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Meta Platforms' advertising-free subscription service, a fee-based offering rolled out in Europe this month, breaches EU consumer laws, Europe's largest consumer group said on Thursday as it took its grievance to consumer protection…

Dozens of U.S. states are suing Meta Platforms and its Instagram unit, accusing them of contributing to a youth mental health crisis through the addictive nature of their social media platforms.In a complaint filed in the Oakland,…

Facebook-owner Meta Platforms on Wednesday introduced temporary measures to limit "potentially unwelcome or unwanted comments" on posts about the conflict between Israel and Hamas.Meta said it will change the default setting for people who…

A group of the world's biggest news media organizations called for revised regulations on the use of copyrighted material by makers of artificial intelligence technology, according to an open letter published on Wednesday.The note, signed…

Meta Platforms executives are heavily focused on boosting retention on their new Twitter rival Threads, after the app lost more than half of its users in the weeks following its buzzy launch, CEO Mark Zuckerberg told employees on…

A bounceback in the digital ads business has helped Meta Platforms beat market expectations with a double-digit rise in both revenue and profit in the second quarter. This and more in today’s ETtech Top 5.Also in this letter:■ Info Edge,…

Both Democratic and Republican senators expressed alarm on Tuesday about the potential for a malevolent use of artificial intelligence, focusing on the possibility of AI being used to create a biological attack.In a hearing before a…

Elon Musk's decision to change the brand identity of Twitter to 'X' may land the company into legal trouble. According to a report, companies including Facebook parent Meta and Microsoftalready have intellectual property rights to the same…

SINGAPORE: Twitter is now simply X. And tweets should be called "x's" - at least according to Elon Musk on Monday (Jul 24) as he launched a rebranding of the social media platform.  "We must bid adieu to the bird," Musk said, killing off…

It is no secret that Meta — formerly known as Facebook— has a huge problem with tracking user data. Apple introduced a feature that allowed users to stop Facebook and other apps from tracking their data. It became a problem for Facebook…