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A series of posts by Meta chief executive Mark Zuckerberg on the Threads social media app, outlining his changes to content moderation, on a mobile phone in London

Government expects Meta’s new protections for teenagers in US to apply in UK

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Meta reaches 17 billion dollar settlement in teen social media addiction trial

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Meta agrees to new protections for teenagers in US in 18bn dollar settlement

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Funerals held for teenagers killed in wrong-way motorway crash

Meta AI Reality Smart Glasses

Meta glasses banned by ‘many’ cinemas amid piracy concerns

Justice Minister Jim O’Callaghan speaks to the media

Irish police to be given ‘whatever resources they require’ after horror crash

Meta paying price for ‘cavalier approach’ to online safety, say UK campaigners

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Tech firms must ‘stamp out’ scam adverts or face fines, under Ofcom proposals

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EU demands Facebook and Instagram dismantle design features it calls addictive

Meta stock surges after Q2 results beat expectations despite heavy AI spending

Bill to ban young kittens and puppies being imported into UK passed by MPs

Do better on fake images, Esther Rantzen’s daughter tells social media firms

Social media giants can ‘get on’ and tackle fraud cases, says City watchdog

Crackdown launched on ‘rogue financial promotions’ by some influencers

Accurate information ‘under greater threat than ever’ from misinformation

Smaller social media platforms could avoid UK over online safety laws – expert

Online Safety Act ‘not up for negotiation’ in US trade talks, says minister
Baroness Jones said the UK will not consider watering down online safety rules to appease US tech giants and secure a trade deal with the US.
Martyn Landi, PA Technology Correspondent

Apple and Meta fined a combined £600m for breaching EU competition rules

WhatsApp launches privacy tool to stop users taking content off the platform

Oversight Board overturns Facebook decision to leave up posts about summer riots

Instagram launches new video creation app Edits to rival TikTok

Use of Irish writers’ work for AI training has ‘profound implications’ – union

Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg finishes giving evidence in antitrust case

OpenAI is building a social network – reports

Meta chief Zuckerberg ‘considered spinning off Instagram over antitrust worries’

WhatsApp to message users about protecting themselves from scams

Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg gives evidence in US competition trial

Meta in antitrust trial that could force it to break off Instagram and WhatsApp
Mark Zuckerberg and other key Meta witnesses will give evidence throughout the trial.
Brian Witte and Barbara Ortutay, Associated Press

Meta says it will resume AI training with public content from European users

Meta faces landmark trial which could break up its tech empire

Trump’s commerce secretary says electronics tariff exemptions are temporary

Meta expands Instagram parental controls and brings them to Facebook

Meta and Pinterest understood to have made donations to Molly Russell charity

UFC and Meta joining forces in partnership

Meta fined by Turkey after refusal to restrict content on Facebook and Instagram

Majority oppose Meta’s rollback of safety rules, charity says

Meta starts testing facial recognition tools to combat ‘celeb-bait’ adverts

Albania’s former president arrested over alleged money laundering

Meta criticised over viral video left on Facebook that threatened LGBT people

Activist wins privacy case against Meta over personal data on sexual orientation

Film stars and sportspeople among those to share hoax ‘Goodbye Meta AI’ post

LinkedIn suspends training of AI models using UK user data

Instagram launches parental control for under-16 accounts by default

Competition watchdog accepts Meta ad data rule changes

Swinney accuses Musk of ‘reprehensible’ comments about Humza Yousaf

Swinney tells social media giants to take ‘immediate action’ on disinformation

People spreading hate online should have ‘nowhere to hide’, says minister

Meta agrees to 1.4 billion dollar settlement in lawsuit over facial recognition

Meta panel says deepfake policies need update amid controversy over nude images

State threat law watchdog calls for greater transparency from tech giants

Mark Zuckerberg says Threads social media app has 175m users

EU accuses Facebook owner Meta of breaking digital rule with paid ad-free option

Parties ramp up online ad spending as election reaches final stages

Meta seeks to train AI model on European data as it faces privacy concerns

Families of Uvalde victims sue Meta, video game maker and gun firm

Daily Mirror owner Reach sees another hit from social media news de-ranking

Hyundai i30 receives a new look for 2024

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