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Meta rolls out Teen Accounts on Facebook and Messenger globally

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Meta announced on Thursday that its Teen Accounts are now being expanded to teens on Facebook and Messenger globally, after initially only being available to users in the U.S., U.K., Australia, and Canada. The accounts, which feature built-in protections and parental controls for younger users, first launched on Instagram last fall. Teen Accounts were originally […]

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Zuckerberg: AI increased the time spent on Facebook and Instagram in Q2

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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg credited AI with driving up the time users spent on the company’s apps in the second quarter. While consumers are increasingly complaining about the prevalence of “AI slop” — or low-quality AI-generated content flooding social apps — Meta says that AI systems are getting better at helping users connect with recommended

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Meta introduces restricted Teen Accounts to Facebook and Messenger

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Meta is introducing Teen Accounts to Facebook and Messenger. The feature, which automatically enrolls young users into an app experience with built-in protections, will be available on these platforms in the U.S., U.K., Australia, and Canada before expanding to additional regions in the future. Teen Accounts first rolled out to Instagram last September after Instagram

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Meta will let third-party apps place calls to WhatsApp and Messenger users — in 2027

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Meta on Friday published an update on how it plans to comply with the Digital Markets Act (DMA), the European law that aims to promote competition in digital marketplaces, where the law concerns the company’s messaging apps, Messenger and WhatsApp. As Meta notes in a blog post, the DMA requires that it provide an option

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