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What the Zuck? Mark Zuckerberg reveals bizarre statue of his wife

The tech billionaire has commissioned a statue of his wife, Priscilla Chan, from sculptor Daniel Arsham - and it's got the internet talking.

Tech News

Researchers fear effects of Meta’s CrowdTangle shutdown

The Big Tech companies says its tool will be replaced by alternatives

Business

Meta: Intelligent use of AI gives earnings boost to Facebook's owner

Meta Platforms reported better-than-expected earnings for the second quarter, as the company experienced robust growth in its advertising sales, thanks to AI-powered technology. However, investors also have concerns about its heavy spending on these innovations.

Markets

What Zuckerberg has in store for Meta on big tech earnings week

Meta Platforms is scheduled to report its second-quarter earnings on Wednesday. Analysts expect the company to continue its double-digit growth with key focuses on advertising income and its newly announced AI tool, the Llama 3.1 model.

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Business

Meta pulls thousands of Facebook accounts running sextortion scams

Meta says it has taken down about 63,000 Facebook accounts in Nigeria that were engaging in financial sextortion scams - along with groups and pages that were trying to organise, recruit and train new scammers.

Europe News

Meta's 'pay or consent' policy breaks EU digital rules, says Brussels

Meta's 'pay or consent' model asks users to enable the processing of their personal data or pay a monthly fee.

Tech News

Elon Musk's X has attracted more right-leaning users since takeover

As the US presidential election nears in November, a study found that Republicans felt increasingly more welcome on the platform than Democrats.

Tech News

Meta says it follows Google, OpenAI in training AI with data

The tech giant faces complaints over use of personal data for its AI models.

Tech News

European users alerted that Meta will use public posts to train AI

Facebook and Instagram’s parent company will soon use public posts “to help develop and improve AI,” European users were told.

Slovakia

Online toxicity in Slovakia spikes by 60% after attempt on Fico's life

Researchers have long drawn links between hateful online comments and their capacity to push people further towards extreme political stances, beliefs and worldviews.

Tech News

Meta’s platforms hit with two more DSA investigations

The EU Commission starts probing platform's measures to protect minors.

Tech News

Disinformation probes - too late to make a difference?

The EU Commission has questions about Facebook’s and Instagram’s disinformation robustness, as do Nordic researchers.

Tech News

'Unfollow Everything 2.0': Can Facebook users control their own feeds?

A professor is trying to pre-emptively get a court to decide whether Facebook users can control their own news feeds.

Europe News

Facebook and Instagram probed over disinformation handling

The European Commission says the platforms’ tools to protect the EU elections are not sufficient.

Culture news

Aaron Sorkin: ‘I blame Facebook for January 6’

The Oscar-winning writer of 'The Social Network' is working on a follow-up movie about Facebook that will explore the company's role in the 6 January 2021 assault on the US Capitol.

Tech News

Facebook not allowed to use public data for targeted ads; ECJ opinion

EU data protection rules don't allow the company to use personal data for an unlimited period of time, the Advocate General said.

Tech News

How Europe plans to tackle disinformation ahead of the EU elections

Here’s a look at some of the efforts in Europe to tackle disinformation and what voters should look out for before the June vote.

Tech News

Six EU countries pressed to appoint platform watchdogs

The European Commission opened infringement procedures today.

Tech News

Russian court sentences Meta spokesman in swift trial in abstentia

A court in Russia convicted the spokesperson of justifying terrorism and sentenced him to six years in prison.

Tech News

Dutch government should only use Facebook if data protected - watchdog

The Dutch Data Protection Authority said the government must be able to guarantee that data processing complies with the law.