% increase on Instagram.
- www.ndtv.com
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Microsoft Hires Meta's Former Engineering Head Jay Parikh
- Friday November 1, 2024
- World News | Matt Day, Kurt Wagner and Dina Bass, Bloomberg
Microsoft Corp, which is struggling to bring data centers online fast enough to meet the demand for its artificial intelligence products, hired one of the engineering chiefs who kept Facebook's infrastructure humming.
- www.ndtv.com
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Why Is Instagram Deliberately Lowering Quality of Some Videos?
- Wednesday October 30, 2024
- Tech | Edited by Abhinav Singh
Adam Mosseri, the head of Instagram said the platform tends to have "a bias to higher quality for creators who drive more views".
- www.ndtv.com
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Meta To Face Lawsuits In Japan Over Fake Ads
- Thursday October 24, 2024
- World News | Indo-Asian News Service
Facebook and Instagram owner Meta Platforms Inc. will face fresh lawsuits in Japan over advertisements that fraudulently solicited investment funds with fake endorsements from celebrities, local media reported.
- www.ndtv.com
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Meta Bans Accounts Tracking Private Jets for Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk
- Wednesday October 23, 2024
- Kurt Wagner, Bloomberg
Meta has removed several accounts across Threads and Instagram that were used to track celebrities’ private jets. The accounts, which rely on publicly available information to track a jet’s location and CO2 emissions, among other details, were banned without warning this week after Meta updated its privacy policy.
- www.gadgets360.com
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Meta Testing Facial Recognition to Spot Scam Ads That Use Celebrity Images, Faster Identity Verification
- Tuesday October 22, 2024
- Written by Akash Dutta, Edited by Siddharth Suvarna
Meta announced testing facial recognition technology to detect scam ads and assist users in faster account recovery on Monday. The social media giant is specifically targeting “celeb-bait” ad scams, where scammers use images of celebrities and public figures to lure users into interacting with the ad and clicking malicious links.
- www.gadgets360.com
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Meta Launches AI That Can Monitor Other AI As Human Involvement Diminishes
- Saturday October 19, 2024
- World News | Reuters
Facebook owner Meta said on Friday it was releasing a batch of new AI models from its research division, including a "Self-Taught Evaluator" that may offer a path toward less human involvement in the AI development process.
- www.ndtv.com
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Meta Releases AI Model That Can Check How Other Models Work
- Friday October 18, 2024
- World News | Reuters
Facebook owner Meta said on Friday it was releasing a batch of new AI models from its research division, including a "Self-Taught Evaluator" that may offer a path toward less human involvement in the AI development process.
- www.ndtv.com
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Instagram’s Threads Rolls Out Activity Status Indicator for Real-Time Engagement With Others
- Wednesday October 16, 2024
- Written by Shaurya Tomer, Edited by Siddharth Suvarna
Threads is getting a new feature that lets users see if others are online. Similar functionality is already present on Meta’s other social media apps such as Instagram, WhatsApp and Facebook, and Threads is the latest in line to add it. Like its availability on other apps, only users who have turned on this feature will be able to see the activit...
- www.gadgets360.com
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Meta Fined EUR 798 Million by EU Over Abusing Classified Ads Dominance
- Friday November 15, 2024
- Samuel Stolton, Bloomberg
The European Commission ordered Meta to stop tying its classified-ads service to Facebook’s sprawling social media platform, and refrain from imposing unfair trading conditions on rival second-hand goods platforms.
- www.gadgets360.com
-
Meta Fined $840 Million For "Abusive" Facebook Ad Practices
- Thursday November 14, 2024
- World News | Agence France-Presse
The EU fined online giant Meta almost 800 million euros on Thursday for breaching antitrust rules by giving users of its Facebook social network automatic access to classified ads service Facebook Marketplace.
- www.ndtv.com
-
Meta Will Face Antitrust Trial Over Instagram, WhatsApp Acquisitions
- Thursday November 14, 2024
- Reuters
Meta will be facing a trial in a US Federal Trade Commission lawsuit seeking its break-up over claims that it bought Instagram and WhatsApp to crush emerging competition in social media.
- www.gadgets360.com
-
Meta to Offer Less Personalised Ads in Europe to Appease Regulators
- Wednesday November 13, 2024
- Reuters
Meta Platforms plans to offer Instagram and Facebook users in Europe the option to receive "less personalised ads". These ads will also target users based on age, gender, and location, with some being unskippable for a few seconds.
- www.gadgets360.com
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Instagram AI Feature That Lets Users Generate Profile Pictures Spotted in Development
- Tuesday November 12, 2024
- Written by Akash Dutta, Edited by David Delima
Instagram might be working on a new artificial intelligence (AI) feature that will allow users to upload AI-generated images. A new leak claims that the Meta-owned social media platform is testing a feature that will allow users to use AI models to generate profile pictures using AI. While not a lot is known about the feature at this point, similar...
- www.gadgets360.com
-
Meta To Fight US Wars? Zuckerberg Allows Military To Use Its AI Models
- Tuesday November 5, 2024
- World News | Edited by Abhinav Singh
The Mark Zuckerberg-owned social media company said it was playing its part in ensuring the safety and security of the United States.
- www.ndtv.com
-
AI-Driven Algorithm Increases Screen Time Of Facebook, Instagram Users
- Friday November 1, 2024
- Tech | Edited by Abhinav Singh
The improvement to the tech giant's AI system has led to an 8% increase in the amount of time spent on Facebook and a 6% increase on Instagram.
- www.ndtv.com
-
Microsoft Hires Meta's Former Engineering Head Jay Parikh
- Friday November 1, 2024
- World News | Matt Day, Kurt Wagner and Dina Bass, Bloomberg
Microsoft Corp, which is struggling to bring data centers online fast enough to meet the demand for its artificial intelligence products, hired one of the engineering chiefs who kept Facebook's infrastructure humming.
- www.ndtv.com
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Why Is Instagram Deliberately Lowering Quality of Some Videos?
- Wednesday October 30, 2024
- Tech | Edited by Abhinav Singh
Adam Mosseri, the head of Instagram said the platform tends to have "a bias to higher quality for creators who drive more views".
- www.ndtv.com
-
Meta To Face Lawsuits In Japan Over Fake Ads
- Thursday October 24, 2024
- World News | Indo-Asian News Service
Facebook and Instagram owner Meta Platforms Inc. will face fresh lawsuits in Japan over advertisements that fraudulently solicited investment funds with fake endorsements from celebrities, local media reported.
- www.ndtv.com
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Meta Bans Accounts Tracking Private Jets for Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk
- Wednesday October 23, 2024
- Kurt Wagner, Bloomberg
Meta has removed several accounts across Threads and Instagram that were used to track celebrities’ private jets. The accounts, which rely on publicly available information to track a jet’s location and CO2 emissions, among other details, were banned without warning this week after Meta updated its privacy policy.
- www.gadgets360.com
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Meta Testing Facial Recognition to Spot Scam Ads That Use Celebrity Images, Faster Identity Verification
- Tuesday October 22, 2024
- Written by Akash Dutta, Edited by Siddharth Suvarna
Meta announced testing facial recognition technology to detect scam ads and assist users in faster account recovery on Monday. The social media giant is specifically targeting “celeb-bait” ad scams, where scammers use images of celebrities and public figures to lure users into interacting with the ad and clicking malicious links.
- www.gadgets360.com
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Meta Launches AI That Can Monitor Other AI As Human Involvement Diminishes
- Saturday October 19, 2024
- World News | Reuters
Facebook owner Meta said on Friday it was releasing a batch of new AI models from its research division, including a "Self-Taught Evaluator" that may offer a path toward less human involvement in the AI development process.
- www.ndtv.com
-
Meta Releases AI Model That Can Check How Other Models Work
- Friday October 18, 2024
- World News | Reuters
Facebook owner Meta said on Friday it was releasing a batch of new AI models from its research division, including a "Self-Taught Evaluator" that may offer a path toward less human involvement in the AI development process.
- www.ndtv.com
-
Instagram’s Threads Rolls Out Activity Status Indicator for Real-Time Engagement With Others
- Wednesday October 16, 2024
- Written by Shaurya Tomer, Edited by Siddharth Suvarna
Threads is getting a new feature that lets users see if others are online. Similar functionality is already present on Meta’s other social media apps such as Instagram, WhatsApp and Facebook, and Threads is the latest in line to add it. Like its availability on other apps, only users who have turned on this feature will be able to see the activit...
- www.gadgets360.com