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A California jury has found Meta and YouTube liable in a landmark case holding social media platforms responsible for harm to children. The plaintiff, a 20-year-old woman, argued that her childhood use of Instagram and YouTube led to addiction and worsened her mental health.
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US President Donald Trump hosted top tech leaders, including Sundar Pichai and Satya Nadella, at the White House, praising their innovation and investment. Discussions focused on AI, U.S. leadership in technology, and multi-billion-dollar commitments from major tech firms
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Elon Musk has announced XChat, a new messaging platform offering end-to-end encryption, file sharing, and audio-video calls. Built on Rust with Bitcoin-style encryption, XChat is currently in beta testing and is expected to rival WhatsApp upon its official launch.
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Zuckerberg took the stand for the third day in the trial, wrapping up his testimony as the first witness Wednesday afternoon. He took questions from Meta attorney Mark Hansen, who has argued that his client hardly has a monopoly in social media, as the FTC claims, and still faces stiff global competition.
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The lawsuit was filed against Meta — then Facebook — in 2020, during Trump’s first term. It claims the company bought Instagram and WhatsApp to squash competition and establish illegal monopoly in social media market
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CEO Mark Zuckerberg expects 2025 to “be the year when a highly intelligent and personalised AI assistant reaches more than 1 billion people”
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Appearing on the Joe Rogan podcast, Zuckerberg said 2024 was the big election year around the world and in a lot of countries like India, the incumbents lost the polls
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The overhauling of content-moderation policy signals that the social media giant is entering a more partisan political era
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Meta's fact-checking programme also served as a backbone to global efforts to fight misinformation on other social media platforms
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The donation comes just weeks after Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg met with Trump privately at Mar-a-Lago. A Meta spokesperson confirmed the offering Thursday. The news was first reported by The Wall Street Journal.
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Meta did not immediately comment on how many employees were impacted in the latest round of job cuts.
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In the Q2 earnings call, Zuckerberg highlighted promising signs of improved retention and engagement on WhatsApp, noting that India has become Meta's largest market for AI usage
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Meta reported that over 50% of WhatsApp users own iPhones.
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Shifting focus from perfection to progress allows one to see what is working rather than feeling discouraged by the failure
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During an earnings call with analysts, Meta's Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg highlighted that Instagram, reels, and video content remain key drivers of engagement. He noted that reels alone now constitute 50 percent of the time spent within the app.
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The talk of the much-anticipated cage fight initially started when Musk in June last year replied to a tweet about the news that Meta was releasing a Twitter (now X) competitor.
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"Now you can simply choose a date and skip to all messages sent from that date onwards," the company said.
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In January, Facebook received 29,548 reports through the Indian grievance mechanism, and said that it provided tools for users to resolve their issues in 21,060 cases.
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Zuckerberg had a luncheon with Cho and other senior officials from the South Korean electronics giant in Seoul.
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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that the new features are aimed at allowing users to refine their messages on the platform.
