Scam ads on Facebook have evolved beyond the days of misspelled headlines and sketchy product photos. Today, many are powered by artificial intelligence, fueled by deepfake technology and distributed ...
TL;DR: Meta whistleblower Sarah Wynn-Williams revealed to US senators that Meta targeted teens aged 13 to 17 with ads based on their emotional states, such as feeling depressed or worthless. This ...
Meta whistleblower Sarah Wynn-Williams, the former director of Global Public Policy for Facebook and author of the recently released tell-all book “Careless People,” told U.S. senators during her ...
Meta has quietly turned its friendly AI helpers into another data source for its ad machine, rewriting its Privacy Policy so ...
You might have heard the famous maxim that “if something is free, you’re the product.” The freemium world of apps and social media have made it nearly indisputable, heralding a previously unimaginable ...
BRUSSELS, Oct 4 (Reuters) - Meta Platforms (META.O), opens new tab must restrict the use of personal data harvested from Facebook for targeted advertising, Europe's top court ruled on Friday, backing ...
AMSTERDAM, Feb 27 (Reuters) - Online rights activists have filed complaints with data protection authorities in several European countries about U.S. software firm Meta's (META.O), opens new tab ...
Advertisers on Facebook are able to use an ad-targeting system that allows them to exclude black, Hispanic and other ethnicities from seeing ads. According to a report by ProPublica, the social ...