Meta seeks to limit evidence in child safety case
Meta is set to go on trial in New Mexico for allegedly failing to protect minors. The company is requesting a broad swath of information not be allowed to be presented in court.
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Threads rolls out ads to all users worldwide
Ads on Threads will roll out gradually to users over the coming months, Meta says.
Instagram’s top boss is missing the point about AI on the platform
A couple of weeks ago, Adam Mosseri posted to his grid. In a series of messages, Instagram’s top exec laid out his concerns for the platform in the coming year, largely around AI. The post was equal parts Working Through It, a sounding of alarms, and a rallying cry to creators who use the platform: […]
Snap reaches settlement in social media addiction lawsuit
Snap is still a defendant in similar cases related to social media addiction.
FTC says it will appeal Meta antitrust loss
The Federal Trade Commission will appeal its loss in a landmark antitrust case against Meta, the agency announced Tuesday. US District Court Judge James Boasberg ruled in November that the government failed to prove that Meta had an illegal monopoly over a subset of social networking services meant for connecting with friends and family online. […]
Meta’s Oversight Board takes up permanent bans in landmark case
For the first time, Meta’s Oversight Board is looking for specific policy recommendations around disabled accounts.
Threads overtakes X on mobile, but still lags far behind
After launching almost three years ago, Meta’s Threads is now reportedly attracting more daily mobile users than rival platform X. According to Similarweb data shared by TechCrunch, Threads has 141.5 million daily active iOS and Android global app users as of January 7th, compared to 125 million users for Elon Musk’s mobile platform. Similarweb reports […]
Threads edges out X in daily mobile users, new data shows
Threads’ daily mobile usage has quietly surpassed X as Meta leans on cross-promotion, creator tools and fast feature rollouts — even as X faces fresh controversies
Meta has discontinued its metaverse for work, too
Two months before it changed its name to “Meta,” Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg personally introduced us to his metaverse for work: Horizon Workrooms, envisioned as a virtual space for workers to collaborate. Today, the company announced it’s shutting that space down: “Meta has made the decision to discontinue Workrooms as a standalone app, effective February […]