I have a child who is also 2e and has been part of the NYC G&T program. We've had a positive experience with the citywide program, specifically with the program at The Anderson School. — Meta AI bot, answering a question on a forum | Continue reading
Do you remember Facebook Watch? Me neither. Mark Zuckerberg’s short-lived streaming service never really got off the ground, but court filings unsealed in Meta’s antitrust lawsuit claim “Watch” was kneecapped starting in 2018 to protect Zuckerberg’s advertising relationship with … | Continue reading
Meta has lots of data through Instagram, WhatsApp, and Facebook, but that’s not enough for them. Court filings unsealed last week allege Meta created an internal effort to spy on Snapchat in a secret initiative called “Project Ghostbusters.” Meta did so through Onavo, a Virtual P … | Continue reading
Threads has entered the fediverse Threads users with public profiles in certain countries can now turn on a setting which makes their posts available in the fediverse - so users of ActivityPub systems such as Mastodon can follow their accounts to subscribe to their posts. It's on … | Continue reading
What does it mean to “poke” someone on Facebook? Is it flirty, friendly, or even annoying? The answer is all of the above, and somehow, none at all. The ambiguous feature was largely invisible for many years, but now Facebook is reporting a 13x spike in poking in the last month. … | Continue reading
Oh, how the mighty have fallen. A decade ago, social media was celebrated for sparking democratic uprisings in the Arab world and beyond. Now front pages are splashed with stories of social platforms’ role in misinformation, business conspiracy, malfeasance, and risks to mental h … | Continue reading
Facebook is a wasteland. Once the default gateway to the internet, today the site has a reputation as one of the least cool places on the web—at least for America’s taste-making young people. But, as the New York Times recently pointed out, there’s one corner of the platform that … | Continue reading
Have you seen a stunning photo of Hollywood Mountain, California recently? One image is making the rounds on social media platforms like Facebook and BlueSky depicting what appears to be a lush green mountain with the L.A. skyline in the background. But it’s completely fake. Ther … | Continue reading
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If you have been a regular reader, then you know very well how I feel about Vision Pro, which is the best entertainment device I have ever owned (outside of my iPad.) And you also know that I think it is a two-horse race between Meta and Apple. (You can see my comments in this CN … | Continue reading
A bill forcing the China-based ByteDance to sell TikTok, or face an outright ban, passed the United States House of Representatives on Wednesday in a vote of 352 to 62. The bill will now head to the Senate, where it is expected to face tough opposition before it can reach Preside … | Continue reading
Elon Musk spoke out against the United States’ potential ban on TikTok, owned by China-based ByteDance, in a tweet on Tuesday, saying the law is all about “censorship and government control.” Musk has previously expressed discomfort with TikTok’s addictive algorithm, but this sta … | Continue reading
Donald Trump called into CNBC’s Squawk Box on Monday where he talked about crypto, tried to defend his complete 180 on a TikTok ban, and promoted his new sneakers. The former president also railed against Facebook, calling it the “enemy of the people.” But there’s one thing Trump … | Continue reading
Temu, the bargain, e-commerce, too-good-to-be-true items merchant, has a strong relationship with Meta. According to the Wall Street Journal, it spent… Continue reading The biggest advertiser on Meta ‘spent billions’ on Facebook and Instagram The post The biggest advertiser on Me … | Continue reading
Donald Trump appeared to come out in defense of TikTok, the social media platform facing a potential ban by Congress, in a flurry of posts late Thursday on his social media platform Truth Social. The platform, it should be noted, experienced a widespread outage as the former pres … | Continue reading
“Dramatic and persistent spike” in account takeovers is "substantial drain" on resources. | Continue reading
It's never easy being dumped. But Meta has dumped us good and hard. We need to acept that — and move on. | Continue reading
It’s not just you. LinkedIn is experiencing a widespread outage with users taking to other social media sites like X and Facebook to complain.Read more... | Continue reading
DMA forces large platforms to give users more choices, rivals more chances. | Continue reading
Today the Illinois Senate Executive Committee, the Illinois Senate’s highest committee, will hold a hearing at 1:30 p.m. CT on the Illinois Journalism Preservation Act (SB 3591), which would require Big Tech platforms such as Meta and Google to pay news publishers a “journalism u … | Continue reading
Facebook and Instagram have reportedly gone down, suggesting a widespread outage affecting the platforms of their parent company, Meta. Users […] The post Is Facebook and Instagram down? Meta users report issues appeared first on ReadWrite. | Continue reading
Facebook and Instagram users are experiencing widespread outages on Tuesday morning. Over 566,000 Facebook users are experiencing an outage according to Down Detector. Instagram’s app was also having issues on Tuesday, with over 89,000 users reporting outages. The outage started … | Continue reading
It’s day 2 of Gizmodo’s March Madness bracket challenge to crown the greatest app of all time! The mighty Fart App has fallen to Instagram in our first round and today’s challengers are WhatsApp vs Dark Sky. Will Mark Zuckerberg win again? That’s up to you. Read more... | Continue reading
Meta has announced that the Facebook News tab will be removed for U.S. and Australian users. The section was already […] The post Meta to phase out Facebook News in US and Australia, despite agreements appeared first on ReadWrite. | Continue reading
Facebook plans to “deprecate” its News tab for users in the United States and Australia by April, according to a confusingly worded announcement published Thursday night. What does that mean? As best we can tell, it means Facebook doesn’t want anyone to use the platform for news … | Continue reading
The internet is filled with scam artists who try to swindle unsuspecting people out of their money. But impersonation scams that use Elon Musk and his bevy of tech companies—including Tesla, SpaceX, Neuralink, and X—have exploded in popularity in recent years. And Gizmodo obtaine … | Continue reading
If you have ambitions to work for Facebook or Instagram, maybe even WhatsApp, you will know all about the parent […] The post How to negotiate for a job with Meta’s ruthless recruiters appeared first on ReadWrite. | Continue reading
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The News/Media Alliance commends Indonesian President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo and the Indonesian government for passing a law requiring Alphabet (owner of Google) and Meta (owner of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp) to compensate local news outlets for use of their content. The post … | Continue reading
Elon Musk shared a tweet Sunday claiming the recent murder of a college student in Georgia was being subjected to a “media blackout.” But the killing, allegedly committed by a 26-year-old Venezuelan national in the U.S. illegally, has been covered extensively by just about every … | Continue reading
In a February 23 court appearance, Meta giant Mark Zuckerberg is set to try to skirt personal liability in dozens […] The post Mark Zuckerberg fights personal liability in Meta lawsuits appeared first on ReadWrite. | Continue reading
Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss have donated $4.9 million to the political action committee Fairshake, according to new filings with the U.S. Federal Election Committee. It’s just the latest windfall for Fairshake, which is spending millions to run attack ads against Katie Porter, a … | Continue reading
The News/Media Alliance applauds Illinois Senator Steve Stadelman (D-Rockford) for recently introducing the Journalism Preservation Act (SB 3591) in the Illinois Senate, which would require Big Tech platforms such as Meta and Google to pay news publishers a “journalism usage fee” … | Continue reading
A huge lawsuit against Meta, the owners of Facebook, has been given the go-ahead by a judge in a case […] The post Facebook’s £3bn lawsuit given go-ahead appeared first on ReadWrite. | Continue reading
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Meta has removed several Facebook accounts that posed as US military families. The fake accounts on Facebook and Instagram were […] The post Meta takes down Chinese Facebook account posing as US military families appeared first on ReadWrite. | Continue reading
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Facebook users reported hearing a bizarre chirping sound while using the social media platform on mobile devices on Tuesday. In fact, many people thought it was something they did wrong or a setting they accidentally changed. But it’s not your fault, according to the company.Read … | Continue reading
About seven years ago one of the first federated social networks appeared on the internet. If you’re unfamiliar with the term, “federated” just means “not a walled garden” – plays nicely with others. Where Twitter and Facebook attempted to ring-fence users into a tightly controll … | Continue reading
I love blogging. It’s a world unto itself. Sites reflecting people’s personalities, their lives, the ebbs and flows of their writing muscle (or photo posting muscle – I do love photo blogs), the business of their lives. Social media is not like that. Well, some are and some aren’ … | Continue reading
There’s something I’ve noticed on Facebook recently – I imagine some of you might have noticed it too – a crafty trick to do with the algorithmic timeline. People are using programming to create groups and pages that use AI to regurgitate news stories, which then get pulled into … | Continue reading
The incognito or private mode found in most web browsers is back in the news, with Google updating its disclaimer to give users a better idea of exactly how this feature works. Whether you use Chrome or one of the alternatives, the feature works in the same way—and it doesn’t cov … | Continue reading
Meta may revise AI policies that experts say overlook “more misleading” content. | Continue reading
When you post something on Instagram or Facebook, you probably think you’re just sharing it with your friends, family, and maybe a few others. But that’s not all. Everything you’ve ever posted is being used to train Meta’s powerful AI. Mark Zuckerberg bragged about his vast libra … | Continue reading
Have you ever talked about a product, and then suddenly got an ad for it on your phone? We’ve all been there, and then skeptically looked over our shoulders for the advertiser lurking in the shadow. But there’s no one there, so we all simply conclude that our phone must be listen … | Continue reading
Facebook is arguably the biggest social network. The network effect makes it hard for people to leave Facebook, and so many businesses, celebrities, institutions, politicians rely on it for reachingContinue reading The post Why Facebook’s Lack of Customer Support Is a Problem app … | Continue reading
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is feeling pretty philosophical about his roller coaster of week, which saw him berated by Congress over the harmful content on his products one day and celebrated by investors for delivering buckets of dough the next.Read more... | Continue reading
In 2018, Mark Zuckerberg waltzed into the halls of Congress for the most high-profile moment of his career. He was pale and glass-eyed, his tie wrapped loosely around his neck, and his hair cropped high and thin in a bizarre homage to Augustus Caesar. His speech was practiced and … | Continue reading