#Meta says end of fact-checking hasn’t impacted ad spend

#Meta says end of fact-checking hasn’t impacted ad spend

Meta says its controversial decision to put an end to its fact-checking program hasn’t impacted advertiser spend. On its Q4 2024 call, Meta CFO Susan Li assured investors that advertiser demand remains strong and the company’s commitment to brand safety remains unchanged, despite the new measures. Meanwhile, CEO Mark Zuckerberg noted that the community notes…

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#Jesse Eisenberg on Tech Bros Pivoting to Politics: “Why Are They Not Spending Every Day Helping People?”

#Jesse Eisenberg on Tech Bros Pivoting to Politics: “Why Are They Not Spending Every Day Helping People?”

Jesse Eisenberg, who famously portrayed Mark Zuckerberg in The Social Network, is sharing his perspective on several tech billionaires pivoting to politics with Donald Trump back in the White House. The Oscar-nominated actor-director made an appearance on the latest episode of Real Time With Bill Maher, where the host prompted him for his thoughts on…

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#How to delete Facebook, Instagram, and Threads

#How to delete Facebook, Instagram, and Threads

In the wake of Meta’s decision to remove its third-party fact-checking system and loosen content moderation policies, Google searches on how to delete Facebook, Instagram, and Threads have been on the rise. People who are angry with the decision accuse Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg of cozying up to the Trump administration at the expense of…

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#Meta policy chief Nick Clegg steps down

#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…

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#Disgruntled X users make the switch to Bluesky

#Disgruntled X users make the switch to Bluesky

Welcome back to Week in Review. This week, we’re breaking down Bluesky’s big surge in users, Elon Musk co-leading Trump’s “Department of Government Efficiency,” and Mark Zuckerberg’s latest foray in extreme wife-guy behavior. Let’s go. Bluesky is seeing a major surge as X users unhappy with the platform’s latest policy decisions make the move to…

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#All The Amazing Celebrity Babies Born In 2023!

#All The Amazing Celebrity Babies Born In 2023!

Another year, another round of adorable celebrity babies! Just like every single year before now, celebrities keep coupling up and having kids together! Stars across the Hollywood spectrum are starting (or growing) their families, and over the last twelve months, all kinds of adorable newborns have made their debuts! Related: Re-Visit ALL The Cute Celeb…

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#Facebook, Instagram promote minors’ accounts to child predators, New Mexico alleges in lawsuit

#Facebook, Instagram promote minors’ accounts to child predators, New Mexico alleges in lawsuit

New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez (D) is suing Meta and CEO Mark Zuckerberg over allegations the company’s platforms — Facebook and Instagram — promoted underage accounts to purported child predators. The state attorney general’s office says its undercover investigation found Meta allowed its platforms to “become a marketplace for predators in search of children…

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#Musk, tech CEOs to attend Schumer’s AI Senate forum

#Musk, tech CEOs to attend Schumer’s AI Senate forum

The top executives at tech companies, including the world’s richest man Elon Musk, are among the confirmed guests at Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s (D-N.Y.) first scheduled “Insight Forum” about artificial intelligence (AI), the senator’s office said Monday.  The AI Insight Forum, scheduled for Sept. 13, will also include Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, OpenAI CEO…

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