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Meta Halts Teens’ Access To AI Characters Worldwide Until Updated Experience Is Ready

January 24, 2026 admin

Meta on Friday, Jan. 23, informed that it is halting teens’ access to its artificial intelligence (AI) characters worldwide across all its apps. In a blog post, the owner of WhatsApp and Instagram said that this will start in the “coming weeks” and teenagers will no longer be allowed to access its AI characters “until…

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Why Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg Was Almost Sentenced To Death In Pakistan

February 12, 2025 admin

Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Meta, recently shared a harrowing experience during an interview with Joe Rogan, revealing that he was once at risk of being sentenced to death in Pakistan due to content posted on Facebook. This startling admission came amid ongoing legal battles between Meta and the Pakistani government, which has accused the…

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Meta To Pay Trump $25 Million To Settle 2021 Account Ban Lawsuit: Report

January 29, 2025 admin

Meta To Pay Trump Million To Settle 2021 Account Ban Lawsuit: Report

Washington: Meta has agreed to pay President Donald Trump $25 million to settle a 2021 lawsuit he filed claiming he was wrongfully censored by Facebook and Instagram after the US Capitol riot, the company said Wednesday. The Wall Street Journal first reported the settlement of the suit brought against Meta and its chief executive Mark…

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Law Tribunal Suspends Antitrust Ban On WhatsApp-Meta Data Sharing

January 23, 2025 admin

New Delhi: In a respite for Mark Zuckerberg-run Meta, the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) on Thursday stayed the five-year ban imposed by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) on WhatsApp for its data-sharing practices. The NCLAT bench, led by Justice Ashok Bhushan, said such a ban could disrupt WhatsApp’s business model in the…

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Meta To Fire 3,600 Employees; Mark Zuckerberg Says Will Hire New People

January 14, 2025 admin

San Francisco: Meta plans to dismiss approximately 3,600 employees identified as low performers and replace them with new hires, according to an internal memo reported by Bloomberg on Tuesday. The company, which owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, confirmed to AFP that CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s decision will affect five percent of its workforce. Meta had approximately…

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Donald Trump, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg Meet In Florida: Report

January 11, 2025 admin

Meta scrapped its fact-checking program in US. (File photo) Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg met with US President-elect Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago on Friday, Semafor news website reported, citing a source familiar with the matter. Meta and Trump’s transition team did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment. The US tech giant on Friday…

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Biden Slams Meta Decision To End US Fact-Checking

January 11, 2025 admin

Washington: US President Joe Biden on Friday condemned tech giant Meta’s “shameful” decision to end its third-party fact-checking program in the United States. “I think it’s really shameful,” Biden told reporters at the White House when asked about the announcement. “Telling the truth matters.” Biden added: “You think it doesn’t matter that they let be…

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White House Says “Not Going To Comment” On Meta Ending US Fact-Checking

January 10, 2025 admin

Washington: The White House on Friday refused to comment on tech giant Meta’s shock announcement earlier this week that it was ending its third-party fact-checking program in the United States. “When any corporation or company makes a decision… we just are not going to comment,” White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters. “So I’m…

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Meta To End Diversity Programs Ahead Of Trump Inauguration

January 10, 2025 admin

Washington: Meta Platforms is ending its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs, including those for hiring, training and picking suppliers, it said in a memo to employees posted on an internal company forum on Friday. The move comes in the run-up to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration, as the company attempts to mend relations with…

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How Meta’s Fact-Checking Programme Works

January 10, 2025 admin

Paris: Internet giant Meta’s fact-checking programme aims to counter false information on its social platforms — Facebook, Instagram and Threads — with the help of media organisations, including AFP. Here is a guide to how it works, following Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg’s announcement on January 6 that he was halting the programme in the United…

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