The Philippine government has issued a firm warning to Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, along with WhatsApp and Threads, after the tech giant 's formal response to a joint government request was deemed insufficient in addressing the rapid spread of disinformation across its...
In the span of a single week last March, two American juries looked at the same company and arrived at the same conclusion. A jury in Los Angeles found Meta and Google guilty of harming young users by deliberately building their platforms with addictive design features. Days earlier, a separate...
You might ask, what is Instagram Plus? The simplest answer is, it is yet another subscription service from a trillion dollar company that thrives on user generated content and data. Your next question might be, what benefits does it offer? A few, which includes creating multiple Story audiences, so...
From the point of view of the law enforcement agency at cybercrime frontline, requiring social media firms to implement stricter regulations to shield their platform from fake news and disinformation is a welcome development. And that’s what officials of the Philippine National Police (PNP) felt...
As a global oil crisis drives fuel prices higher and deepens economic uncertainty, the Philippine government has escalated its response beyond traditional policy measures—turning its focus to the digital sphere by ordering Meta Platforms, Inc. to curb the spread of disinformation across its...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has ordered Umeta Credit Lending Corp. to stop its unauthorized operation of unrecorded online lending platforms (OLPs)—FinLedger-Smart Ledger, Cash Twig, Meta Cash, and MorePautang-Loan Hub—and for engaging in unfair debt collection practices. In a...
(Unsplash) A ranking congressman hopes that more social media platforms would follow Meta's lead of supporting the House of Representatives' plan to establish a regulatory body to curb the spread of fake news online. “Kung ang Meta ay handang...
Antipolo City 2nd Rep. Romeo Acop (Contributed photo) Antipolo City 2nd district Rep. Romeo Acop said that Meta, formerly Facebook; and other social media platforms should show a level of responsibility for fake news and posts that have...
Dr. Rafael Frankel (left) and Rob Abrams, both from Meta Platforms, Inc. (Screenshot from livestream) Rob Abrams of American multinational technology conglomerate Meta has praised Philippine Congress and law enforcement...
HOUSTON – The world is going all-in on tripling nuclear power capacity by 2050, and at the forefront of this grand race are Silicon Valley’s hyperscalers and global corporate behemoths that have been wagering heavily on uranium-powered fleets to supercharge artificial intelligence (AI)...
The educational webtoon series was launched in line with the Kabataang Digital Campaign of the National Privacy Commission and the Child Rights Network Studies have shown that exposure on social media has a direct impact on the users, especially among the young ones. Might it be mentally and...
SYDNEY, Australia - Facebook and Instagram began a week-long rollout of their first paid verification service on Friday, testing users' willingness to pay for social media features that until now have been free. Facing a drop in advertising revenues, parent company Meta is piloting a subscription...
