Category: Facebook Inc

Meta’s Embrace of A.I. Is Making Its Employees Miserable

The New York Times – Business:
As it adapts to the artificial intelligence era, the company is pushing many of its 78,000 workers to use the technology, and preparing to lay some of them off.
Greece Plans to Block Social Media for Children Under 15

The New York Times – Business:
Countries including Australia, Spain and others have already passed bans or are working on plans to restrict teenagers’ access to social sites.
I.R.S. Tactics Against Meta Open a New Front in the Corporate Tax Fight

The New York Times – Business:
The agency is using real-world profit data to challenge how big companies value offshore intellectual property.
Homeland Security Demands Social Media Sites Reveal Names Behind Anti-ICE Posts

The New York Times – Business:
The department has sent Google, Meta and other companies hundreds of subpoenas for information on accounts that track or comment on Immigration and Customs Enforcement, officials and tech workers said.
Meta Plans to Add Facial Recognition Technology to Its Smart Glasses

The New York Times – Business:
In an internal memo last year, Meta said the political tumult in the United States would distract critics from the feature’s release.
U.S. Bars 5 European Tech Regulators and Researchers

The Trump administration, citing “foreign censorship,” imposed travel bans on experts involved in monitoring major tech platforms.
Instagram and Facebook Users in Europe Get Option of Sharing Less Data

The European Commission said Meta, which owns both platforms, is giving users the option of sharing less data in exchange for less personalized ads.
A.I. Videos Have Flooded Social Media. No One Was Ready.

Apps like OpenAI’s Sora are fooling millions of users into thinking A.I. videos are real, even when they include warning labels.
What If You Spent Every Waking Moment Taking On Elon Musk?

Aaron Greenspan was once a promising entrepreneur. He has spent the last two decades lobbing grenades at the country’s most powerful tech moguls.
Is ‘Going Viral’ Dead?

Spontaneous original content, shared by people all over the world, made the internet a fun place to be. It’s more complicated now.
Spam and Scams Proliferate in Facebook’s Political Ads

A new analysis of political advertisers found that the platform profits from ads that include deepfakes and other content prohibited by its own policies.
Why Mark S. Zuckerberg Is Suing Facebook’s Parent Company

Facebook has repeatedly flagged his accounts, he says, for “impersonating” the company’s founder, Mark E. Zuckerberg.