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Meta launches AI-driven responses, but experts warn of potential dangers

Commsadmin

May 9, 2025

Meta’s latest move into artificial intelligence has sparked both interest and concern. The company has rolled out a new AI…

Facebook celebrates 20 years of unprecedented growth and resilience

Paulo Rizal

February 8, 2024

Amidst speculation of its impending demise, Facebook defies expectations as it celebrates its 20th anniversary this week. From its humble…

Meta omits detailed advertising options amid sensitivity concerns

Pearl Dy

January 16, 2024

Starting 15 January, 2024, Meta has declared its plans to eliminate and streamline certain detailed advertising options in a critical…

Meta to offer no ad subscription for Facebook, Instagram users in Europe

Paulo Rizal

October 31, 2023

Facebook and Instagram users in European Union, Switzerland, and the European Economic Area will have the option to pay a…

Facebook usage on the rise amidst app’s perceived antiquation

Jaw de Guzman

January 31, 2023

Facebook usage is rising, according to The Wall Street Journal’s reviewed insights along with fascinating observations on general Facebook and…

Bringing people closer every day through Meta with Lauren Smallwood

Jaw de Guzman

October 5, 2022

Although Facebook and Instagram have somehow become a part of people’s everyday lives, many still do not know how to…

Digital platforms to sign new EU Anti-Disinformation Code

Jaw de Guzman

June 14, 2022

The Financial Times (FT) reported Meta, Twitter, Google, Microsoft, and TikTok are all planning to sign a revamped version of…

Tech giants’ 2021 misinformation transparency reports

Jaw de Guzman

June 14, 2022

The first annual review of the Australian Code of Practice on Disinformation and Misinformation have commenced and recommendations to improve…

Voluntary misinformation code’s first review launched

Jaw de Guzman

June 8, 2022

A year after introducing the voluntary misinformation code, the Digital Industry Group (DIGI) launched its first review of the code….

Sheryl Sandberg ends 14-year tenure as Facebook COO

Jaw de Guzman

June 6, 2022

After 14 years, Sheryl Sandberg is stepping down from her role as Chief Operating Officer (COO) at Meta, formerly known…

Sims says Facebook should be designated under media bargaining code

Jaw de Guzman

May 30, 2022

Due to its failure to negotiate with some news sites, including SBS and The Conversation, Former Australian Competition and Consumer…

DC Attorney-General sues Facebook’s Zuckerberg for data breach

Eliza Sayon

May 25, 2022

Mark Zuckerberg, head of Facebook-owner Meta, is being sued by the US District of Columbia over the Cambridge Analytica leaks…

Facebook parent Meta’s market value plunges $321 billion

Zoe S.

February 9, 2022

Facebook owner Meta Platforms has seen its biggest stock market loss by almost $US 230 billion ($A321 billion), which came…

Australian online safety an underinvestment for Facebook

Nina Alvarez

February 6, 2022

Former Facebook employee turned whistleblower Frances Haugen says the company underinvests in online safety measures on its platforms in Australia,…

Apps provide eating disorder ‘petri dish’

Dee Antenor

January 28, 2022

Social media apps has been labelled “the perfect petri dish” for eating disorders, with support groups demanding companies clean up…

UK watchdog tells Facebook, now Meta, to sell Giphy

Nina Alvarez

December 6, 2021

The UK’s antitrust watchdog has blocked Facebook’s acquisition of Giphy and ordered the social network to sell off the GIF-sharing…

Facebook removes ad-targeting options from online platform

Eliza Sayon

November 9, 2021

Facebook will be removing detailed ad-targeting options that refer to “sensitive” topics, such as ads based on interactions with content…

Wall Street mixed as Facebook and social media giants shares tumble

Nina Alvarez

October 31, 2021

The Dow and the S&P 500 have hit record highs following positive earnings from American Express while the Nasdaq was…

Facebook expands harassment policy following whistleblower testimony

Nina Alvarez

October 20, 2021

Facebook expands its policies on harassment in its latest change following congressional testimony from a whistleblower who accused the social…

Social media is coward’s palace: Morrison and Barnaby Joyce backs social media crackdown

Dee Antenor

October 7, 2021

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has called social media a “coward’s place” where people can verbally abuse one another under the…