Etiket: Meta
Threads, the meta social network, dethrones X in the United States
X, the former Twitter, taken over and renamed by Elon Musk, has just been overtaken in the United States by Threads, the social network launched last July by Mark Zuckerberg.…
Meta doubles its profits, but its investments in AI worry
(San Francisco) Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, doubled its net profit in the first quarter, but the increasingly high cost of its investments in artificial intelligence…
Meta doubles its profits and invests even more in artificial intelligence
(San Francisco) Meta (Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp) doubled its net profit over one year in the first quarter, raking in $12.4 billion, a result even better than that expected by the…
Meta and Simplon offer free workshops to learn about AI
The American company Meta, parent company of Facebook and Instagram, is launching free training on artificial intelligence in partnership with Simplon, a digital training center. Published on 04/19/2024 2:37 p.m.…
Meta puts the turbo into generative artificial intelligence with Llama 3
(San Francisco) Meta (Facebook, Instagram) ensures that Meta AI, its generative artificial intelligence (AI) assistant, is now more efficient thanks to the new version of its Llama 3 language model,…
Meta will implement nudity checkers on minors’ Instagram accounts
While social networks are regularly accused of not sufficiently protecting minors online, Meta announced new measures on Instagram on Thursday to protect young people from blackmail with nude photos. The…
Alleged anticompetitive practices | Meta asks US judge to halt prosecution
(Washington) Meta, parent company of the social networks Facebook and Instagram, asked a federal judge on Friday to put an end to the proceedings launched by the American competition authority…
Meta will identify AI-generated content on its social networks
(Paris) The American giant Meta will identify on its social networks sounds, images and videos generated by artificial intelligence (AI) from May, according to a blog note published Friday. Published…
Meta removes tool against misinformation
(Washington) CrowdTangle, a software considered essential for spotting and analyzing misinformation on Facebook and Instagram, will be decommissioned by the social media giant Meta, to the dismay of many researchers…
Ontario’s largest school boards sue Meta, Snapchat and TikTok
Ontario school boards have filed a lawsuit against social media giants seeking damages for disrupting student learning and the education system. The lawsuit, filed by the public and Catholic councils…
EU takes on Apple, Google and Meta
The European Commission launched five procedures on Monday against Apple, Alphabet (Google) and Meta (Facebook, Instagram) suspected of breaches of European competition rules, a first under the new digital markets…
The European Union launches proceedings against Apple, Google and Meta for infringements of competition rules
Large digital companies must comply with new rules in the European Union, as part of the Digital Services Regulation. Published on 03/25/2024 12:27 Update on 03/25/2024 12:34 Reading time: 1…
App Store Application Platform | Meta and Microsoft join Epic Games in its protest against Apple
(San Francisco) Several internet giants including Microsoft and Meta accused Apple on Wednesday of not respecting a court decision related to its App Store application purchasing platform. Posted at 10:15…
Identity theft on Facebook: Marie-Claude Barrette sues Meta
Exasperated by fraudulent advertisements on Facebook that usurp her name, host Marie-Claude Barrette is now suing the social network on behalf of public figures who suffered the same fate, as…
Was the global outage of Instagram and Facebook orchestrated by Meta?
Published on 07/03/2024 20:57 Video length: 2 min United States: Was the global outage of Instagram and Facebook orchestrated by Meta? On Tuesday March 5, during Super Tuesday in the…
Data protection | Meta called to order by a coalition of 41 prosecutors
(New York) Social media giant Meta was called to order on Wednesday by a coalition of 41 US state prosecutors, who ordered it to act “immediately” to better protect users…
Meta cites “a technical problem” to explain the global outage of several of its platforms
An outage affected the group’s platforms, such as Facebook and Instagram, for more than an hour on Tuesday. The hypothesis of a cyber attack does not seem the most likely.…
Major Outage Completed for Meta Social Media
Many Internet users around the world experienced problems with Meta’s social networks for nearly two hours Tuesday morning, according to data from the “DownDetector” site. Facebook, Instagram, Threads and Whatsapp,…
Major outage on Meta social networks
Many Meta social media users lost access to their accounts Tuesday morning. Testimonies poured in on the X network as well as on the outage monitoring site Downdetector. The major…
Meta and Google sites down
Users of Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp are experiencing problems with the three social platforms, as are those of YouTube and Google Play, according to what specialist sites report. Published at…