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Meta’s antitrust trial kicks off Monday. Here’s what’s at stake – National | Globalnews.ca

David Bale7 days ago011 mins

Meta Platforms Inc. faces a historic antitrust trial beginning Monday that could force the tech giant to break off Instagram and WhatsApp, startups it bought more than a decade ago that have since grown into social media powerhouses. The looming antitrust trial will be the first big test of President Donald Trump’s Federal Trade Commission’s…

Biden blasts ‘shameful’ Meta decision to scrap US fact-checking

David Bale3 months ago03 mins

Zuckerberg doubled down in an interview Friday with podcaster Joe Rogan, comparing the fact-checking program with “something out of 1984”, in a reference to George Orwell’s dystopian novel. He added that the program, which began in 2016, was “destroying so much trust, especially in the United States”. Zuckerberg also expressed regret for giving “too much…

US judge finds Israeli firm liable for WhatsApp hacking – SUCH TV

David Bale4 months ago03 mins

A US judge ruled on Friday in favour of Meta Platforms’ WhatsApp in a lawsuit accusing Israel’s NSO Group of exploiting a bug in the messaging app to install spy software allowing unauthorised surveillance. US District Judge Phyllis Hamilton in Oakland, California, granted a motion by WhatsApp and found NSO liable for hacking and breach…

Meta says gen AI had muted impact on global elections this year – SUCH TV

David Bale5 months ago03 mins

Despite widespread concern that generative AI could interfere with major elections around the globe this year, the technology had limited impact across Meta Platforms’ META.O apps, the tech company said on Tuesday. Coordinated networks of accounts seeking to spread propaganda or false content largely failed to build a significant audience on Facebook and Instagram or…