Meta strikes multiple AI deals with news publishers

Meta has struck several commercial AI data agreements with news publishers including USA Today, People Inc, CNN, Fox News, ...

No, Meta Is Not Scraping Your DMs to Train Its AI

Viral social media posts falsely claim Meta is going to collect your DMs to train its AI. The company's new privacy policy ...
TechRepublic

Meta to Retire Its Iconic ‘Like’ and ‘Comment’ Plugins from Websites by February 2026

Meta to Retire Its Iconic ‘Like’ and ‘Comment’ Plugins from Websites by February 2026 Your email has been sent The internet’s most recognizable thumbs-up is about to disappear from everywhere but ...
KSL

Movie association tells Meta to stop using PG-13 to refer to Instagram teen content

The Motion Picture Association is asking Meta to stop referring to content shown to teen accounts on Instagram as guided by PG-13 ratings, saying it is misleading. (Michael Dwyer, Associated Press via ...
Road to VR

Meta Launches Dev Competition with $1.5M Prize Pool, Focusing on Casual & Social VR Content

Meta launched a new developer competition through its Horizon Start program, which could net eligible XR dev teams a good slice of its $1.5 million prize pool. Meta’s latest dev competition is seeking ...
The Washington Post

Meta’s misappropriation of PG-13 threatens a trusted system

Charles Rivkin is chairman and CEO of the Motion Picture Association. Social media’s effect on teenagers is a hot topic in the United States and abroad. Platforms such as Facebook, Instagram and ...
Seattle Times

Motion Picture Association tells Meta to stop using PG-13 to refer to Instagram teen account content

The Motion Picture Association is asking Meta to stop referring to content shown to teen accounts on Instagram as “guided by PG-13 ratings,” saying it is misleading and could erode trust in its movie ...
Engadget

Meta will add a 'huge corpus' of AI content into its recommendation system

It looks like Meta's Vibes feed is just the start of the company's pivot toward AI slop. In an earnings call, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that "we're going to add yet another huge corpus of content" to ...
Wall Street Journal

Meta Charged by EU Over Handling of Illegal Content

BRUSSELS—The European Union charged Meta Platforms over its systems for handling illegal content on Facebook META2.26%increase; green up pointing triangle and Instagram, the first such allegation ...
CNET

'Would-Be Bank Robbers': Reddit Sues Perplexity, Data Firms Over AI Scraping

Katelyn is a writer with CNET covering artificial intelligence, including chatbots, image and video generators. Her work explores how new AI technology is infiltrating our lives, shaping the content ...
Android

Reddit Sues Perplexity AI Over Alleged Data Scraping and Content Theft

Reddit has filed a lawsuit against Perplexity AI, accusing the company of illegally scraping its content to train its AI models. Perplexity denies the allegations, claiming it operates responsibly and ...
Android

Publishers Adopt Aggressive New Tactics to Block AI Scraping

News publishers are actively fighting back against unauthorized AI web scraping, abandoning polite requests for aggressive technical defenses. Companies are deploying cyber tactics like AI Tarpits and ...