In Brief Meta appointed Connor Hayes, Meta’s VP of product for generative AI, to become the head of Threads, per Axios.Until now, Instagram head Adam Mosseri has been in charge of Threads. But the platform has grown into more than a side product of Instagram, necessitating additional leadership. Though Threads only launched in 2023, its mobile daily active user (DAU) numbers are fast approaching those of X, according to market intelligence provider Similarweb. Currently, Threads is averaging around 115 mi ...

Hello everyone. Before I begin, I want to show you something very familiar to all of us. Uh it's probably the passport, right. So if you look on the last page of the passport, it's written very clearly.This passport is a property of the government, not mine. Even though I paid for it and went through very long process to get it, right. But still, it doesn't belong to me.Strange, but it actually makes sense. How. Because government issues it because they are responsible for us, for keeping us safe, for track ...

Mark Zuckerberg and current and former directors and officers of Meta Platforms agreed on Thursday to settle claims seeking $8 billion for the damage they allegedly caused the company by allowing repeated violations of Facebook users’ privacy, a lawyer for the shareholders told a Delaware judge on Thursday.The parties did not disclose details of the settlement and defense lawyers did not address the judge, Kathaleen McCormick of the Delaware Court of Chancery. McCormick adjourned the trial just as it was to ...

In Brief Mark Zuckerberg and other current and former Meta executives have settled a lawsuit filed by a group of shareholders. They were seeking $8 billion for the damage the executives caused the company by allowing repeated violations of Facebook users’ privacy in relation to the Cambridge Analytica scandal.The parties did not disclose details of the settlement, according to Reuters. Facebook shareholders filed a lawsuit against Mark Zuckerberg, former COO Sheryl Sandberg, and other executives, alleging ...

Mark Zuckerberg and current and former directors and officers of Meta Platforms agreed on Thursday to settle claims seeking $8bn for the damage they allegedly caused the company by allowing repeated violations of Facebook users’ privacy, a lawyer for the shareholders told a Delaware judge on Thursday.The parties did not disclose details of the settlement and defense lawyers did not address the judge, Kathaleen McCormick of the Delaware court of chancery. McCormick adjourned the trial just as it was to enter ...

A lawyer for Meta investors says that his clients have reached a settlement with current and former directors at the company to end a multibillion dollar case in Delaware https://t.co/LMf4axZqP7 ...

Users over 13 years old will be prompted to use the facial-analysis software to estimate their age and determine whether they can access the new "trusted connections" feature that allows them to engage in private, unfiltered chats with other age-screened users, Ebanks said.Roblox's use of age-estimation tech will help the company "confirm the age of our users and give them more tailored and age-appropriate features," said Ryan Ebanks, a Roblox principal product manager for social products.Social media compa ...

Behind-the-scenes details of an agreement between Facebook and US privacy regulators in 2019 emerged in a Delaware court Wednesday, during a trial on investor claims the settlement cost them at least $7 billion https://t.co/AWm9RKFGgC ...

An $8bn trial brought by Meta Platforms shareholders against Mark Zuckerberg and other current and former company leaders kicked off on Wednesday over claims they illegally harvested the data of Facebook users in violation of a 2012 agreement with the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC).The trial started with a privacy expert for the plaintiffs, Neil Richards of Washington University School of Law, who testified about Facebook’s data policies.“Facebook’s privacy disclosures were misleading,” he told the court ...

About this content About Emily Jarvie Emily began her career as a political journalist for Australian Community Media in Hobart, Tasmania. After she relocated to Toronto, Canada, she reported on business, legal, and scientific developments in the emerging psychedelics sector before joining Proactive in 2022. She brings a strong journalism background with her work featured in newspapers, magazines, and digital publications across Australia, Europe, and North America, including The Examiner, The Advocate, ...