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EU warns Meta it could be fined up to 6% of global turnover under the Digital Services Act for addictive Facebook/Instagram features and mandates mitigations, highlighting regulatory risk alongside Meta’s heavy AI compute investment.
Meta launches Muse Image AI image generator, sparking privacy and regulatory concerns over uses of public Instagram content and opt-out data practices.
Satirical Meta earnings-script arguing for heavy AI investment, ads-led monetization, and a compute-rental model to fund expansion, while candidly admitting past missteps around mobile, Reality Labs, and platform vs. ads.
WhatsApp is rolling out username reservations for its ~3 billion users, allowing contact via a username without sharing a phone number, with steps to reserve, edit, or delete and an optional four‑digit privacy key; full rollout is upcoming.
Meta will leverage data from other businesses to personalize Facebook and Instagram feeds and AI responses, expanding beyond ads while claiming no new data collection.
Court filings allege Meta downplayed child harms and hid safety issues, backed by internal docs and testimony in a sprawling multidistrict lawsuit against multiple social platforms.
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