Meta might roll out ad-free Instagram and Facebook subscriptions in the EU
The social media giant is trying to skirt recent EU privacy regulations by offering an alternative
Meta says Chinese law enforcement linked to world's largest covert influence operation
Some of the pro-Chinese, anti-US headlines included claims about Covid-19's origins
Despite waning interest, Threads adds new features and Instagram integrations
X (Twitter) competitor, Threads, announced today the addition of three new features: direct post sharing to your Instagram DMs, custom alt-text for photo/video, and a new mention button.
Meta wants to increase engagement using AI chatbots with personas, including Abraham Lincoln and a surfer
Not sure Lincoln would have approved
Meta's Reality Labs has now lost $40 billion, yet the company just had its best quarter since 2021
"I do think that this is the direction that the world is going in," said Zuckerberg
How to Download Videos From YouTube, TikTok and Instagram
Downloading a video you've watched online can be more difficult than expected. Most sites prefer you to revisit them and view their ads every time, but this may not be ideal for several reasons.
Meta lays off another 13 percent of its workforce in second round of 'restructuring' cuts
Company has trimmed nearly a quarter of its staff since November
NCMEC unveils tool to help minors fight online spread of explicit images
Service lets minors assign hashes to automatically and proactively take down images on participating platforms
Seattle schools sue social media companies for causing "mental health crisis" among children
Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat and YouTube have been named in the suit
Meta fires employees for taking bribes to hijack accounts and helping others recover accounts
A hot potato: Meta employees and contractors have had access to an internal system for recovering user accounts for a while now. The deployment of this tool grew dramatically over the last few years, giving even more users permissions. Now, the company appears to be cracking down on access. One reason may be misuse within Facebook's own customer service.
Numerous Instagram users report account suspensions after morning outage
Others say their accounts appear to be deleted completely or their follower numbers are wrong
Kim Kardashian agrees to pay $1.26 million settlement for crypto promotion post
Kardashian has a net worth of $1.8 billion
China-based network tried to influence midterms, but long lunches and 9-to-5 hours hampered efforts
Taking a more relaxed approach to disinformation campaigns
Apple removes ad-free Instagram clone from App Store after Meta objects
The OG App remains on the Play Store, for now
Instagram working on feature to prevent users from viewing unsolicited nudes
Less D in your DMs
In context: It's a sad fact that many women on social media will have unintentionally viewed an unsolicited nude photo in their DMs at some point. It's a problem that's especially prevalent on Instagram, but a new tool could help prevent such incidents, and without compromising the receiver's privacy.
Instagram hit by record $400M fine in Europe for mishandling children's data
The Meta-owned social network will appeal the decision by Irish regulators
Meta is poaching BeReal's idea to potentially use as a future Instagram feature
Watch out that the void of originality at Meta does not engulf you
Meta can track users through its Facebook and Instagram in-app browsers
Via website code injection
Instagram is testing an AI-powered age estimating tool that you can try now
For age verification purposes
Instagram feeds start displaying Amber Alerts today
Instagram will notify users in 25 countries of nearby missing children
Instagram will start testing NFTs with select users this week
Meta is also working on similar functionality for Facebook
Russian court finds Facebook and Instagram guilty of "extremist activity" but won't ban WhatsApp
After the platforms allowed threats of violence towards Russian soldiers
Facebook will temporarily allow posts calling for violence against Russian soldiers, politicians
But only in certain countries, and not against Russian civilians
Meta says it is not threatening to pull Facebook and Instagram from Europe
Despite what its 10-K filing suggests