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Tech industry
fromFast Company
2 weeks ago

Watchdog group demands OpenAI withdraw Sora 2 over deepfakes, privacy

AI image-generation platforms like Sora 2 enable easy creation and spread of realistic, nonconsensual deepfake videos, threatening personal likeness rights and democratic stability.
Social media marketing
fromThe Independent
2 weeks ago

Meta earns billions from ads for scams, report claims

Meta earns billions annually from ads promoting scams, illegal goods, and banned medical products while only banning advertisers when fraud is nearly certain.
#ad-fraud
fromThe Independent
2 weeks ago
Social media marketing

Meta earns billions from ads for scams, report claims

Meta generates billions annually by running ads for scams, illegal products, and banned services across Facebook, Instagram and other platforms.
fromTechCrunch
2 weeks ago
Marketing tech

Meta estimates that it earns 10% of its revenue from scams, report says | TechCrunch

Meta derived significant revenue from fraudulent ads, used a high 95% fraud threshold to avoid deactivations, and relied on charging suspected scammers rather than prevention.
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fromTheWrap
2 weeks ago

Meta Rakes in Over $16 Billion on Fraudulent Ads While Users Face a Flood of Misinformation | Report

Internal Meta documents reviewed by Reuters revealed that the company projected in late 2024 that it would generate roughly 10% of its annual revenue-about $16 billion-through ads promoting scams and banned products. According to the report, the documents also show that billions of users on company platforms like Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp were exposed through ads to fraudulent e-commerce and investment schemes, illegal online gambling and banned medical products.
Social media marketing
Online marketing
fromRAPPLER
2 weeks ago

Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, internal documents show

Meta earned substantial revenue from scam and banned-goods advertising while allowing widespread fraudulent ads to persist across its platforms.
Artificial intelligence
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks ago

Teenage boys using personalised' AI for therapy and romance, survey finds

Hyper-personalised AI chatbots are increasingly used by teenage boys for therapy, companionship and romantic relationships, raising concerns about misrepresentation and insufficient safeguards.
Social media marketing
fromExchangewire
1 month ago

Digest: Nine, Paramount-Ten in Talks on Ad Sales Merger; Perplexity Halts Ad Signups; EU Reviews Kids' Safety on Major Platforms - ExchangeWire.com

Nine and Ten are negotiating a unified ad-sales deal to consolidate broadcast revenue; Perplexity pauses new advertisers while regulators review platform safety and TikTok moderation.
Marketing tech
fromgizmodo.com
1 month ago

Meta Will Use AI Chat History to Serve You Even More Targeted Ads

Meta will use AI chatbot conversations to hyper-personalize users' social feeds and ads across its platforms, effective December 16, with no opt-out.
Mobile UX
fromTechCrunch
1 month ago

Hinge is taking a fairer approach to account banning | TechCrunch

Hinge will flag and remove specific profile violations rather than ban entire accounts, keep profiles hidden until fixed, notify users, and still ban repeat offenders.
fromGameSpot
2 months ago

Roblox Adds TikTok-Style Video Feed And New AI Creator Tools

Roblox Moments is in beta now, and consists of short videos up to 30 seconds in a vertical format that'll be familiar to anyone who uses TikTok or Instagram Reels. The difference with Roblox Moments is that the videos are taken directly within various Roblox experiences--what the platform calls the user-created games and apps that live on the platform. When scrolling through Moments, users will be able to go directly to the featured experiences from the video feed.
Video games
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