Tag: Meta

Greens push to lift lid on social media algorithms

Posted on   |  by David Allen
Social media platforms would be forced to reveal closely guarded algorithms and risk assessment data, and allow users to opt out of algorithm-driven feeds under far-reaching digital duty of...

eSafety probes social media giants over cracks in teen ban

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Australia’s eSafety Commissioner has launched investigations into five social media platforms for suspected breaches of landmark laws designed to keep teens off their sites as it prepares to step...

Meta, Google lose US case over social media harm to kids

Posted on   |  by Dawn Chmielewski, Courtney Rozen and Jody Godoy
A Los Angeles jury has found Meta and Alphabet’s Google negligent for designing social media platforms that are harmful to young people, in a US$6 million verdict that will...

Meta vowed to stop illegal financial ads: Massive fail

Posted on   |  by Phoebe Seers, Tommy Reggiori Wilkes and Jeff Horwitz
US tech giant Meta has repeatedly failed to stop illegal ads for high-risk financial products running on its platforms in Britain, despite committing to block them, according to a...

Meta planning sweeping layoffs as AI costs mount

Posted on   |  by Katie Paul, Jeff Horwitz and Deepa Seetharaman
Meta is planning sweeping layoffs that could affect 20 per cent or more of the company, three sources familiar with the matter told Reuters, as Meta seeks to offset...

AI firms should face digital duty of care, senator says

Posted on   |  by David Allen
Australia’s proposed digital duty of care should extend to AI companies, according to Labor senator and former AI startup founder Michelle Ananda-Rajah, who has floated a rights-based approach to...

US plans to bypass content bans in Europe and elsewhere

Posted on   |  by Simon Lewis, Humeyra Pamuk and Gram Slattery
The US State Department is developing an online portal that will enable people in Europe and elsewhere to see content banned by their governments including alleged hate speech and...