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It's pretty interesting to see #China order a #US company to unwind the purchase of another company in #Singapore, after it was already complete.
🇺🇸 #Meta > 🇸🇬 #Manus ❌ 🇨🇳 #Government
reuters.com/technology/chinas-…
#SingaporeWashing #News #Business #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Legal #Politics #Reuters #Economy #Tech
Young adults don't seem that mentally healthy to me at all.
The rates of serious mental illness (e.g. in the US) are very worrying.
Yes, I'm not an expert, but many articles I have read & my observations of the kids around me lead me to believe - corporate social media is a major factor in this.
For example, the recent social media addiction trials in the US found #Meta liable for harming teens (others settled).
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Meta was finally held accountable for harming teens. Now what? | TechCrunch
Meta faces thousands more court cases while Congress has proposed numerous bills addressing children’s online safety, some heavily criticized.Amanda Silberling (TechCrunch)
Wired: Meta Employees Are Scrambling to Use Up Benefits Ahead of Layoffs
On the eve of about 8,000 jobs being cut, employees are cashing in on headphone stipends and other perks while they still can.
"...Two employees describe a widespread rush to use up an annual $2,000 flexible benefit, which can cover a variety of expenses including health and wellness activities. A separate triennial credit of $200 toward the purchase of audio gear has led to a scramble to purchase Apple AirPods and other headphones. Another source says Meta offices have been largely empty this week, as people prioritize polishing their résumés and gather offsite to commiserate with friends for what may be their final time as colleagues. Employees are variously “paralyzed,” “coasting,” and “panicked,” sources say...."
Meta: This technology allows our AI to scan photos and videos for visual clues about a person’s age that text might miss.
Also Meta: We want to be clear: this is not facial recognition.
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We took a look at Meta's announcement on how it plans to scan images using AI to detect if users are underage, find out more 👉 tuta.com/blog/meta-ai-analyses…
Meta will use AI visual analysis to determine underage users on Instagram & Facebook. | Tuta
Meta will use AI-powered technologies, such as photo scanning, to detect underage users by analyzing visual cues like bone structure.Tuta
OpenAI Accused of Handing Over Your Intimate Personal Information to Meta and Google
A new class action lawsuit accuses OpenAI of sharing intimate user data with Google and Meta without consent.Maggie Harrison Dupré (Futurism)
Meta removed E2EE from Instagram DMs today, May 8, ending private encrypted chats and enabling broader message scanning for abuse detection 📩🔓
The change follows global pressure tied to CSAM enforcement, raising transparency and user-control concerns around private communication 🕵️♂️⚠️
🔗 indiatoday.in/technology/news/…
#TechNews #Instagram #Facebook #Meta #E2EE #Privacy #Encryption #Messaging #CyberSecurity #WhatsApp #ChatControl #Surveillance #FOSS #Security #SocialMedia #DataPrivacy
Instagram removes end-to-end encryption in messages, your DM chats are no longer private
Meta has ended end-to-end encryption for Instagram direct messages from 8 May The move could allow detection of CSAM grooming and other abuse-related contentKazi Nasir (India Today)
RE: ioc.exchange/@matthew_d_green/…
Meta’s ROI on this is market leading, I hear.
#meta #lobbying #ageVerification #BigTech #peopleFarming #technoFascism #capitalism #fascism
Matthew Green (@matthew_d_green@ioc.exchange)
There’s something ominous about the speed with which the entire world has marched to require identification on platforms and, as I expected, begin the process of banning anonymous VPNs.Matthew Green (IOC.exchange)
Para empezar a explicar el problema hay que delimitar dónde está ese problema. No hablamos de toda la tecnología ni de cómo sintetizar proteínas con sistemas de IA (a secas). Hablamos de la IA generativa actual cuyos modelos comerciales fueron lanzados al mercado desde 2021-2022 en adelante.
#AI #genAI #generativeAI #ChatGPT #Midjourney #Gemini #AdobeFirefly #GROK #META #NanoBanana #RunwayAI #StableDiffusion #Flux #Llama #Claude #suno #ElevenLabs #Microsoft
First time seeing a “NO META GLASSES” sign in the door of a shop! I’m not surprised… and I expect we might see more of these kind of things in the years ahead.
#Meta #MetaGlasses #AR #privacy #surveillance #Vermont
Say hello to AI surveillance! 🫣 #Meta will start tracking its employees for AI training.
In the US, the Tech Giant will track employees' clicks, typing, & navigation with the aims to build #AI that can do routine tasks autonomously.
For us, this sounds like a dystopian workplace!
What do you think about this announcement & the future of AI in the workplace?
Find out more here 👉 tuta.com/blog/meta-tracks-empl…
Meta wants to track its employees – to replace them with AI in the future? | Tuta
In April 2026, Meta announced the company’s next step: The installation of a tracking software on its employees’ desktops to train its AI.Tuta
