After Meta and CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced changes that shifted the company and its policies to the right, some users are fleeing the company’s platforms. -
Meta’s ‘free speech’ overhaul sparks advertisers’ concern
Facebook owner’s move to loosen policing of online content has raised fears of a surge in misinformationFinancial Times - 3d -
Meta tries letting Facebook Marketplace users view eBay listings as way to resolve EU charges
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How Mark Zuckerberg pivoted Meta to the right
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Meta's moderation rollback sparks celebration and despair
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Meta's new hate speech rules allow users to call LGBTQ people mentally ill
Meta will allow its billions of social media users to accuse people of being mentally ill based on their sexuality or gender identity.NBC News - Jan. 7 -
Meta Now Lets Users Say Gay and Trans People Have ‘Mental Illness’
Meta rolled out a number of changes to its “Hateful Conduct” policy Tuesday as part of a sweeping overhaul of its approach toward content moderation.Wired - Jan. 7 -
Exodus by Wall Street Banks From Climate Group Worries Advocates
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Meta shuts down its AI character accounts that users called 'creepy and unnecessary'
Since late 2023, around a dozen AI Instagram and Facebook accounts created by their social media parent company Meta quietly existed on the platforms.NBC News - Jan. 3 -
How Meta’s latest research proves you can use generative AI to understand user intent
By thinking about recommendation as a generative problem, you can tackle it from new angles and use LLMs to better understand user intent.VentureBeat - Jan. 3
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