WhatsApp’s Phone Number Privacy Feature for Communities Reportedly Rolling Out to Android, iOS Beta Testers

WhatsApp’s Phone Number Privacy Feature for Communities Reportedly Rolling Out to Android, iOS Beta Testers

WhatsApp is reportedly rolling out a new privacy-focused feature for community members. The new functionality previously said to be in testing would let users hide their phone numbers while joining a community. The feature called “phone number privacy”, is reportedly available to all Android and iOS beta testers. With this,…

ChatGPT Creator OpenAI and Meta Face Lawsuits From Sarah Silverman, Authors Over Alleged Copyright Infringement

ChatGPT Creator OpenAI and Meta Face Lawsuits From Sarah Silverman, Authors Over Alleged Copyright Infringement

Comedian Sarah Silverman and two authors have filed copyright infringement lawsuits against Meta Platforms and OpenAI for allegedly using their content without permission to train artificial intelligence language models. The proposed class action lawsuits filed by Silverman, Richard Kadrey and Christopher Golden in San Francisco federal court Friday allege Facebook…

Threads App Sees Over 50 Million Users Sign Up Within a Day as Instagram’s Competition With Twitter Heats Up

Threads App Sees Over 50 Million Users Sign Up Within a Day as Instagram’s Competition With Twitter Heats Up

Threads, the new “Twitter Killer” app from Meta that was launched on Thursday, now has 50 million users — just over 24 hours since the app was rolled out. The text-based microblogging service is closely tied to Meta’s popular photo and video sharing service, Instagram. While the brisk rise of…

Facebook Acted on Only 27 Percent of User Complaints in May in India as Grievances Surged to 16,995

Facebook Acted on Only 27 Percent of User Complaints in May in India as Grievances Surged to 16,995

Social media giant Meta’s Facebook took action against only around 27 percent of complaints it received from users and Instagram against less than half of total grievances raised by users in May 2023, according to the company’s latest India Monthly Report. Individual grievances on Facebook more than doubled to 16,995…

Draft EU Artificial Intelligence Rules Could Hurt Europe

Draft EU Artificial Intelligence Rules Could Hurt Europe

The proposed EU Artificial Intelligence legislation would jeopardise Europe’s competitiveness and technological sovereignty, according to an open letter signed by more than 160 executives at companies ranging from Renault to Meta. EU lawmakers agreed to a set of draft rules this month where systems like ChatGPT would have to disclose…

Meta, Google Advised in Vietnam to Use AI to Detect Toxic Content on Social Media: Report

Meta, Google Advised in Vietnam to Use AI to Detect Toxic Content on Social Media: Report

Vietnam has told cross-border social platforms to use artificial intelligence (AI) models that can detect and remove “toxic” content automatically, the latest requirement in its stringent regime for social media firms, state media reported on Friday. Vietnam has repeatedly asked companies like Meta‘s Facebook, Google‘s YouTube and TikTok to coordinate…