Meta’s Facebook and Instagram are subject to two more investigations under the Digital Services Act (DSA) to check whether their measures to protect minors online are compliant with the platform rules, the European Commission said today (16 May). The investigation focuses on the design of Facebook's and Instagram's online interfaces, which could “exploit the weaknesses and inexperience of minors and cause addictive behaviour”, the Commission said. In addition, the probe will check Meta's compliance with mitigation measures to prevent access by minors to inappropriate content and age-verificati...
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Meta’s Facebook and Instagram last week (30 April) became subject to an investigation under the EU’s online platform rules for seemingly lacking the robustness to counter Russian disinformation, the latest in a series of probes into platforms’ handling of the Digital Services Act (DSA). Baltic and Nordic NGOs and researchers have painted a bleak picture of big tech's efforts to stop pro-Kremlin trolls, and doubt if these probes will put a halt to ongoing disinformation campaigns aimed at undermining NATO and the EU, while trying to bolster Russia’s credibility. Faktabaari, a Finnish fact-check...
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Meta’s Facebook and Instagram are subject to an investigation over how the platforms tackle disinformation under the Digital Services Act (DSA), amid fears they are vulnerable to Russian networks, the European Commission said today (30 April). The suspected infringements cover Meta's practices relating to deceptive advertising and political content on its services, the Commission said. According to the EU executive, the company’s advertising network is vulnerable to misinformation, and potentially a target for Russian networks. The platforms also lack an effective third-party real-time electio...
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A court in Russia on Monday convicted the spokesperson of US technology company Meta of justifying terrorism and sentenced him to six years in prison in a swift trial in absentia, Russia's independent news site Mediazona reported. According to the outlet, the charges against Meta communications director Andy Stone stem from his remarks in 2022 following Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24 that year. Meta is the parent company of Facebook and Instagram. Stone, who is based in the United States, announced temporary changes to Meta’s hate speech policy to allow for "forms of po...
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Meta - Facebook's parent company - released two small versions of its latest artificial intelligence (AI) model called Llama 3 and announced that they'll be integrated into assistant features in Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp. The company's CEO, Mark Zuckerberg dubbed it “the most intelligent AI assistant that you can freely use". The most powerful version of the model with roughly 400 billion parameters has not yet been released but intends to compete with market leaders like GPT. The rise of the Hitler chatbot: Will Europe be able to prevent far right radicalisation by AI?But as Zuckerberg...
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Instagram will begin testing new features that aim to "protect young people from sextortion and intimate image abuse". Sexual extortion or "sextortion" is a form of blackmail that involves coercing someone into sharing sexually explicit photos or videos and using them to threaten or exploit someone. One of the new tools will detect and blur images that contain nudity and notify people to think twice before sending them. For everyone under 18, that feature will be activated on Instagram. AI deepfake porn videos of underage young people are surging in GreeceWhen the "nudity protection" tool is o...
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Japan’s imperial family made their Instagram debut earlier this week with a flurry of posts hoping to shake off their reclusive image and reach out to younger people on social media. The Imperial Household Agency, a government agency in charge of the family's affairs, posted 60 photos and five videos showing Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako's public appearances over the past three months. Nick Cave addresses cancel culture’s 'lack of mercy'Aya Nakamura releases single responding to racist Olympics ceremony criticismThe agency said they wanted the public to have a better understanding of the...
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Amidst increasing scrutiny and rumours surrounding the whereabouts of the Princess of Wales and the disinformation tactics used by Kensington Palace with a manipulated image which has severely dented their reputation, comes more royal news. Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, has made her first social media post since 2020 by returning to Instagram to tease a new project, American Riviera Orchard. It appears to be a new lifestyle brand. The former Suits actress left Instagram when she got engaged to Prince Harry, and as recently as last week, spoke about the dangers of social media during a panel a...
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Meta is rolling out new messaging features on its social media platform Instagram, making it look more like WhatsApp than your usual DMs. The first feature made available in the latest round of updates makes it possible to edit direct messages for 15 minutes after hitting the button “send,” an update Meta had already rolled out for Messenger in December. To modify a message, you can now long-press it, and select "edit" from the dropdown menu. The window seems a little bit too small to correct any alcohol-induced mistake, unfortunately, but it's good to have the option to keep your discussion t...
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