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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. sues Meta, citing chatbot’s reply as evidence of shadowban

arstechnica.com

Presidential candidate believes Meta’s chatbot can reliably reveal shadowbans.

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EU investigating Meta over addictive effects of Facebook, Instagram on children

thehill.com

The European Union is investigating Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, over the potentially addictive effects of its platforms on children. The bloc’s executive arm, the European Commission, opened “formal proceedings”…

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Meta Tests TweetDeck Style Layout for Threads on Web

A new way to track Threads discussions in real time.

EU Commission Launches Investigation Into Meta Over DSA Compliance

EU officials will examine whether Meta is doing enough to protect minors in its apps.

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David Tepper Bullish On China: Alibaba Now No. 1 Holding, Trimmed Stakes In Nvidia, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta, Google

www.benzinga.com

David Tepper, billionaire hedge fund manager, bullish on China. Trimmed stakes in U.S. tech giants, added Alibaba, along with other China-based companies.

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Meta's Threads gets its own Tweetdeck clone

www.engadget.com

The web version of Threads could soon be much more useful. Meta is starting to test custom Tweetdeck-like feeds that will allow users to track multiple topics, searches and accounts in a single view.

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With the end of Workplace, it’s fair to wonder if Meta was ever serious about the enterprise

techcrunch.com

Meta, the parent company of Facebook, launched an enterprise version of the prominent social network in 2015. It always seemed like a stretch for a company built on a consumer product that made most of its money from ads, making a go of it…

Carbon pricing works, major meta-study finds

phys.org

Between 5 and 21% emission reductions: this is the empirically measured effect of carbon pricing systems in their first few years of operation. A research team now identifies these findings for 17 real-world climate policies around the…

Meta Threads is testing pinned columns on the web, similar to the old TweetDeck

techcrunch.com

X, formerly Twitter, turned TweetDeck into X Pro and pushed it behind a paywall. But there is a new column-based social media tool in the town, and it’s from Instagram Threads. Mark Zuckerberg announced today that the social network is…

Meta starts testing TweetDeck-style customizable feeds on Threads that are stacked in a column interface on the web, available to selected users (Tom Warren/The Verge)

www.techmeme.com

Meta starts testing TweetDeck-style customizable feeds on Threads that are stacked in a column interface on the web, available to selected users — Meta is starting to test a TweetDeck-like experience for Threads today. It will allow…

Instagram parent Meta hit with online child safety probe in Europe

nypost.com

The European Commission is probing whether Meta is in violation of the Digital Services Act – a sweeping law that took effect last year and requires Big Tech firms to police content on their platforms.

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Meta Faces EU Investigation Over Child Safety Concerns: Report

www.benzinga.com

Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ:META), the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, is under scrutiny by EU regulators for potential violations of online content rules related to child safety.

EU probes Meta over its provisions for protecting children

www.theregister.com

Has social media biz done enough to comply with Digital Services Act? Maybe not

EU launched a formal probe into Meta over child protection

www.gizchina.com

The European Commission has taken a significant step by initiating a formal investigation into Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, over concerns related ...

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EU Launches Probe into Meta’s Child Safety Practices on Facebook and Instagram

www.gizmochina.com

The European Union (EU) is cracking down on Meta (formerly Facebook) with a formal investigation into its handling of child safety on Facebook and Instagram. Announced on Thursday, the probe centers on concerns that Meta’s platforms may be…

EU Launches Probe Into Meta's Facebook, Instagram Over Being Too Addictive for Children

www.techtimes.com

The European Union is investigating Meta, parent company of Facebook and Instagram, for potential violations of child protection laws.

Market Clubhouse Morning Memo - May 16th, 2024 (Trade Strategy For SPY, QQQ, AAPL, MSFT, NVDA, GOOGL, META And TSLA)

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Good Morning Traders! In today's Market Clubhouse Morning Memo, we will discuss SPY, QQQ, AAPL, MSFT, NVDA, GOOGL, META, and TSLA.

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Elon Musk Reacts After Doge Designer Says Meta 'Would Be Trillionaires By Now' If They Had A Dollar For Every Child Safety Investigation

www.benzinga.com

Tesla Inc. CEO Elon Musk laughed at a post by a user about a fresh investigation into Meta Platforms Inc. (NASDAQ:META) over child safety concerns.

Concerns over addicted kids spur probe into Meta and its use of dark patterns

arstechnica.com

EU is concerned Meta isn't doing enough to protect children using its apps.