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Meta faces increasing scrutiny over widespread scam ads
Meta's platforms are under scrutiny for allowing scam ads, with reports of fraud linked to Zelle transactions. Critics ...
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US State Department doubles down on criticism of EU’s DSA
The DSA became applicable in 2024, forcing online platforms to address illegal and harmful online content and disinformation.
Meta hypes AI friends as social media’s future, but users want real connections
Meta declined to comment further on the company's vision for social media's future. In a statement, a Meta spokesperson told Ars that "the FTC’s lawsuit against Meta defies reality," claiming that it ...
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Whistleblower tells Senate how Meta secretly pursued China ties while deceiving Congress and the public
Former Facebook executive Sarah Wynn-Williams testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee in April, accusing the social ...
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Opposition grows against EU digital censorship law ahead of European Parliament event: 'one of the most serious threats to online free speech'
Growing transatlantic opposition against the European Union’s new online censorship law has prompted free speech advocates, ...
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Can crowdsourced fact-checking curb misinformation on social media?
Meta shut down their professional factchecker program and replaced it with Community Notes. What does this mean for the ...
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Dutch antisemitism watchdog condemns Meta for failing to remove hate speech
The Dutch National Coordinator for Combating Antisemitism (NCAB) has publicly criticized Meta for failing to adequately ...