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Meta’s Oversight Board probes explicit AI-generated images posted on Instagram and Facebook

April 16, 2024 No Comments Technology , ,

The Oversight Board, Meta’s semi-independent policy council, it turning its attention to how the company’s social platforms are handling explicit, AI-generated images. Tuesday, it announced investigations into two separate cases over how Instagram in India and Facebook in the U.S. handled AI-generated images of public figures after Meta’s systems fell short on detecting and responding [...]read moreMeta’s Oversight Board probes explicit AI-generated images posted on Instagram and Facebook

Meta’s ‘consent or pay’ tactic must not prevail over privacy, EU rights groups warn

April 16, 2024 No Comments Technology , , , ,

Nearly two dozen civil society groups and nonprofits have written an open letter to the European Data Protection Board (EDPB), urging it not to endorse a strategy used by Meta that they say is intended to bypass the EU’s privacy protections for commercial gain. The letter comes ahead of a meeting of the EDPB this [...]read moreMeta’s ‘consent or pay’ tactic must not prevail over privacy, EU rights groups warn

Meta’s Removing Threads From Turkey Amid Investigation by Local Competition Regulator

April 16, 2024 No Comments Social media marketing , , , ,

Meta has announced that it will shut down Threads in Turkey as a result of an interim order issued by Turkish Competition Authority (T.C.A.) related to the sharing of data between Threads and Instagram. The order’s part of a broader investigation by the T.C.A. over potential anticompetitive behavior. Back in December the T.C.A. announced that it was examining [...]read moreMeta’s Removing Threads From Turkey Amid Investigation by Local Competition Regulator

Meta’s Bringing VR to the Classroom as Part of its Expanding Metaverse Push

April 16, 2024 No Comments Social media marketing , , ,

Meta’s planning to launch a new program to help educators make use of VR within the classroom, as part of its next push steps towards making the metaverse a bigger part of everyday life. Which is still a long way off, but in order to get to that next stage, Meta needs to find more [...]read moreMeta’s Bringing VR to the Classroom as Part of its Expanding Metaverse Push

Meta’s Looking to Help Instagram Influencers Create AI Bot Versions of Themselves

April 16, 2024 No Comments Social media marketing , ,

Yeah, I’m not sure why Meta thinks that virtual chatbot versions of famous people is a great vehicle for A.I. in its apps. Back in September, Meta unveiled its new in-stream chatbot experience, which enables users to interact with A.I. bots who respond “in the style” of various celebrities. Which has always struck me as [...]read moreMeta’s Looking to Help Instagram Influencers Create AI Bot Versions of Themselves

Watch: TikTok and Meta’s latest moves signal a more commodified internet

April 11, 2024 No Comments Technology , , , , ,

The Internet’s mega-platforms are slowly merging into a great blob of sameness, and even the hottest companies in the world are not immune from the trend. TikTok’s winning strategy to focus on short-form, vertical video has found fans amongst other Internet platforms, and now TikTok is taking a page from its rivals books, reportedly borrowing [...]read moreWatch: TikTok and Meta’s latest moves signal a more commodified internet

Hundreds of creators sign letter slamming Meta’s limit on political content

April 11, 2024 No Comments Technology , , , , ,

If you haven’t been seeing much political content on Instagram lately, there’s a reason for that. Since March, Instagram and Threads have instituted a new default setting that limits political content you see from people you’re not following. Hundreds of creators, convened by GLAAD and Accountable Tech, have signed an open letter demanding that Instagram [...]read moreHundreds of creators sign letter slamming Meta’s limit on political content

Meta’s X competitor Threads invites developers to sign up for API access, publishes docs

April 9, 2024 No Comments Technology , , , ,

After opening its developer API to select companies for testing in March, Meta’s Twitter/X competitor Threads is now introducing developer documentation and a sign-up sheet for interested parties ahead of the API’s public launch, planned for June. The new documentation details the API’s current limitations and its endpoints, among other things, which could help developers [...]read moreMeta’s X competitor Threads invites developers to sign up for API access, publishes docs

Meta’s Testing a Bonus Program for Threads Creators To Stimulate Growth

April 5, 2024 No Comments Social media marketing , , , , ,

Meta’s trying out a new way to boost its Twitter-like Threads app, with a new program that sees some threads creators getting paid for their posts. As reported by Business Insider, Meta’s currently trialing a “Threads Bonus program”, in order to keep popular users posting to the app. As per BI: “Eligible creators can earn [...]read moreMeta’s Testing a Bonus Program for Threads Creators To Stimulate Growth

WhatsApp was down in Meta’s second big outage this year

April 4, 2024 No Comments Technology , ,

For the second time in just over a month, Meta’s apps, including WhatsApp, and to some extent, Messenger and Instagram, faced outages and intermittent issues. While it’s rare for services as large as those operated by Meta to go down entirely, Meta’s status page detailed disruptions to key business services, including its Ads Manager, Messenger [...]read moreWhatsApp was down in Meta’s second big outage this year