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Meta is separating Instagram and Facebook messages as the EU watches on

Meta has announced it is disconnecting Instagram and Facebook's messaging, with the EU possibly a concern.

iMore

Meta is divorcing the messenger programs of Facebook and Instagram

Meta has severed the link between its two biggest products as it fights more EU regulation.

Fortune

53 Times Animals Were Found In Art Pieces Through History, As Shared In This Facebook Group

Everyone loves a good animal painting. And here, we have 53 of them.

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Is Meta’s ad-free service just another way to make people pay for privacy?

The owner of Instagram and Facebook thought an ad-free subscription service would satisfy European data cops – some advocacy groups aren’t so sure

The Guardian - UK

Auteur or provocateur? Animal and the event of hypermasculine cinema

A cinematic event has been invented to mark the beginning of the end of 2023. It has been carefully crafted by master filmmaker Sandeep Reddy Vanga, and meticulously aided by a blatant disregard for substance and wilful defenestration of empathy. The formula was tested in laboratories and has been deployed…

Newslaundry

Meta's AI Chief Says There's An AI War And Nvidia Is 'Supplying The Weapons'

Meta's AI chief Yann LeCun said Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has much to gain from the AI craze.

International Business Times UK

Meta is breaking up the love between Instagram and Facebook Messenger chats

Meta is removing the cross-app feature of chatting with your Facebook friends via Instagram.

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Disinformation researcher says Harvard pushed her out to protect Meta

Joan Donovan accused Harvard of violating her free speech rights and the school's own commitment to academic freedom in an attempt to protect its relationship with the tech company and its executives.

WEKU

Deepfakes are another front in the Israel-Hamas war that risk unleashing even more violence and confusion in the future: ‘This is moving incredibly fast’

Companies are racing to detect videos that have been manipulated with the help of AI—before they cause even more problems in battle zones.

Fortune

Whistleblower allegation: Harvard muzzled disinfo team after $500 million Zuckerberg donation

A prominent disinformation scholar is accusing Harvard University in a whistleblower disclosure of muzzling her speech and stifling — then dismantling — her research team as it launched a deep dive into a damning trove of Facebook files

The Independent UK

Spanish news giants pile into Meta's legal nightmare

The Facebook parent company's privacy practices are now being attacked on three different legal fronts in Europe.

Fortune

Misinformation expert says she was fired by Harvard under Meta pressure

Joan Donovan says funding was cut off for criticizing Meta when university was receiving $500m from Mark Zuckerberg’s charity

The Guardian - US

Spanish newspaper association files multimillion-euro suit against Meta over advertising practices

A Spanish association representing more than 80 newspapers has filed a lawsuit against Facebook parent Meta accusing it of unfair competition in online advertising by allegedly ignoring European Union rules on data protection

The Independent UK

OPINION - Why Rishi's 'hammer of spod' moment was just the start

Both sides of the parliamentary aisle are making full use of social media to attack each other... in increasingly vicious fashion. Could such antics swing the next election?

Evening Standard

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The Conversation

The OpenAI saga demonstrates how big corporations dominate the shaping of our technological future

The dramatic firing and reinstatement of Sam Altman as boss of OpenAI was more than a power shuffle. It was a glimpse at the overwhelming influence that big corporations – and a few individuals – possess when it comes to shaping the direction of artificial intelligence.

Salon

White nationalists exploit Gaza tensions

X/Twitter allows racists to pay to boost bigoted posts — and then cash in on ad revenue

TechRadar

Social media blocks are "a suppression of an essential avenue for transparency"

VPN provider Surfshark has been mapping internet shutdowns since 2015. We talked with the company to understand what's at stake.

Tom’s Guide

8 countries with the strictest VPN laws

Not all countries allow VPN use within their borders. Here are the 8 major countries where VPNs are illegal or under heavy surveillance.

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The Guardian - AU

Scammer paid Facebook 7c per view to circulate video of deepfake Jim Chalmers and Gina Rinehart

Video is designed to appear like A Current Affair interview and features altered versions of treasurer and rich listers

The Conversation

Social media ads are littered with ‘green’ claims. How are we supposed to know they're true?

Online platforms are awash with ads for so-called “green” products. Power companies are “carbon neutral”. Electronics are “for the planet”. Clothing is “circular” and travel is “sustainable”. Or are they?

International Business Times

Meta Sues US Regulator To Stop Privacy Settlement Change

Meta filed a lawsuit late Wednesday arguing that US regulators planning to change the terms of a 2020 privacy settlement are overstepping their authority and should be stopped.

Al Jazeera

Meta shuts 4,800 accounts over alleged China-based influence operation

Tech giant says it has dismantled five China-based networks of fake accounts so far this year.

The Independent UK

Facebook parent Meta sues the FTC claiming 'unconstitutional authority' in child privacy case

The parent company of Instagram and Facebook has sued the Federal Trade Commission in an attempt to stop the agency from reopening a 2020 privacy settlement with the company that would prohibit it from profiting from data it collects on users under 18

The Conversation

The news is fading from sight on big social media platforms – where does that leave journalism?

According to a recent survey by the News Media Association, 90% of editors in the United Kingdom “believe that Google and Meta pose an existential threat to journalism”.

Evening Standard

The Wetherspoons game is back: What is it and how do you play it?

The pub chain's game has exploded in popularity recently

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