This article has been reviewed according to Science X's editorial process and policies . Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content's credibility: Meta president of global affairs Nick Clegg says the Facebook parent is looking to improve the 'precision' with which it targets content for removal after admitting it may have overdone enforcement in the past. Meta on Tuesday said fears that artificial intelligence would unleash a torrent of misinformation to deceive voters aro ...

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At the start of the year, there were widespread concerns about how generative AI could be used to interfere in global elections to spread propaganda and disinformation. Fast forward to the end of the year, Meta claims those fears did not play out, at least on its platforms, as it shared that the technology had limited impact across Facebook, Instagram, and Threads.The company says its findings are based on content around major elections in the U.S., Bangladesh, Indonesia, India, Pakistan, the EU Parliament, ...

Meta has intervened to take down about 20 covert influence operations around the world this year, it has emerged – though the tech firm said fears of AI-fuelled fakery warping elections have not materialised in 2024.Nick Clegg, the president of global affairs at the company that runs Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, said Russia was still the No 1 source of the adversarial online activity but said in a briefing it was “striking” how little AI was used to try to trick voters in the busiest ever year for elec ...

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Social media giant Meta plans to lay down its own private undersea fiber optic internet cable that will extend around the world, according to a new report.Early next year, Meta — the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp — is expected to announce the plan to lay over 25,000 miles of fiber optic cables under the sea, which could cost more than $10 billion, sources close to the company told TechCrunch. 4 Meta plans to lay more than 25,000 miles of undersea fiber optic cables, according to a new ...

Meta is actively helping self-harm content to flourish on Instagram by failing to remove explicit images and encouraging those engaging with such content to befriend one another, according to a damning new study that found its moderation “extremely inadequate”.Danish researchers created a private self-harm network on the social media platform, including fake profiles of people as young as 13 years old, in which they shared 85 pieces of self-harm-related content gradually increasing in severity, including bl ...

Advertisement Meta plans a $10 billion global underwater cable project spanning 25,000 miles, TechCrunch reported.The project is reportedly in the early planning stages, though the exact route has not been announced.Meta aims for sole cable ownership of the cable, avoiding geopolitical tension areas like the Red Sea.Meta is reportedly planning to build a fiber-optic underwater cable that would traverse the globe, TechCrunch reported.Sources close to Meta, which owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, said ...

Meta, the parent of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, is the second-biggest driver of internet usage globally. Its properties — and their billions of users — account for 10% of all fixed and 22% of all mobile traffic. Meta’s investments into artificial intelligence stand to boost that usage even further. So to make sure it will have reliable infrastructure to support that business, Meta is taking the pipes into its own hands.TechCrunch has confirmed with sources close to the company that Meta plans to buil ...