Is This the Year Everyone Quits Social Media?
Michael Calore: Yep. Lauren Goode: Yeah. Michael Calore: What about you, Zoë? Zoë Schiffer: My total screen time. I actually looked it up before and I think it’s like three …
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Meta Claims AI Content Was Less than 1% of Election Misinformation
Amid considerable fears about the impact that AI-generated content may have on the 2024 Presidential Election in the United States, Meta claims that less than one percent of election misinformation …
What is Bluesky? The App That Has Seen Influx of X and Threads Users
Social media platform Bluesky has seen a surge in users in recent weeks; the app’s rapid growth has reportedly narrowed the gap to competitors X and Threads. Over the past …
Meta Shuts Down Accounts Tracking Private Jets Of Mark Zuckerberg And Elon Musk
Photo: Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC (Getty Images) What do you do when you’re a billionaire social media mogul worried about people sharing the publicly available location of your private jet? You …
Meta’s AI Northern Lights Post is a Stark Reminder of Big Tech’s Contempt For Artists
Over the weekend, Meta’s official Threads account posted a series of AI-generated images of major cities with the Northern Lights overhead along with the line, “You missed the northern lights …
No, This Viral ‘Goodbye Meta AI’ Post Won’t Protect Your Photos
This viral post does not protect your photos or data from training Meta’s AI. Hundreds of thousands of people have fallen for a hoax that claims to deny Meta the …
Beijing orders Apple to pull WhatsApp, Threads from its China app store – National
Apple said it had removed Meta’s WhatsApp messaging app and its Threads social media app from the App Store in China to comply with orders from Chinese authorities. The apps …
Instagram moves to limit political content
Instagram has moved to limit political content, with users now having to go into their settings on the app to turn the limiting feature off. Users of the popular social …
Facebook, Instagram outages affect users worldwide
Social media platforms owned by Meta experienced outage issues Tuesday, affecting users around the world. Meta spokesperson Andy Stone said a “technical” issue was the culprit for the difficulties users …
Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Threads Are Coming Back Online After a 2-Hour Outage
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg used to describe his company’s mission as “making the world more open and connected.” Tuesday it did the opposite, as all of Meta’s social platforms, which …