YouTube is rolling out new rules for AI content, including a requirement that creators reveal whether they have used generative artificial intelligence to make realistic-looking videos. In a blog post outlining a number of AI-related policy updates, YouTube said creators that do not disclose whether they have used AI tools to make “altered or synthetic” […]
Meta said it will start allowing users to delete or deactivate their Threads accounts without also closing down their Instagram accounts. Instagram boss Adam Mosseri said in a Threads post that the change is rolling out on the platform. Threads was launched in the summer as a rival to Twitter, with Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg […]
Sexist comments on TikTok videos are more popular than non-sexist ones, and men are more likely to make them than women, analysis has suggested. On average, sexist comments received 604 likes compared with 375 for those not considered sexist, according to research presented to the British Psychological Society’s Cyberpsychology Section Conference. The analysis on four […]
Facebook and Instagram are letting users in the EU pay to stop seeing adverts on the social media platforms, owner Meta has announced. The technology giant said it is rolling out the subscription option for people in the EU, European Economic Area (EEA) and Switzerland from November. The launch will not be offered to people in […]
Elon Musk’s first year in charge of X, formerly known as Twitter, “couldn’t have gone any worse” and has been “hugely damaging”, industry experts have said. October 27 marks the first anniversary of the billionaire’s 44 billion dollar (£36 billion) takeover of the social media giant. Since then, Mr Musk has laid off more than […]
Dozens of US states are suing Meta for harming young people and contributing to the youth mental health crisis by knowingly designing features on Instagram and Facebook that addict children to its platforms. The lawsuit filed in federal court in California also claims that Meta routinely collects data on children under 13 without their parents’ […]
Elon Musk says X, formerly known as Twitter, will soon launch an ad-free version of its X Premium subscription, allowing users to pay to not see advertisements. The Tesla and SpaceX boss said the site will offer a “lower cost” version of Premium, which will include all the features of the subscription but “no reduction […]
Tinder users can now invite friends to view and suggest potential matches on the dating app as part of a new “matchmaking” feature. Called Matchmaker, the new tool enables a user to give access to their possible matches to up to 15 friends in a 24-hour period, who can view profiles and suggest possible matches […]
X, the site formerly known as Twitter, has started to charge new users to post and reply to others on the platform as part of a new trial it says is to combat bot accounts. The scheme will see new users who sign up in New Zealand or the Philippines be required to pay a […]
The lawyer representing 184 former Facebook content moderators based in Kenya who sued the site’s parent company Meta over working conditions and pay has told a judge that Meta has not been sincere in trying to reach an out-of-court settlement as agreed in the last court session. Mercy Mutemi said the talks had collapsed and […]
