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You see an endless stream of cat videos and makeup tutorials. But the American government sees a credible threat to its national security. And rightfully so. TikTok is already being used by the Chinese government to extend its foreign influence in the West. It’s high time the U.S. did something about it, after mostly avoiding the problem […]
The Wall Street Journal report also says the Food and Drug Administration is helping to investigate the Facebook owner. US prosecutors in Virginia are probing whether Facebook-parent Meta’s social media platforms facilitated and profited from the illegal sale of drugs, according to a Wall Street Journal report. Citing documents and people familiar with the matter, […]
Meta and TikTok logos are seen in this illustration taken February 15, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights WASHINGTON, Nov 29 (Reuters) – The chief . . .
A Meta logo is seen on a beach during the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity in Cannes, France, June 19, 2023. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights
by Rafael Pena October 28, 2023 Meta, the company headed by Mark Zuckerberg and overseeing Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, is under siege from legal actions initiated Oct. 24 by 41 U.S. states. In a joint lawsuit led by Colorado, Tennessee, and Massachusetts, comprising 33 states, and multiple separate suits filed by eight additional states and […]
Anyone who has used H&R Block’s tax return preparation services since 2015 “may have unintentionally helped line Meta and Google’s pocket,” reports Gizmodo: That’s according to a new class action lawsuit which alleges the three companies “jointly schemed” to install trackers on the H&R Block site to scan and transmit tax data . . .
Photo: Michael Kovac/FilmMagic When Sarah Silverman sued artificial-intelligence titans OpenAI and Meta Platforms on July 7, her copyright lawsuits seemed to present a relatively straightforward allegation: These companies didn’t secure Silverman’s and other authors’ permission before using their copyright works, including her 2010 autobiography The Bedwetter, which isn’t okay, per these suits. Silverman is . […]
An anonymous reader quotes a report from ZDNet: Meta, formerly known as Facebook, is set to release a commercial version of LLaMA, its open-source large language model (LLM) that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to generate text, images, and code. LLaMA, which stands for Large Language Model Meta AI, was publicly announced in February as a […]
[1/2] A security guard stands watch by the Meta sign outside the headquarters of Facebook parent company Meta Platforms Inc in Mountain View, California, U.S. November 9, 2022. REUTERS/Peter DaSilva DUBLIN, May 22 (Reuters) – Meta (META.O . . .
Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, launched a paid subscription service in the U.S. on Friday — allowing users on both platforms to pay for verification. CEO Mark Zuckerberg made the announcement on his “Meta Channel,” which is one of the latest features the company has rolled out for creators to “directly reach […]