Meta Announces New Safety Updates to Better Protect Teens and Children Online
Meta has announced a set of new tools and updates aimed at strengthening protection for teens and children on its platforms, including Instagram and Facebook. These updates include improvements to direct messaging for teen users, expanded nudity protection, and enhanced safeguards for adult-managed accounts that primarily feature children.
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Meta AI Introduces Generative Video Editing for Creativity
Meta AI is unveiling a generative AI video editing feature, now available in the Meta AI app, the Meta.AI website, and the Edits app. This new capability allows users to enhance short-form videos through a selection of preset AI prompts, transforming elements like outfits, locations, and lighting with a simple tap.
EU Hits Apple with €500M Fine and Meta with €200M Over Legal Violations
On Wednesday, April 23, the European Union antitrust regulators issued their first sanctions under groundbreaking legislation designed to rein in the influence of Big Tech. Apple was fined a significant 500 million euros (S$747.6 million), while Meta faced a penalty of 200 million euros.
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Meta supports Pakistani creators in Karachi to inspire a new wave of content
Meta connected with content creators in Karachi through various engagements starting with an event that brought together around 40 creators from across Pakistan.
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Meta’s Facebook, Instagram down for hundreds of thousands of users across globe
META Platforms-owned Facebook and Instagram were down for hundreds of thousands of users across the globe on Tuesday (Mar 5), according to outage tracking website Downdetector.com.
Meta makes restrict access for teens to reach harmful content
META Platforms said on Tuesday (Jan 9) it would hide more content from teens on Instagram and Facebook, All teens will now be placed into the most restrictive content control settings on the apps and additional search terms will be limited on Instagram, Meta said in a blogpost.
Meta to start fully encrypting messages on Facebook and Messenger
META Platforms said it has started to roll out end-to-end encryption for all personal chats and calls on Messenger and Facebook.
Zindagi Trust, Meta join hands with PTA to promoting youth safety in digital spaces
This collaborative digital campaign will also include video messages from students who talk about safety tools like Privacy Check Up, Locked Profiles, Hidden Words, Supervision Tools, and managing false information.
Meta unveils AI assistant, Facebook-streaming glasses
META Platforms chief executive Mark Zuckerberg rolled out new AI products for consumers, including bots that create photo-realistic images and smart glasses that answer questions, as well as an updated virtual-reality headset. Zuckerberg described the products as bringing together virtual and real worlds, and underscored that part of what Meta offered was low cost or free AI that…
Meta prepares more layoffs across Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram
META Platforms is set to commence company wide layoffs on Wednesday (Apr 19) as it restructures teams and works towards founder Mark Zuckerberg’s goal of greater efficiency. The Facebook parent company notified managers to prepare to announce job cuts on Wednesday, via a memo seen by Bloomberg News. It indicates Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram and Reality…