META
16 Feb
Social media platform Meta is working to detect and label AI-generated images on Facebook, Instagram and Threads as the company pushes to call out “people and organisations that actively want to deceive people.”
6 Feb
Meta on Tuesday said it is working with other tech firms on standards that will let it better detect and label artificial intelligence-generated images shared with its billions of users.
5 Feb
Meta owned Facebook yesterday clocked 20 years boasting of over three billion active users across the globe, which is equivalent of 57 per cent of global Internet users and 38 per cent of global population.
26 Jan
Social media platform, Meta, has unveiled new features targeted at restricting how teens receive messages on Facebook and Instagram. Meta said the new measures are being rolled to build on its earlier policy restricting people above 19 from messaging teens, who are not following them.
18 Jan
Meta's former chief operating officer, Sheryl Sandberg, announced that she is leaving the company's board after more than a decade.
17 Nov
Tech giants Meta and TikTok are contesting the scope of an EU law that from March will set new rules on competition in the digital marketplace.
10 Nov
The EU added Meta and Snap-on Friday to a growing list of tech companies, and it is probing to see how they are complying with a new law meant to stop illegal content online.
19 Oct 2023
The EU announced probes Thursday into Facebook owner Meta and TikTok, seeking more details on the measures they have taken to stop the spread of "illegal content and disinformation" after the Hamas attack on Israel.
19 Oct 2023
Some 53 per cent of employees in the Middle East, Turkey and Africa (META) have expressed fears over spying drones in the region.This was revealed by the Business Digitisation survey, conducted in the region, by cybersecurity and digital privacy company...
21 Sep 2023
Social media platform, Meta (Facebook) has revealed plans to unveil verification process for businesses on WhatsApp.
6 Sep 2023
A Norway court on Wednesday rejected US tech giant Meta's request to defer a ban on behavioural marketing based on users' personal information, which has landed it a heavy fine in the country.
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