Meta's latest AI suite makes speech translation more seamless and expressiveIf you're whispering, so should your translated speech, right?By R. Lai, 6 hours ago
Meta's apps are still promoting child predation content, report findsThe company says it's taken new steps to identify "potentially suspicious adults."By K. Bell, 12.02.2023
Meta sues FTC to block new restrictions on monetizing kids’ dataIt also seeks to prevent the agency from revisiting the $5 billion privacy settlement from 2020. By L. Bonk, 12.01.2023
The US government is no longer briefing Meta about foreign influence campaignsOfficials have "paused" tips to Meta, eliminating a key source of information about potential threats By K. Bell, 11.30.2023
Threads may finally launch in Europe in DecemberIt will need to comply with EU regulations.By S. Fielding, 11.30.2023
Meta, X, TikTok, Snap and Discord CEOs will testify before the Senate over online child safetyNot every company is participating voluntarily. By S. Fielding, 11.30.2023
Meta pauses Quest 3 Elite Battery Strap sales, reportedly due to a charging flawSome owners say the accessory unexpectedly stops powering the VR headset.By W. Shanklin, 11.29.2023
Meta's controversial ad-free subscription is facing scrutiny from EU privacy campaignersnoyb says the €9.99/month subscription price is out of proportion to tracking data value.By S. Dent, 11.28.2023
Instagram reportedly served up child-sexualizing reels to followers of teen influencersEmployees knew about this problem internally, apparently.By R. Lai, 11.28.2023
Unsealed complaint says Meta 'coveted' under-13s and deceives the public about age enforcementThe unredacted document reveals more details from a lawsuit filed against Meta by 33 states in October. By C. MacDonald, 11.26.2023
Instagram makes public Reels downloadable for everyoneThe feature was only available to US users when it launched earlier this year.By M. Moon, 11.23.2023
Meta’s Content Library provides researchers with digital ‘clean room’ for data accessThe company says it is trying to offer pathways to support independent research.By M. Saleh, 11.22.2023
Tech CEOs are set to testify in a Senate online child sexual exploitation hearing in DecemberThe CEOs of X, Discord and Snap have been subpoenaed, while Mark Zuckerberg and TikTok's Shou Zi Chew may testify voluntarily.By K. Holt, 11.21.2023
Apple joins Meta and ByteDance in contesting the EU’s ‘gatekeeper’ designationThe Digital Markets Act lets the EU impose heavy fines on infringing companies.By W. Shanklin, 11.18.2023
Instagram update adds new camera filters and video editing tools for content creatorsYou can also turn Reels and Stories into custom stickers.By L. Bonk, 11.17.2023
Meta calls for legislation to require parental approval for teens' app downloadsSocial media companies are set to face lawsuits accusing them of fostering teen addiction.By K. Holt, 11.16.2023
Google, Meta and other social media companies will be forced to defend teen addiction lawsuitsA federal judge has rejected the companies' efforts to dismiss the lawsuits.By M. Moon, 11.15.2023
You can now limit Instagram posts and Reels to Close FriendsInstagram hopes this will help users be their more authentic selves.By K. Holt, 11.15.2023
You can now delete your Threads profile without nuking your Instagram accountDespite the change, the two apps are still tied very closely together.By K. Bell, 11.14.2023
Threads users can now opt out of automatically sharing posts to Facebook and InstagramYou’ll need to change a privacy setting.By W. Shanklin, 11.14.2023