Tag: meta
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Media Monitor: Meta, Google and TikTok Sue California Over Under-16 Feed Law
The Rundown reports Meta, Google and TikTok filed federal lawsuits to block California's AB 1709, which bars autoplay and algorithmic feeds for users under 16 starting Jan. 1, 2027.
Science & TechnologyBusinessLaw EnforcementMediaLegalComputers and InternetArtificial IntelligenceSocial IssuesEconomy MetaGoogleTikTokCalifornia AB 1709Tesla CybertruckWyoming data centerSony WalkmanThe Rundown
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Democrats win Senate and House as Trump and Vance concede Iran war cost Republicans
Vance's remarks blaming the war Trump launched raised questions about whether he was assigning blame to the president, while a senior Democrat vowed to end tariffs on allies including Canada.
Politics and GovernmentLaw EnforcementHealthEntertainmentSportScience & TechnologyElectionCongressWhite HouseTradeMilitaryAstronomy and SpaceTransportationSocial IssuesCanadaUSAAustraliaDemocratic PartyRepublican PartyEconomyArtificial Intelligence JD VanceU.S. midterm electionsIran warBritish Columbia bus crashTrump tariffsAfghan study permitsJimmy KimmelCBC PoliticsCanadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)U.S. midtermsDemocratsDonald TrumpChuck SchumerTexasMetaABC News AMTexas Senate raceMeta AI data
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Media Monitor: Meta builds chore-performing humanoid, Walmart commits $6B to warehouse robots
The Rundown Robotics reports Meta built a five-foot humanoid called Max in three months with Chinese firm Fourier, while Walmart is putting $6 billion more behind Symbotic warehouse automation.
Science & TechnologyBusinessRoboticsArtificial IntelligenceComputers and InternetTransportationEconomy Metahumanoid robotsWalmartSymboticWaymoToyotaOKAThe Rundown Robotics
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EPIC, League of Women Voters and LULAC Sue Trump-Vance Administration Over Secret Voter Records Database
Privacy and voting rights groups challenge what they call a secretive, unlawful DHS effort to compile sensitive personal information on millions of American voters into a nationwide database.
Politics and GovernmentScience & TechnologyLaw EnforcementLegalArtificial IntelligenceComputers and InternetElectionFederal Government EPICLeague of Women VotersLeague of United Latin American Citizensvoter records lawsuitDepartment of Homeland SecurityMetaCambridge Analytica
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WSJ Opinion Weighs Netanyahu's Future, Kagan on Gerrymandering and GOP Races
The Journal's editorial board says a stalemate in Israel's election could let Netanyahu stay in power to finish the job in Iran.
Politics and GovernmentMediaLaw EnforcementIsraelFranceUSAGeneral PoliticsElectionCongressLegalSocial IssuesMedia BiasBusinessArtificial Intelligence Benjamin NetanyahuIsrael electionElena KagangerrymanderingDick DurbinRoger MarshallVivek RamaswamyWall Street Journal Editorial BoardWall Street JournalMetaNew MexicoSocial SecurityMedicaid fraudMarine Le Pen
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Media Monitor: TIME Health Examines Social Comparison, an Experimental Melanoma Vaccine and a Dentist's Halloween Display
TIME Health reports on a Harvard psychiatrist's essay about social comparison, a Meta settlement limiting likes for minors, a melanoma vaccine that cut recurrence by 42%, and a dentist's Halloween decor.
HealthScience & TechnologyMediaMedical ScienceComputers and InternetSocial Issues TIME Healthsocial comparisonAshwini NadkarniMetamelanoma vaccineHalloweenLilya Horowitz
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New Mexico judge orders Meta to pay $25 billion in Cambridge Analytica privacy case
Judge Francis Mathew cut a potential $219.5 billion penalty after jurors found nearly 44 million violations of state consumer-protection law.
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Media Monitor: TIME reports Meta's Muse AI draws older users, Michigan Senate debate turns testy, and Ukraine drone rescue
TIME reports Meta's Muse AI is popular with older adults, raising privacy concerns; Michigan's Senate debate turns testy over faith; and Ukraine's military used a drone to rescue a wounded soldier.
Politics and GovernmentScience & TechnologyHealthUSAElectionArtificial IntelligenceComputers and InternetGeneral PoliticsCongress MetaMuse AIolder adultsdata privacyAbdul El-SayedMike RogersMichigan Senate raceUkraine drone rescueDonald TrumpTIME magazine
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Media Monitor: Poynter reports FCC chair's 'fake polls' warning, $25B Meta penalty and Alaska newsroom collaboration
Poynter reports FCC Chair Brendan Carr warned broadcasters about airing "fake polls," a New Mexico judge ordered Meta to pay $25 billion, and Alaska newsrooms are collaborating ahead of the midterms.
MediaPolitics and GovernmentLaw EnforcementScience & TechnologyMedia BiasMedia CrisisElectionFederal GovernmentLegalComputers and Internet Brendan CarrFederal Communications CommissionWedgewood PollsMetaCambridge AnalyticaChristianity TodayAlaska midterm electionsPoynter.org
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Eight States Sue OpenAI, Alleging ChatGPT Harms Teens
Attorneys general in eight states sued OpenAI, alleging ChatGPT coaches users including teenagers to harm themselves and others, using a consumer protection playbook that won $942 million from Meta.
Science & TechnologyLaw EnforcementBusinessLegalArtificial IntelligenceSocial IssuesComputers and InternetMedia OpenAIChatGPTProduct RecallMetaNew MexicoBrenna BirdConsumer ProtectionThe Platformer
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Media Monitor: TIME Reports Meta's Muse AI Builds User Dossiers, Trump Denaturalization Push, Cornell Fraternity Lawsuit
TIME reports Meta's Muse AI agent compiles detailed dossiers on millions of users, the Justice Department seeks to denaturalize 40 citizens, and a Cornell fraternity lawsuit fuels calls for reform.
Law EnforcementEducationScience & TechnologyPolitics and GovernmentLegalArtificial IntelligenceSocial IssuesEurope MetaMuse AIdenaturalizationDepartment of JusticeCornell UniversityfraternitiesTIME magazine
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Media Monitor: Check My Ads Launches Campaign Pressing Platforms to Curb Online Scams
Check My Ads is reporting it has launched a campaign with other NGOs urging platforms to adopt advertiser verification rules, citing Reuters figures on scam ad profits.
Science & TechnologyBusinessLaw EnforcementMediaUSAComputers and InternetArtificial IntelligenceSocial IssuesLegal Check My Adsonline scamsUnited To Stop Online ScamsSAFE Platforms ActKnow-Your-CustomerMetaNational Day of Action
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Media Monitor: OpenAI Shelves AI Model Over Safety Concerns as SpaceX's Starship Reaches Orbit
MIT Technology Review's daily newsletter reports OpenAI scrapped a new model over safety concerns, SpaceX's Starship reached orbit for the first time, and the FBI assumes hackers stole employee data.
Science & TechnologyBusinessHealthUSAArtificial IntelligenceAstronomy and SpaceComputers and InternetClimate ChangeMedical ScienceLaw Enforcement OpenAISpaceX StarshipFBIAnthropicDonald Trumpartificial intelligence safetyMetaMIT Technology ReviewMITsciencetechnology
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Media Monitor: Meta Unveils Muse Hardware Push, Google Tests AI Chips in Orbit
The Rundown AI reports Meta's Connect 2026 event centered on its viral Muse agent, including a new keychain device called Charm and AI glasses integrations, while Google announced plans to send AI chips to space.
Science & TechnologyBusinessComputers and InternetArtificial IntelligenceAstronomy and SpaceMedia MetaMuseMark ZuckerbergGoogleProject SuncatcherAI chipsThe Rundown AI
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Meta Bets Its Future on Muse as Zuckerberg Pitches Personal Superintelligence
Meta unveils Muse as the centerpiece of its vision, alongside the Muse Charm wearable and new VR Glasses, as capital spending is set to exceed cumulative Reality Labs losses.
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Media Monitor: Lawmaker Moves to End Border Surveillance Tower Program After Investigation
MIT Technology Review reports Rep. Delia Ramirez plans legislation to terminate the southern border surveillance tower program, citing its investigation into deaths near the towers.
Politics and GovernmentScience & TechnologyBusinessHealthLaw EnforcementUSAAustraliaChinaGeneral PoliticsCongressArtificial IntelligenceComputers and InternetEnvironmentClimate ChangeAstronomy and SpaceLegalFederal Government MIT Technology ReviewDelia Ramirezborder surveillance towerssouthern borderOpenAIMetaMITsciencetechnology
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Media Monitor: MIT Technology Review Warns of AI Hype, Tracks Global AI Oversight Push and Data Center Rules
MIT Technology Review is reporting that AI hype is outpacing reality, while 22 nations seek a global AI oversight body and Texas and California move to rein in data centers.
Science & TechnologyBusinessHealthPolitics and GovernmentArtificial IntelligenceComputers and InternetFinancial MarketsMedical ScienceEnvironmentClimate ChangeEnergyAstronomy and SpaceFederal GovernmentLegal MIT Technology ReviewAI regulationdata centersAMDMetabiomedical researchMITsciencetechnology
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Media Monitor: Meta's Next Smart Glasses May Drop the Camera, OpenAI Funds Biology Data, and Scientists Grow Human Cortex in Mice
The Rundown reports Meta may remove the camera from its next smart glasses, OpenAI's foundation is funding biology datasets, and Stanford scientists grew a human cortex inside mice.
Science & TechnologyHealthBusinessUSAArtificial IntelligenceMedical ScienceComputers and InternetEconomy Metasmart glassesOpenAIStanford UniversityGLP-1 drugsbiotechnologyThe Rundown
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Media Monitor: Check My Ads Reports on Meta's Teen Safety Push, Ad Automation and Data Surveillance Risks
Check My Ads is reporting that Meta is pressing TikTok and YouTube to match its new teen protections after an $18 billion settlement, while also moving toward fully automated ad campaigns and facing scrutiny over advertising data surveillance.
Science & TechnologyBusinessMediaLaw EnforcementLegalSocial IssuesComputers and InternetArtificial IntelligenceMedia Bias MetaTikTokYouTubeteen safetyadvertising IDsreal time biddingCommittee to Protect JournalistsCheck My Ads
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Media Monitor: MIT Technology Review Examines AI's Trillion-Dollar Buildout, OpenAI Biology Data Push
MIT Technology Review reports on the economics of the AI data center boom, an OpenAI Foundation effort to fund biology datasets, and tech leaders rejecting calls for an AI slowdown.
Science & TechnologyBusinessHealthPolitics and GovernmentArtificial IntelligenceComputers and InternetFinancial MarketsMedical ScienceFederal GovernmentLegal MIT Technology ReviewOpenAI FoundationNvidiaMetacryptocurrencybiotechnologyMITsciencetechnology
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Media Monitor: Newsweek Reports on Meta Settlement, Food Safety, Trump's Diplomacy, Wrongful Conviction, and Press Freedom
Newsweek reports on Meta's $16.68 billion child-safety settlement, a Cyclospora outbreak, Donald Trump's diplomacy with North Korea, a wrongful death row conviction, and a lawsuit challenging Stars and Stripes' independence from the Pentagon.
Politics and GovernmentBusinessScience & TechnologyHealthWorldEconomyComputers and InternetSocial IssuesAsiaLegalElection MetaSocial MediaChild SafetyCyclosporaFood SafetyDonald TrumpPress FreedomNewsweek
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Media Monitor: Cornell Chronicle Reports on Research, Campus News, and Student Innovations
The Cornell Chronicle is reporting on new research, campus leadership changes, student entrepreneurial efforts, and a professor's comments on Meta's settlement.
Science & TechnologyHealthBusinessMediaComputers and InternetMedical ScienceAstronomy and SpaceEconomyEducation Cornell UniversityResearch MattersBiotechnologyExoplanetsImmunotherapyMathGPTMetaCornell Chronicle
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Media Monitor: PolitiFact Debunks Measles-Immigration Link, Reports on Meta Settlement for Teen Health
PolitiFact reports that Rep. Byron Donalds' claim linking measles outbreaks to illegal immigration is false, citing vaccination decline as the cause. It also details Meta's $17.1 billion settlement with states over social media's impact on teen health.
Politics and GovernmentHealthBusinessMediaGeneral PoliticsState GovernmentsSocial IssuesComputers and InternetLegalMedical Science Byron DonaldsMeaslesIllegal ImmigrationMetaSocial MediaTeen HealthLegal SettlementPolitiFact's Ellen Hine
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Former Meta Executive Clara Shih Launches Nonprofit to Combat AI Job Displacement
Former Meta and Salesforce executive Clara Shih launched the New Work Foundation to address AI's impact on entry-level jobs, after witnessing AI agents displace multiple roles in product development, prompting her departure from Big Tech.
Science & TechnologyBusinessArtificial IntelligenceComputers and InternetEmployment and LaborEconomyEducationSocial Issues Clara ShihAIJob DisplacementNew Work FoundationMetaSalesforceEntry-Level JobsThe Platformer
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Media Monitor: Meta Reaches $18 Billion Settlement Over Child Safety; TCU Bans Newspaper; ESPN Removes College Football Ticker
Poynter reports Meta's $18 billion settlement with states to protect children on social media, prompting platform changes. TCU football banned the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, while ESPN removed its college football ticker. Poynter also noted the passing of Pulitzer-winning photographer Sal…
BusinessMediaPolitics and GovernmentSportComputers and InternetLegalSocial IssuesGeneral PoliticsDigital and Print PublishingFilm and TV MetaSocial MediaChild SafetyTCU FootballFort Worth Star-TelegramJournalismESPNPoynter.org
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Media Monitor: Wall Street Journal Editorial Board on Meta Settlement, Cancer Drug, and State Politics
The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board reports on Meta's settlement, a new pancreatic cancer drug, Alaska's ranked-choice voting issues, and the benefits of Texas's school choice program for lower-income families.
Politics and GovernmentHealthScience & TechnologyEntertainmentGeneral PoliticsEducationMedical ScienceArtificial IntelligenceFilm and TV MetaSocial MediaPancreatic CancerFDAAlaskaRanked-Choice VotingSchool ChoiceWall Street Journal Editorial Board
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Meta Reaches $17.1 Billion Settlement Over Child Safety on Facebook and Instagram
Meta settles for up to $17.1 billion with U.S. states over child safety failures on Facebook and Instagram, mandating screen time limits and default safety features for teens.
Politics and GovernmentHealthBusinessScience & TechnologyState GovernmentsLegalComputers and InternetArtificial IntelligenceSocial Issues MetaFacebookInstagramChild SafetySettlementLawsuitsSocial MediaThe Platformer
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Media Monitor: Meta Faces Billions in Payments, Platform Changes Over Child Safety Allegations
The Center for Countering Digital Hate reports Meta faces a $17.1 billion settlement and platform changes due to allegations its Facebook and Instagram platforms harmed children and teens.
BusinessLaw EnforcementScience & TechnologyLegalSocial IssuesComputers and Internet MetaFacebookInstagramChildrenTeensOnline SafetyLegal SettlementThe Center for Countering Digital Hate
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New Jersey Governor Hails Historic Meta Settlement for Child Safety
Governor Mikie Sherrill celebrates a historic multistate settlement with Meta, emphasizing new safety features for children online. New Jersey will receive over $500 million to combat addictive algorithms and protect youth from Big Tech's influence.
Politics and GovernmentBusinessHealthMediaState GovernmentsComputers and InternetSocial IssuesLegalEconomy Mikie SherrillNew JerseyMetaMultistate SettlementChildren's Mental HealthOnline SafetyBig TechOffice of New Jersey Governor
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Media Monitor: USA TODAY reports on Trump aide Natalie Harp, Disney lawsuit, Iran talks, and Meta lawsuit
USA TODAY is reporting on President Donald Trump's aide Natalie Harp, Disney's lawsuit against the FCC, a stalemate in Iran peace talks, and a multi-state lawsuit against Meta over teen addiction.
Politics and GovernmentEntertainmentLaw EnforcementWorldGeneral PoliticsFederal GovernmentLegalFilm and TVSportMiddle East Donald TrumpNatalie HarpDisneyMetaTupac ShakurMLBPoliticsUSA TODAY Daily Briefing