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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.

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Consumer authorities warn Meta over misleading 'pay or consent' switch

The European Commission is probing the US social media giant regarding potential breaches of EU consumer law.

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How has the Digital Services Act been enforced, one year on?

A year after the landmark EU rules affecting digital platforms began to apply, the system of enforcement is fully under way.

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Meta stops EU roll-out of AI model due to regulatory concerns

The company already faced data protection complaints in several EU countries.

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Meta banned from using data in Brazil for AI training

Brazil follows Europe in blocking Meta from using public posts for AI training.

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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.

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Could Europe's rare languages be saved from extinction by AI?

It will soon be easier to see Facebook and Instagram posts in lesser-spoken global languages, but an expert suggests that to improve the tool Meta should talk to native speakers.

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What is the 'fediverse' and why is Europe partly excluded from it?

Thread users everywhere except the EU will now see their posts deeper in the so-called "fediverse". We take a look at this new more privacy-focused way of being on social media.

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Meta ‘respects’ regulator decision to pause AI tool in EU

Facebook and Instagram owner Meta says there’s a huge opportunity in the “super competitive” artificial intelligence (AI) market, with the tech giant spending up to €37 billion this year on developing infrastructure.

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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.

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YouTube and X failed to act on disinformation before EU vote

Instagram and Facebook are performing better, factcheckers claim.

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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.

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Meta faces complaints in 11 countries over data use for AI

Additional complaints will follow, according to Austrian privacy group NOYB.

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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.

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Irish data watchdog issued record privacy fines of €1.55 billion

The Data Protection Commission saw an increase in new complaints from individuals between 2022 and 2023.

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EU elections mostly safe from foreign interference online -report

There have been attempts to influence local votes instead, the report added.

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Meta’s platforms hit with two more DSA investigations

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

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No grace period for DSA compliance in Ireland – Interview

The Irish watchdog will go after breaches of EU platform rules, the new authority says.

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'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.

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Facebook and Instagram probed over disinformation handling

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