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fromMetro
1 day ago
Social media marketing

Meta to launch paid subscriptions for Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp

Privacy professionals
fromThe Cool Down
2 weeks ago

California county sues Meta, says it profits from billions of scam ads targeting vulnerable users

Meta is accused of allowing scam ads on Facebook and Instagram to protect advertising revenue while users were defrauded.
fromEngadget
2 weeks ago
Privacy professionals

Meta is facing another lawsuit over scam ads on Facebook and Instagram - Engadget

Silicon Valley
fromSan Jose Spotlight
2 weeks ago

Santa Clara County sues Meta over alleged scam ads - San Jose Spotlight

Meta is accused of enabling scam ads on Facebook and Instagram by weakening fraud prevention and allowing fraudulent advertisers to profit.
Law
fromThe Center Square
2 weeks ago

Santa Clara Co., trial lawyers sue Meta over Facebook, Instagram 'scam ads'

Meta is accused of profiting from scam ads by failing to screen them and allegedly enabling their creation and targeting.
Social media marketing
fromMetro
1 day ago

Meta to launch paid subscriptions for Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp

Meta will launch paid subscription plans for Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, adding premium features and shifting revenue beyond advertising.
Digital life
fromThe Verge
2 days ago

Facebook launches a 'Plus' subscription that gives you extra features

Meta will roll out paid subscription tiers for Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Meta AI, priced at $3.99 or $2.99 monthly, adding story and interaction features.
Privacy professionals
fromThe Cool Down
2 weeks ago

California county sues Meta, says it profits from billions of scam ads targeting vulnerable users

Meta is accused of allowing scam ads on Facebook and Instagram to protect advertising revenue while users were defrauded.
Privacy professionals
fromEngadget
2 weeks ago

Meta is facing another lawsuit over scam ads on Facebook and Instagram - Engadget

Santa Clara County sued Meta over scam ads on Facebook and Instagram, alleging Meta profited from scams targeting vulnerable people.
Silicon Valley
fromSan Jose Spotlight
2 weeks ago

Santa Clara County sues Meta over alleged scam ads - San Jose Spotlight

Meta is accused of enabling scam ads on Facebook and Instagram by weakening fraud prevention and allowing fraudulent advertisers to profit.
Law
fromThe Center Square
2 weeks ago

Santa Clara Co., trial lawyers sue Meta over Facebook, Instagram 'scam ads'

Meta is accused of profiting from scam ads by failing to screen them and allegedly enabling their creation and targeting.
Social media marketing
fromBenzinga
1 day ago

Meta Launches Paid Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp Subscription - Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META)

Meta introduces global subscription tiers for Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Meta AI with added creator, power-user, and business features beyond advertising.
Privacy technologies
fromAOL.com
4 days ago

11 Everyday Apps That Are Tracking Your Activity - AOL

Smartphones enable extensive app use, but many apps track activity and collect data for advertising, analytics, and personalization, raising privacy concerns.
Information security
fromThe Hacker News
4 weeks ago

30,000 Facebook Accounts Hacked via Google AppSheet Phishing Campaign

A Vietnamese-linked operation uses Google AppSheet for phishing, compromising around 30,000 Facebook accounts to sell them back through an illicit storefront.
#facebook
fromZDNET
4 weeks ago
Social media marketing

Is Facebook adding Gen Z phrases to your shared posts? You're not alone, bestie

Women in technology
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 weeks ago

Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams audiobook review the insider story that Meta tried to stifle

Wynn-Williams's memoir reveals ethical concerns and a toxic culture at Facebook during her seven-year tenure in public policy.
fromFullfact
4 weeks ago

Facebook ads offer fake Toby Carvery giveaway - Full Fact

A spokesperson for Toby Carvery's parent company Mitchells & Butlers told Full Fact this is not a genuine offer. The ads do not appear on Toby Carvery's official Facebook page or website.
Online marketing
US politics
fromThe Verge
1 month ago

Judge rules Trump administration violated the First Amendment in fight against ICE-tracking

The Trump Administration violated the First Amendment by pressuring Facebook and Apple to remove ICE-tracking groups and apps, according to Judge Alonso.
fromThe New Yorker
1 month ago

Cory Doctorow on the High Cost of Living with the Ultra-Rich

Billionaireism describes both the pathology that affects you when you are so wealthy that you're effectively above consequences and above moral consideration for others, and the pathologies that having a society dominated by such people inflicts on the rest of us.
Philosophy
Film
fromEsquire
1 month ago

'The Social Network' Sequel Sounds Totally Insane-and Incredible

The Social Reckoning explores the profound impact of Facebook's algorithm on society and presents a high-stakes legal thriller narrative.
#social-media
fromThe Drum
3 months ago
Social media marketing

YouGov research: 41% of UK online population becoming bored of social media

Media industry
fromNieman Lab
1 month ago

Social traffic kinda stinks for news publishers now, in 3 charts

Social media traffic to news publishers has significantly declined, with Twitter traffic down 70% since 2022.
Media industry
fromNatesilver
1 month ago

Social media is turning into a freak show

Social media's influence on content quality and publisher success has led to a crisis in foreign policy and political communication.
fromThe Drum
3 months ago
Social media marketing

YouGov research: 41% of UK online population becoming bored of social media

Tech industry
fromFortune
1 month ago

Facebook Gets a Networking Facelift in Time for the Holiday Photo Rush | Fortune

Facebook is replacing its 40-gigabit switches with new 100-gigabit switches to enhance data processing capacity in its data centers.
Marketing tech
fromTechCrunch
1 month ago

The Facebook insider building content moderation for the AI era | TechCrunch

Brett Levenson advocates for 'policy as code' to improve content moderation at Facebook, addressing deeper issues beyond technology.
fromPhys
3 months ago

Social media advertising suppresses voting in targeted communities, research shows

Messages intended to suppress votes can be precisely delivered to particularly vulnerable and consequential groups of people via social media and keep millions of them from casting ballots, according to a new study that is the first to quantify the effect of this kind of microtargeting on voter turnout. A team led by a researcher at the University of Wisconsin-Madison recruited more than 10,000 people across the United States-a group representative of the country's voting population-to install an app that
US politics
fromThe Drum
4 months ago

Oh Twitter, Twitter, Twitter. Where did it all go wrong?

To rub salt into the wound, your big brother Facebook just keeps motoring on. Taking all your best ideas and frankly doing them better, sometimes worse, but eventually doing them better too. And with 1.7bn users (a mere 1.4bn more than you), is doing so in front of more people, hence attracting more and more advertisers who continue to flock to them in their droves.
Social media marketing
Television
fromIrish Independent
4 months ago

'AI is ruining lives' - former Fair City actor rings Liveline to confirm he's alive amid false death reports

Jim Bartley was falsely reported dead and a doctored funeral image was shared on a Fair City fan Facebook page, prompting shock and criticism of AI technology.
Gadgets
fromZDNET
4 months ago

This ad-free Facebook app made my feed enjoyable again for the first time in years

Nobook is a free Android app that wraps Facebook's website and blocks ads and suggested posts, restoring friend posts; it requires sideloading.
fromThe Drum
5 months ago

Facebook appoints multiple agencies to lead flagship brands in marketing model shift

Facebook has restructured its agency model, adopting a broad spread of top global agencies from ad land to lead each of its apps. Ahead of the Cannes Lions Festival, the tech giant announced that it would continue to work with indie agency Wieden + Kennedy, but has expanded its partnership with Publicis' Leo Burnett, and has hired WPP's Ogilvy, Omnicom's BBDO, and Accenture's Droga5 at a time when many of the world's top brands are streamlining their agency rosters.
Marketing
Online marketing
fromEngadget
5 months ago

A Facebook test makes link-sharing a paid feature for creators

Meta is testing restricting link sharing for non-verified Facebook creators, limiting organic posts containing links without a Meta Verified subscription.
Left-wing politics
fromFuturism
5 months ago

Man Realizes He Can Feed Facebook AI Slop Page Poison Pills That Drives Its Followers Berserk

A Hollywood writer sabotaged an AI-run Facebook history account by feeding false "poison pill" captions after it copied his posts, provoking follower outrage.
US politics
fromA Philosopher's Blog
5 months ago

Fake News II: Facebook

Fake news on Facebook significantly influenced American elections and continues to spread profitably, aided by platform-driven distribution and political amplification.
#youtube
fromThe Hill
5 months ago
Digital life

Can you guess Americans' most-used social media site? It's not Facebook, IG or TikTok

fromEngadget
6 months ago
Social media marketing

The most popular social media platform among US adults isn't Instagram or TikTok

fromThe Hill
5 months ago
Digital life

Can you guess Americans' most-used social media site? It's not Facebook, IG or TikTok

fromEngadget
6 months ago
Social media marketing

The most popular social media platform among US adults isn't Instagram or TikTok

#social-media-usage
fromSan Francisco Bay Times
6 months ago

Interview With Tom LeNoble, Author of the New Autobiography My Life in Business Suits, Hospital Gowns, and High Heels: In Control, Being Controlled, Out of Control! - San Francisco Bay Times

Last June, I met a wonderful longtime member of our community, Tom LeNoble. I have been fascinated with his story of resilience ever since that first meeting. I instantly realized this is a special person! Well, it turns out all of us can now read about his amazing life's journey. His autobiography, My Life in Business Suits, Hospital Gowns, and High Heels: In Control, Being Controlled, Out of Control!, is available now.
LGBT
#misinformation
fromSnopes
7 months ago
Music

Did Barbra Streisand sing 'God Bless America' in response to anti-American chants at NYC concert?

fromSnopes
8 months ago
Social media marketing

Fake stories about Texas floods reached millions on Facebook. Foreign ad companies likely profited

fromSnopes
7 months ago
Music

Did Barbra Streisand sing 'God Bless America' in response to anti-American chants at NYC concert?

fromSnopes
8 months ago
Social media marketing

Fake stories about Texas floods reached millions on Facebook. Foreign ad companies likely profited

#deepfakes
fromIndependent
7 months ago
Miscellaneous

Catherine Connolly files complaint to Electoral Commission over viral AI deepfake videos on Facebook that generated 160,000 views

fromIndependent
7 months ago
Miscellaneous

Catherine Connolly files complaint to Electoral Commission over viral AI deepfake videos on Facebook that generated 160,000 views

fromIndependent
7 months ago
Miscellaneous

Catherine Connolly files complaint to Electoral Commission over viral AI deepfake videos on Facebook that generated 160,000 views

fromIndependent
7 months ago
Miscellaneous

Catherine Connolly files complaint to Electoral Commission over viral AI deepfake videos on Facebook that generated 160,000 views

Miscellaneous
fromIndependent
7 months ago

AI deepfake video of Catherine Connolly 'quitting' presidential race goes viral on Facebook

AI deepfake videos falsely depict Catherine Connolly withdrawing and have amassed over 160,000 views and significant engagement on Facebook.
US news
fromwww.socialmediatoday.com
8 months ago

New Report Finds Facebook and TikTok are Key News Sources

Many U.S. adults rely on social media—especially Facebook and YouTube, with rising TikTok and Instagram—for news, raising significant misinformation and AI-generated content concerns.
fromBored Panda
8 months ago

People Are Sharing Their Unpopular Opinions On This Online Group, And Here Are Their 29 Most Interesting Posts

Some people like to keep it low-key. Others are eager to spark some open-ended conversations. The remaining love diving deep into the burning zone where statements uttered are so controversial they get the discussion sizzling in no time. And what for? Let's say if you have a burning unpopular opinion, you'd know why. And there's a safe corner of the internet known as the UnpopularOpinion subreddit that has had the most disputable points of view flowing since 2012.
Parenting
World news
fromAol
8 months ago

Singapore orders Meta to implement anti-scam measures or face possible fine

Singapore police ordered Meta to implement anti-scam measures on Facebook to curb government impersonation scams, with possible fines up to S$1 million for noncompliance.
Social media marketing
fromLindsey Gamble
9 months ago

Meta AI Dubbing: Auto-Translate Reels in Your Own Voice for Global Reach - Lindsey Gamble

Meta enables creators to translate and lip-sync Reels (English-Spanish), review edits, toggle features, view language metrics, and expand audiences with minimal effort.
#ai-translation
fromTechCrunch
9 months ago
Digital life

Meta rolls out AI-powered translations to creators globally, starting with English and Spanish | TechCrunch

fromTechCrunch
9 months ago
Digital life

Meta rolls out AI-powered translations to creators globally, starting with English and Spanish | TechCrunch

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