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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…

Thursday, Jan 2

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Aussie cricket star's parents go viral with heartwarming Facebook request as their son gets ready for Test debut

www.dailymail.co.uk

The parents of Australian cricket star Beau Webster have gone viral following a public call-to-arms ahead of the all-rounder's Test debut against India at the SCG on Friday.

Nick Clegg leaves top job at Meta as he’s replaced by Republican adviser after overseeing Trump’s ban from Facebook

www.thesun.co.uk

NICK Clegg has left his top job at Meta weeks before Donald Trump becomes President.

Nick Clegg leaves top job at Meta as he’s replaced by Republican adviser after overseeing Trump’s ban from Facebook

www.the-sun.com

NICK Clegg has left his top job at Meta weeks before Donald Trump becomes President.

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Nick Clegg leaves top Facebook job after ‘adventure of a lifetime’

He said he will be moving on to a new adventure

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Nick Clegg OUT at Facebook owner Meta - and replaced by one of Donald Trump's Republican allies

www.dailymail.co.uk

Nick Clegg is set to be ousted as Meta's President of Global Affairs and replaced with a Republican ahead of Donald Trump's inauguration this month.