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Meta wants AI characters to fill up Facebook and Instagram 'kind of in the same way accounts do,' but also had to delete a humiliating first run of its official bots

www.pcgamer.com

The conspiratorial "dead internet theory"—that most online activity is just a haze of self-perpetuating algorithmic noise⁠—is not true, yet, but it sure seems like some people really want to get us there as quickly as possible. As reported…

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Mark Zuckerberg Wants to Flood Your Facebook Feed with AI 'Friends'

www.breitbart.com

Mark Zuckerberg's Meta is betting heavily on AI to drive user engagement on its social media platforms in the coming years. The company envisions human users engaging and sharing content with AI just like they do with friends and family on…

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I was desperate for a baby – I turned to Facebook for sperm

metro.co.uk

Our family is as legitimate as any other family, and I want him to feel secure about that.

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Meta Trashes Hundreds of AI-Generated Profiles From Facebook and Instagram

While AI is appreciated in many sectors, that’s not the case with the popular tech generating false and misleading information. This is why Meta is trashing hundreds of profiles found on its Instagram and Facebook apps. The news comes…

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Meta's Facebook, Instagram Ads Promote Illegal Gun Silencers: Report

www.benzinga.com

Ads promoting fuel filters as gun silencers on Meta's Facebook and Instagram violate policies, but persist due to complex networks and tactics.

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Meta is killing off its own AI-powered Instagram and Facebook profiles

www.theguardian.com

Instagram profile of ‘proud Black queer momma’, created by Meta, said her development team included no Black people

Boost Your Facebook Engagement: Key Insights from 2025 Benchmarks

Socialinsider’s 2025 Facebook Benchmarks study shows key tactics and content performance insights that can make your brand stand out to generate engagement and traffic. Right now, the average engagement rate on Facebook is 0.15% and if you…

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Instagram and Facebook Delete Experimental AI Accounts After Backlash

Meta says the chatbot profiles were part of a test launched in 2023

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After backlash, Meta says newly viral AI profiles on Facebook and Instagram were created in 2023 in "an early experiment", and it is deleting the profiles (Jason Koebler/404 Media)

www.techmeme.com

After backlash, Meta says newly viral AI profiles on Facebook and Instagram were created in 2023 in “an early experiment”, and it is deleting the profiles — Earlier this week, Meta executive Connor Hayes told the Financial Times that the…

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Meta’s AI Profiles Are Already Polluting Instagram and Facebook With Slop

gizmodo.com

Hollow-eyed insincere robot posters are already flooding Meta's sites and they're everything we dreaded.

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Nick Clegg has sold almost $19m in Meta shares since joining Facebook in 2018

www.theguardian.com

Former UK deputy prime minister, who still has about $21m worth, is leaving role as president of global affairs

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Push Gun Silencers Facebook and Instagram Ads Disguised as Car Parts

eminetra.com

Experts believe that the operation is based in China and depends on the shipping scheme. “It’s probably just reshippers selling controversial or illegal products,” said Zach Edwards, senior threat researcher at cybersecurity firm Silent…

Facebook and Instagram Ads Push Gun Silencers Disguised as Car Parts

www.wired.com

A network of Facebook pages has been advertising “fuel filters” that are actually meant to be used as silencers, which are heavily regulated by US law. Even US military officials are concerned.

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Meta Opens Floodgates On AI-Generated Accounts On Facebook, Instagram

www.forbes.com

AI-generated user accounts are the new normal for Instagram and Facebook parent, Meta. Here's how AI influencers and artificial accounts are evolving.

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New Orleans terrorist Shamsud-Din Jabbar pledged allegiance to ISIS in chilling Facebook videos recorded just hours before attack

nypost.com

The ISIS-inspired terrorist who mowed down a crowd of New Year's Eve revelers on Bourbon Street drove from Houston to New Orleans recording deranged Facebook videos confessing his thirst to kill and pledging allegiance to the Islamic…