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‘Halt This Plan’: U.S. Senators Tell Meta Not to Open Horizon Worlds to Teens
After reports revealed that Meta was planning on opening Horizon Worlds to teens, two democratic senators are now encouraging the company to reconsider. Meta’s virtual reality video game platform is currently 18+, but internal documents previously indicated that Meta was planning on enticing kids to join in on the fun(?), probably to bolster its wavering…
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Zuckerberg Says ‘AI Personas’ Are Coming to WhatsApp, Messenger, and Instagram
Meta is angling to get in on the artificial intelligence arms race, whether that’s with AI-generated photo filters to ads.
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Meta Is Making It Harder to Wind Up in Facebook Jail
Facebook jail is about to get less crowded. Under a new set of policies revealed this Thursday, parent company Meta says it’s now harder for users to wind up with their Facebook accounts suspended for lesser violations of its rules. Those changes come after years of pushback from civil society groups and Meta’s semi-independent Oversight…
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Facebook and Instagram Start Hawking Blue Badges Just Like Twitter
With Elon Musk’s Twitter making an absolute mess with paid verification and Twitter Blue, rival Meta has stepped up to the plate with a similarly ludicrous plan to have users pay for the privilege of proving they are who they say they are on Facebook and Instagram. More than that, Meta is advertising those who…