25 posts tagged ‘Meta’
Mastodon CEO calls Meta’s moderation changes ‘deeply troubling,’ warns users cross-posting from Threads
TechCrunch,
Mastodon CEO Eugen Rochko has spoken out about the significant moderation changes announced by Meta on Tuesday, which will see the social networking giant removing fact-checking across its apps in favor of a crowdsourced community notes feature, similar to X’s. The Mastodon founder, whose app competes with X and Meta’s X rival, Instagram Threads, called […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Zuckerberg: facts get in the way of free speech
Boing Boing,
Mark Zuckerberg has announced that Meta will bow a knee to convicted felon and re-elected President Donald Trump, offering him the gift of unfettered disinformation. LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS? CLICK HERE TO GO AD-FREE! Stating that people don't trust fact checkers, especially those in California, Mark Zuckerberg says Meta will abandon policing free speech and will abandon restrictions on spreading disinformation. — Read the rest The post Zuckerberg: facts get in the way of free speech appeared first on Boing Boing.
Meta’s AI Profiles Are Already Polluting Instagram and Facebook With Slop
Gizmodo,
Hollow-eyed insincere robot posters are already flooding Meta's sites and they're everything we dreaded.
Mark Zuckerberg Replaces Meta’s Head of Politics Operation With Its Most Prominent Republican
Meta's new head of global policy is Joel Kaplan, a former staffer under George W. Bush and vocal critic of Meta's restrictions on political speech.
Meta policy chief Nick Clegg steps down
The president of Meta’s Global Affairs team, Nick Clegg, is stepping down from his position at the company, the executive announced in a tweet on Thursday. Clegg, Meta’s politically centrist policy chief since 2018, will be replaced by one of the company’s most prominent Republican executives, Joel Kaplan. Clegg noted on X that Kaplan is […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Meta’s iOS Interoperability Requests
mjtsai,
Juli Clover: Apple today said that Meta has made 15 interoperability requests under the Digital Markets Act (DMA) in the European Union, which is more than any other company.In a statement provided to Reuters, Apple said that Meta is asking for changes that could compromise user security and privacy.[…]In response to Apple’s comments on Meta’s […]
Bluesky CEO taunts Musk with "billionaire proof" design claim
LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS? CLICK HERE TO GO AD-FREE! The fast-rising Xitter alternative Bluesky is designed to be "billionaire-proof," says CEO Jay Graber. Speaking to CNBC's Money Movers, Graber explained that unlike Musk's walled garden, Bluesky's open-source architecture means users can pack up their digital bags — followers and all — and move if the network becomes a cesspool of sociopathic manbabies. — Read the rest The post Bluesky CEO taunts Musk with "billionaire proof" design claim appeared first on Boing Boing.
Taking a cue from X, Threads tests AI-powered summaries of trending topics
As the Twitter-like social network Bluesky sees a significant surge in users this month, Meta’s own X competitor Threads has been rapidly building out its platform. On Friday, Instagram head Adam Mosseri announced that Threads will start testing AI-powered summaries of what people are discussing on the platform in the app’s “Trending now” section in […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.