Biden campaign: Meta lifting Trump account guardrails ‘greedy, reckless decision’
President Biden’s reelection campaign held a rally on Friday in protest of Mehta’s decision to lift restrictions on former President Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts. In a statement first provided to The Hill, the campaign called the move “greedy” and “reckless” and argued that including a former president on a popular platform is an attack […]
Meta removes restrictions from Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts
Meta Announced The U.S. Congress announced on Friday that it would lift certain restrictions placed on former President Donald Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts. The restrictions on Trump’s social media accounts were imposed following the January 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol by Trump supporters who sought to overturn the official results of the presidential […]
Meta lifts Trump's remaining account guardrails
Mehta announced Friday that it had removed additional guardrails from former President Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts ahead of the 2024 election. “With party conventions coming up soon, including the Republican Convention next week, the US presidential candidate will likely be formally nominated soon,” Mehta said in an update. “In assessing the responsibility for permitting […]
Meta to remove more posts targeting ‘Zionists’ after updating hate speech policy
Rep. Corey Mills, R-Fla., talks on “The Evening Edit” about the prospects of Spain, Norway and Ireland recognizing a Palestinian state. Meta announced on Tuesday that it was updating its hate speech policy to remove more hate speech. Posts targeting “Zionists” The study found that the term is frequently used in statements that dehumanize Jews […]
Elon Musk mocks Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s July 4th surfing
Mark Zuckerberg, billionaire founder and CEO of Facebook parent company Meta, has gifted himself a $300 million superyacht named “Launchpad” as his net worth approaches $200 billion. (Dutch Yachting) Elon Musk has mocked fellow tech billionaire Mark Zuckerberg for celebrating America’s birthday with a patriotic wakesurf. On July 4, Musk joined a video of a […]
Meta charged with violating Europe’s landmark tech competition law, faces billions in fines
Meta was accused on Monday of violating Europe’s sweeping technology competition law by forcing a restrictive “pay or consent” model on customers for advertising on Instagram and Facebook, intensifying a long-running dispute over user privacy. Billionaire Mark Zuckerberg’s company drew the ire of regulators last year when it launched a subscription service that gave users […]
Lawsuit claiming Meta prefers foreign workers over US citizens revived by appeals court
A U.S. appeals court on Thursday revived a class action lawsuit filed by software engineers who claim Meta Platforms refused to hire them in favor of giving jobs to lower-paid foreign workers. The San Francisco-based 9th Circuit Court of Appeals 2-1 verdict He said a Civil War-era law banning contract discrimination on the basis of […]
Apple Explores AI Partnership with Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta
In a strategic move to strengthen its position in the rapidly evolving field of artificial intelligence, Apple is reportedly in talks with Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta to forge an AI partnership similar to its recent collaboration with OpenAI. TechCrunch Reports As the tech industry continues to be reshaped by advances in artificial intelligence, Apple is taking […]
Meta, Apple reportedly discuss partnership to add AI to iPhones
Facebook’s parent company, Meta Platforms, is considering integrating its generative AI models into Apple’s recently announced AI system for the iPhone, The Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday. The move comes as Apple schedule Apple has announced it will add technology from other AI companies to its devices amid reports it is in discussions with […]
Zuckerberg, other Meta executives denied employees’ plead for funding youth safety programs: Report
At least two different Meta employees requested Mark Zuckerberg and other executives grant additional funding and staffing to put in place stronger safety guardrails for youth users. This revelation comes in light of more than a dozen lawsuits filed by attorneys general in 45 states and the District of Columbia since last year that have […]