I Reported a Facebook Scam. Meta Reported Back: 'Looks Fine to Us'
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27 headlinesMeta accuses Israeli spyware firm of again targeting WhatsApp users
Meta accused an Israeli spyware firm on Monday of violating a court order restricting phishing attempts on WhatsApp, a social messaging platform owned by the technology company. In an online statement, Meta announced it has asked a federal court to hold NSO Group in contempt for alleged ties t...
Meta A.I. Bug Allowed Hackers to Take Over Instagram Accounts
The flaw, which Meta said it had fixed, allowed anyone to take over Instagram accounts using a bug in the company’s new artificial intelligence software.
EU orders Meta to reopen WhatsApp to rival AI assistants
The EU has ordered Meta to grant rival AI chatbots free access to its WhatsApp platform within five working days, while it completes its antitrust investigation into the company. Meta says it will appeal, accusing the EU of 'regulatory overreach'. Meanwhile, Brussels hit back at Apple after the...
EU Orders Meta to Open WhatsApp to Rival AI Chatbots—Meta Calls It 'Regulatory Overreach'
The European Commission has issued interim measures forcing Meta to restore third-party AI access to the WhatsApp Business API within five days.
Meta ordered by EU to allow rival AI chatbots back on WhatsApp for free
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Louisiana senator helped secure Meta data center. Then sold the land beside it
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There is no AI boom without these workers. Meta just proved it.
The tech giant's latest hiring push highlights the growing demand for workers who can build AI's backbone.
Meta pulled facial recognition code from its smart glasses app one day after WIRED found it, then denied the timing was related
Meta removed nearly all traces of an unreleased facial recognition system from its smart glasses companion app on Friday, one day after WIRED reported that the software had been quietly embedded in an app installed on more than 50 million phones.
One day after discovery, Meta pulls facial recognition code from smart glasses
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One day after discovery, Meta pulls facial recognition code from its smart glasses
Meta won't say why or whether it's coming back.
Spyware firm targeted WhatsApp users in defiance of US court order, Meta says
Tech company says it ‘caught and disrupted’ NSO Group’s attempts to access accounts in Jordan and Lebanon A spyware firm has been targeting WhatsApp users with malicious links in contravention of a US court order forbidding it from doing so, Meta has said. In a post, Meta said WhatsApp had “caug...
EU orders Meta to open WhatsApp to rival AI chatbots
Meta has accused the EU of "regulatory overreach" and says its decision will allow tech giants like OpenAI free access to WhatsApp.
The EU just ordered Meta to let rival AI assistants back onto WhatsApp within five days
The European Commission has ordered Meta to “restore free access to WhatsApp for rival general purpose AI assistants” within five working days. The interim measures, announced on Tuesday, are designed to prevent what the Commission called “serious and irreparable damage to competition” in the AI...
EU regulators order Meta to allow rival AI chatbots free access to WhatsApp
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Meta launches program to train workers for data center jobs
Meta pledged to invest $115 million to train electricians, plumbers and other workers needed to operate data centers.
Meta will use your activity on other websites to personalize your feeds
Meta is planning to use the data shared by other businesses to personalize your feed and its AI responses. In a blog post on Tuesday, Meta explains that it already uses your off-platform activity, like the games you play or your purchases on other websites, to serve you ads.
America's Workforce Academy by Meta
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Meta account recovery allowed unauthenticated access to full account PII
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Threats against politicians skyrocket on meta
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Meta Instagram Recovery Flaw Exposed More Than 20,000 Accounts
Meta says a bug in its AI-assisted account recovery workflow likely let attackers reset passwords for more than 20,000 Instagram accounts. The post Meta Instagram Recovery Flaw Exposed More Than 20,000 Accounts appeared first on TechRepublic .
Hackers Conned a Chatbot to Hijack 20,000 Instagram Accounts
Meta has since fixed the exploit, but it's yet another example of AI doing it worse than humans.
I watched as Meta’s threats stopped Sarah Wynn-Williams from speaking – we must have stronger rights for whistleblowers | Tim Wu
The company is clearly trying to make an example of the author who wrote about her time at the company. Her free speech should be protected This year’s Hay festival concluded with a strange spectacle. I was on a panel about the dangers of excessive tech power, alongside former Meta employee Sar...
Meta Changed Its Speech Rules. Then Threats Against Politicians Skyrocketed
New research finds that in the six months after Meta relaxed rules in the name of free speech, violent threats against lawmakers—including President Donald Trump—surged on Facebook.