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The 5 Instagram Features That US States Say Ruin Teens’ Mental Health
In 2019, Instagram’s top executive, Adam Mosseri, went on TV to describe how the Meta-owned social media app was “rethinking…
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A Doctored Biden Video Is a Test Case for Facebook’s Deepfake Policies
During the 2022 US midterm elections, a manipulated video of President Joe Biden circulated on Facebook. The original footage showed…
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Hey Zuck, Get Those Robots out of My Social Feed
When I bring up these concerns to Meta’s VP of generative AI, Ahmad Al-Dahle, post-keynote, he accuses me of having…
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Facebook Is Giving Up on News—Again
The Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill currently working its way through the UK Parliament could see Meta (as well…
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The UK Is Poised to Force a Bad Law on the Internet
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Meta Isn’t Enforcing Its Own Political Ads Policy, While the 2024 US Election Looms
“America’s education system has been hijacked by one side,” Marissa Streit, PragerU’s CEO, told Time earlier this month. Some of…
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Meta’s News Block Causes Chaos as Canada Burns
The surrounding Charlotte County covers 1,323 square miles of territory—about twice the area of Greater London, and four times the…
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Facebook’s 2024 Election Policy May Hinge on a Cambodian Video
The speed of the prime minister’s about turn, and his unwillingness to act against Facebook, show how important the platform…
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This Psychologist Wants To Vaccinate You Against Fake News
For Sander van der Linden, misinformation is personal. As a child in the Netherlands, the University of Cambridge social psychologist…
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Norway Took On Meta’s Surveillance Ads and Won | WIRED
When you watch a video on Instagram, the app’s algorithms are also watching you. As you scroll, they are hoovering…
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