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: Credit: Julio Lopez from Pexels Brazil was on Tuesday analyzing a response from social media giant Meta which had been given a 72-hour deadline to explain its fact-checking policy for the country. The Attorney General's office (AGU) said in a statement that Meta had responded within the deadline after a threat of "legal and ju ...

Stock buyers looking for hot investing trends to take advantage of are likely aware that artificial intelligence (AI) has been the top trending sector over the past couple of years. However, finding pure-play AI stocks that are worth buying has been tougher because doing AI well involves significant financial resources. More often, the top AI investments have been tech companies with AI segments that are just a part of a broader business. One of these AI-adjacent companies that appears unstoppable is Meta P ...

Meta Platforms (META -1.22%) received some discouraging news from the highest court in our land Monday, and investors reacted accordingly. They traded the bellwether social media stock down by more than 1% after digesting the legal headlines, on a day when the S&P 500 index closed in positive territory with a 0.2% bump higher.SCOTUS says noThe news came from no less an entity than the U.S. Supreme Court, which declined Meta's request to essentially duck a large class action lawsuit by the company's advertis ...

Adam Mosseri, the head of Meta's Instagram, said on Monday that the app will focus on prioritizing original and creative content in its algorithmic rankings in 2025.His comments came in a video Mosseri posted outlining Instagram's priorities for the year, which include improving social connections for users."Instagram was really founded on the idea of allowing anybody to share something creative that they were proud to share," Mosseri said in the video, which was posted on Instagram and Meta's Threads micro ...

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: Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and other services has announced it will discontinue its third-party factchecking programs, starting in the US. Journalists and anti-hate speech activists have criticized the decision as an attempt to curry favor with the incoming US pre ...

President-elect Trump should push back on efforts in Europe and other countries to crack down on the US tech industry, according to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg.Zuckerberg, who has scrambled to ingratiate himself with Trump since the president-elect’s win in the 2024 presidential election, made the case for stronger government support during an appearance on “The Joe Rogan Experience” podcast last Friday.“I think it’s a strategic advantage for the United States that we have a lot of the strongest companies in t ...

Meta's Strategic Shift Towards Trump and Republicans - Meta is pivoting its moderation policies to allow more "free expression," widely viewed as an effort to appease President-elect Donald Trump [1] - Meta has taken numerous public steps to make amends with Trump since his election victory, including donating $1 million to his inaugural fund [5] - Meta is replacing key executives with individuals who have strong ties to the Republican Party, such as Joel Kaplan, who was a White House deputy chief of staff under George W Bush [10] Content Moderation and Policy Changes - Meta will end third-party fact-checking, remove restrictions on topics like immigration and gender identity, and bring political content back to users' feeds [9] - The company is shutting down several internal programs related to diversity and inclusion in its hiring process, seen as another Trump-friendly move [5] - Meta's new content-moderation guidelines will allow offensive rhetoric, including statements like "Migrants are no better than vomit" [26] AI and Regulatory Environment - Meta is positioning itself as a key player in artificial intelligence and recognizes the need for White House support to build data centers and pursue policies that align with its AI ambitions [2] - The company hopes for more relaxed AI regulations in the US compared to the EU, where harsh restrictions have prevented the release of advanced AI technologies [7] - Meta needs massive data centers and cutting-edge computer chips to train and run its advanced AI models [7] Internal and External Reactions - Meta's policy changes have faced backlash from employees, with some criticizing the company for absolving itself of its responsibility to create a safe platform [18] - Former Facebook vice president Brian Boland described Meta's actions as "deeply ironic," especially after his post criticizing the company was taken down by Meta's content moderation system [23][24] - Meta's civic integrity and trust and safety teams were significantly affected by layoffs, reducing internal friction for Zuckerberg when making broad policy changes [11] Historical Context and Future Outlook - Meta typically undergoes major "recalibrations" after prominent US elections, adjusting its policies based on the political landscape [12] - Following the 2020 election, Meta took a harder stand on Covid-19 content, which appeased the Biden administration but drew criticism from Republicans [13] - Zuckerberg has been dragged to Washington eight times to testify before congressional committees and wants to be perceived as someone who can work with Trump and the Republican Party [26] Security and Threats - Meta spends $14 million annually on providing personal security for Zuckerberg and his family, with security teams analyzing any threats or perceived threats against the CEO [16] - Meta's security teams have analyzed how Trump could weaponize the Justice Department and intelligence agencies against Zuckerberg [20]

In 2025, generative artificial intelligence (AI) models will become much more useful because many of the companies involved with building them have started to develop agentic AI. This is the next phase, and it basically involves AI agents acting like people.While generative AI can be a useful tool on its own, these agents can do things autonomously, providing immense value to their users. One company leading the way in this field is Meta Platforms (META 0.84%), which powers its agents with its Cicero techno ...

Shares of Meta Platforms (META 0.84%) soared last year as the "Magnificent Seven" stock cracked the trillion-dollar mark once again.Like other tech stocks, Meta Platforms jumped on the broader AI boom as it experienced a resurgence in advertising revenue and moved past its earlier metaverse misstep.According to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence, the stock jumped 65% last month. As you can see from the chart below, the stock jumped early in the year on a strong earnings report, and though it swung up ...

The social media giant got a triple dose of news.Despite the market's dour mood on Friday, shares of Meta Platforms (META 0.84%) rallied, gaining as much as 3.1%. As of 3:03 p.m. ET, the stock was still up 1.9%.It was not one catalyst that sent the social media and artificial intelligence (AI) giant higher, but rather a flurry of developments, each from a different quarter.When it rains, it poursThe first major development was in the Supreme Court case brought by TikTok. Congress recently passed a law, sche ...