Tech giant Meta has agreed to share user data with Philippine law enforcement authorities, especially when there is an imminent threat of violence, Senator Risa Hontiveros said on Friday, August 28. This comes after Meta’s top Asia-Pacific region policy officers held a roundtable meeting at its...
Meta, the owner of social media platforms Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and messaging app WhatsApp, has agreed to pay up to $18 billion to settle with the lawsuit filed against them across 29 US states. The lawsuit alleged that Meta built their platforms to be addictive for children, even as it...
The Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center (CICC) is considering recommendations to ban Facebook in the country. Reasons cited by CICC Executive Director Undersecretary Renato “Aboy” Paraiso are misinformation and protecting children from online abuse. He also mentioned his awareness...
Meta, the company that owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, revealed a new logo last week. This is the first update for the content-sharing app in a decade. “The wordmark at the top of the app hasn’t changed in 10 years, so it was time for a refresh,” Instagram head Adam Mosseri said in a...
The backlash was intense. Meta has recently announced a feature that would allow users to generate AI deepfakes of any public accounts on IG. Meta tried to spin this as a fun and intuitive feature to create things like invites. Users won’t be notified if their images have been used, and no...
The saying, “If it’s free, you’re the product,” comes to mind with Meta’s new AI image model, Muse Image, which is integrated into the Instagram app. The red flags were raised regarding privacy issues, as anyone can use Instagram users ' images and posts as prompts for generative...
Whether it 's sharing memes with friends, catching up on school events, or getting lost in an endless stream of reels, social media has become a huge part of everyday life for Filipino teens. According to the Meltwater Digital 2026 report, Filipino teenagers spend an average of three and a...
Andy Stone, Vice President of Communications at Meta, addressed the Meta outage Friday evening local time. Stone posted on X: “We’re aware people are currently having trouble accessing our services. We’re working on it.” Users have been posting about issues accessing Facebook, Messenger,...
Meta is expanding its teen safety infrastructure, bringing restrictive content controls that launched last October to a global audience, and extending them beyond Instagram to Facebook and Messenger. The company is also introducing a new content-balance feature designed to stop teenagers from being...
Meta has announced their subscription plans for their apps. They will be rolling out Facebook Plus, Instagram Plus, and WhatsApp Plus, as part of their broader push to offer tools across their apps and AI products. Those who will benefit from these Plus plans the most would be businesses and...
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australia has proposed taxing digital giants Meta, Google and TikTok a proportion of their revenue to pay for news reporters. The government released draft legislation Tuesday it intends to introduce to Parliament by July 2 that would create a financial incentive for...
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...
