Instagram and Facebook could be changing forever as major trial begins
The changes could be massive A jury trial set to begin on Tuesday may pose the biggest threat yet to Meta’s operations, as the company has been hit with successive losses in court over how its platforms have targeted and harmed young users. Some 30 US states, including California and New York, claim numerous violations […]
2 weeks ago
Meta ordered to pay record $567m over child safety
A costly blow for Meta A US judge in New Mexico has ordered Meta to pay a further $567m (£421m) for failing to warn the public about the dangers its platforms pose to children, which is the largest Meta fine yet handed down over child safety. The ruling, delivered on Thursday, comes on top of […]
3 weeks ago
Here’s the truth behind the ‘Goodbye Meta AI’ posts that are all over Instagram
It’s not what you might think The rise of AI across the internet has understandably led to an increased concern in recent years. Meta, who owns Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp are yet another tech giant who are exploring how user content can help them train AI. Content used to aid their AI scheme include ‘publicly […]
2 years ago
Meta reveals what caused global Facebook and Instagram outage
Meta has released a statement following the huge outage it suffered on Tuesday afternoon. At around 3pm, Facebook and Instagram began to suffer some serious problems as hundreds of thousands of people were logged out of their accounts. Downdetector, which monitors outages across the globe, shown over 230,000 reports of Facebook being down at one […]
2 years ago
Facebook and Instagram users will have to pay monthly fee for ad-free access
Some big changes are being made to both platforms Instagram and Facebook users will have to pay a monthly fee to stop seeing advertisements. Meta announced the monthly subscription fee in a blogpost explaining that the move was so the company would “comply with evolving European regulations”. “We made that change to address a number […]
3 years ago
Elon Musk challenges Mark Zuckerberg to a ‘d*** measuring contest’ as feud continues
A cage fight just wouldn’t settle it Not content with a proposed cage match against his tech rival, Elon Musk has taken his feud with Mark Zuckerberg to school-yard levels, proposing a competition of a very different sort. Sticking with the macho theme, Musk now proposes the two billionaires drop their trousers and see whose […]
3 years ago