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It’s Meta Connect day, where Meta has provided a heap of updates on its latest technological advancements, including new Quest VR headsets, AR glasses, an updated Llama AI model, new gen AI options in its apps, and more. There’s a…

TikTok has followed Meta in removing several Russian state media outlets from its platform, due to the discovery that these profiles had been engaged in activity seeking to influence the U.S. election. Earlier in the month, Meta announced that it…

Here’s one for the dev folk out there. Meta has updated its developer resources, which are now split into three categories, in order to provide more focused assistance and guidance for system builders. Now, you’ll be able to access three…

With just six weeks to go till the U.S. presidential election, Meta has announced an expanded ban on Russian state media accounts, after recent investigations uncovered that Russia-based groups have been seeking to sway the opinions of U.S. voters. As…

Okay, there are now only 100 days till Christmas, which means that it’s time to finalize your holiday marketing plans, and get a firm outline in place to ensure that you get the most out of your end-of-year push. And…

Meta, Snapchat and TikTok are teaming up on a new initiative that’s designed to help detect and remove suicide and self-harm-related content, in order to reduce exposure among at-risk users. The new initiative, called “Thrive”, will be overseen by the…

Meta has announced the next steps in its third party messaging integration process for EU users, which will enable users of Messenger and WhatsApp to import chats from other apps. Back in March, Meta outlined how it was looking to…

Looking to use Reels as part of your holiday campaign push? You probably should be, Reels, across both Facebook and IG, are Meta’s fastest-growing content type, now driving over 200 billion views a day across the two platforms. Short-form video has…

Threads is taking its next steps into fediverse sharing this week, with likes and replies from people on other servers to be made available on Threads. A core element of Meta’s Threads experiment, the Threads team has been working to…

Okay, it’s worth clarifying a key talking point when it comes to social media “free speech” and the perceived interference of government agencies in what social media companies have allowed (and why) on their platforms. Today, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg…