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Be still, my heart. No matter how much FOMO you feel, do not burden me with another social network. Yet, resisting the latest fad app is proving tougher than I thought. Meta (a.k.a. Facebook) is being uncharacteristically smooth in its launch strategy for Threads, the millionth Twitter clone and current number-one app in Apple’s app […] Threads doesn’t deserve my FOMO, but here we are by Harri Weber originally published on TechCrunch... →

Threads, Meta’s new social networking platform, is quickly gaining ground in China where Western social apps from Instagram to Facebook are banned. As of Thursday morning Pacific Time, the Twitter clone introduced by Instagram ranked fifth in the social networking category of Apple’s China App Store, just a day after launching. That’s despite the fact […] Threads app hits Top 5 on Apple’s China App Store despite ban by Rita Liao originally published on TechCrunch... →

Ранее соцсети отказались выполнять новый закон, направленный на поддержку журналистики... →

Seven tech giants have informed the European Union that its rebooted antitrust regime — the Digital Markets Act (DMA) — will apply to them. The initial seven, the majority of whom are US-based giants, are: Alphabet (Google), Amazon, Apple, ByteDance (TikTok), Meta (Facebook), Microsoft and Samsung. The DMA takes an ex ante approach to antitrust […] ‘GAFAM’ tech giants, ByteDance and Samsung expect to face EU’s rebooted antitrust regime by Natasha Lomas originally published on TechCrunch... →

Meta is publishing new material to explain how its recommendation engine works across different products. Along with that, it is also rolling out a new option called “Why am I seeing this?” for Instagram and Facebook Reels as well as Instagram’s Explore page. This way, you can understand the reason why that post is being […] Meta really wants to explain its AI recommendation algorithms to you by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch... →

Meta announced new parental control tools across Instagram, Facebook, and Messenger today. This includes a new parental supervision hub in Messenger, a feature that pre-emptively blocks unwanted DMs on Messenger and Instagram, and nudges to remind teens that they should take a break. Messenger supervision controls, which will be available in Meta’s Family Center, are […] Meta is rolling out new parental control tools for Instagram and Messenger by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch... →

Meta plans to end access to news on Facebook and Instagram in Canada in response to legislation that would require internet giants to pay news publishers. The legislation, known as the Online New Act, was approved by the country’s Senate on Thursday. The law will force internet giants to negotiate compensation deals with news publishers […] Meta to pull news from Facebook and Instagram in Canada by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch... →

Вот и я попал в списки людей, которые используют язык ненависти — Facebook прислал уведомление, что моё сообщение скрыто (причем даже от меня) из-за разжигания ненависти. Причем на выявление этого у социальной сети ушло девять дней и сообщение получилось больше сотни репостов (и, видимо, пошли жалобы неравнодушных русских). Где там ненависть, известно только Марку Закербергу, но это хорошее напоминание, что не надо полагаться на андроидное понимание свободы слова и заниматься самовыражением там, где такой ц... →

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Meta Verified, the Facebook and Instagram owner’s recently launched paid verification system, is expanding to India, the company announced today via post from CEO Mark Zuckerberg on his Instagram Broadcasts channel. In addition to its recent expansion to the U.K. and elsewhere, after first arriving in the U.S., Australia, and New Zealand earlier this year, […] Meta Verified arrives in India, now honors ‘legacy’ verified badges by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch... →

A consulting firm founded and run by two well known cybersecurity veterans laid off six people last week, TechCrunch has learned. Krebs Stamos Group was founded in 2021 by former Facebook chief security officer Alex Stamos and Chris Krebs, the former director of the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency, who was famously fired by tweet […] Consulting firm Krebs Stamos Group lays off six employees by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai originally published on TechCrunch... →

Venture capital (VC) firm Lifeline Ventures today announced a fresh €150 million ($163 million) fund aimed at early-stage startups across Finland. Founded in 2009, Helsinki-based Lifeline Ventures has invested in around 115 companies to date, with more than a dozen exits to its name including activity-tracking app Moves, which Facebook acquired back in 2014; food […] Finnish VC firm Lifeline Ventures closes $163M fund for early-stage startups by Paul Sawers originally published on TechCrunch... →

Meta has launched its paid verification program, Meta Verified, in the UK at £9.99 per month each for Instagram and Facebook. The subscription is aimed at creators and comes with perks like proactive impersonation protection and access to customer support along with a blue badge for verification. The company first launched the subscription plan for […] Meta’s paid verification program is now available in the UK by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch... →

Meta’s grand experiment in building an enterprise-ready customer service platform has come to a close: the parent of Facebook has officially spun out Kustomer, the CRM startup it acquired last year for around $1 billion. The new entity is starting life with a new infusion of $60 million from previous backers Battery, Redpoint and boldstart, […] Kustomer, the CRM startup acquired by Meta last year for $1B, spins out on a $250M valuation by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch... →

Reminder: Today is the deadline for the Meta’s lead privacy regulator in Europe to adopt a final decision on a nearly decade-long complaint against Facebook’s transfers of personal data from the EU to the US that could see the company ordered to stop the flow of data. The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) confirmed to […] Major decision on the legality of Facebook’s EU-US data transfers is due to be adopted today by Natasha Lomas originally published on TechCrunch... →

Meta today announced an AI Sandbox for advertisers to help them create alternative copies, background generation through text prompts and image cropping for Facebook or Instagram ads. The first feature lets brands generate different variations of the same copy for different audiences while trying to keep the core message of the ad similar. The background […] Meta announces generative AI features for advertisers by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch... →

Meta is testing a new payout model for its Ads on Reels monetization program that pays creators based on the performance of their public Reels, not the earnings of ads on their Reels, the company announced on Tuesday. The tech giant also announced that it’s expanding the Ads on Reels monetization program on Facebook to […] Meta reworks its Ads on Reels monetization program with a new performance-based payout model by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch... →

Sketchy Facebook pages impersonating businesses are nothing new, but a flurry of recent scams is particularly brazen. A handful of verified Facebook pages were hacked recently and spotted slinging likely malware through ads approved by and purchased through the platform. But the accounts should be easy to catch — in some cases, they were impersonating […] Hacked verified Facebook pages impersonating Meta are buying ads from Meta by Taylor Hatmaker originally published on TechCrunch... →

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Augmented reality is coming to Reels Ads and Facebook Stories, Meta announced this afternoon the IAB’s NewFronts as part of its pitch to advertisers. The update allows brands like Sephora, Tiffany & Co., and others to offer more immersive experiences and AR filters when marketing to Meta’s audience, including its younger Gen Z users. The […] Meta pitches augmented reality to advertisers with new AR Reels Ads and Facebook Stories by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch... →