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9 days ago
Meta is intensifying its fight against romance scams on its platforms ahead of Valentine's Day 2025. The company has removed 408,000 fraudulent accounts in 2024 and over 116,000 in 2025. Common scams include military impersonation, celebrity impersonation, and fake matchmaking agencies. New safety features include alerts for suspicious activity, call silencing on WhatsApp, and warnings for teens on Instagram.
10 days ago
Meta has partnered with Childhelp to launch a free educational curriculum aimed at protecting middle schoolers from online exploitation like sextortion and grooming. Developed with child safety experts, it includes lesson plans, activities, and videos to promote safe online practices and personal boundaries. The curriculum is part of the Childhelp 'Speak Up Be Safe' program and will involve high school students teaching younger peers.
11 days ago
Meta is consolidating users' payment information into its Accounts Center for access across Facebook, Instagram, Meta Horizon, and Meta.com. This change centralizes payment management, improving transaction efficiency and security. Users can manage access to saved payment information, control synchronization across platforms, and use payment management tools in Accounts Center. The transition will happen automatically unless users change their settings.
Marketing Auditor is a comprehensive, automated tool designed to revolutionize the process of auditing digital marketing campaigns. It supports platforms like Google Ads and Google Analytics, performing 200+ automated checks to uncover growth opportunities and deliver actionable insights. Users can generate professional, white-labeled reports customized to their branding and preferred formats like Google Slides and PowerPoint.
Meta is enhancing transparency in advertising by labeling ads created or edited with generative AI tools. They have collaborated with experts to clarify how these tools influence ads. Labels will show when significant edits are made or when AI-generated photorealistic humans are included. This initiative aims to improve ad transparency and trust, with plans to expand labeling for non-Meta AI tools and refine their approach as expectations evolve.
Meta aims to make AGI publicly available but may halt development of AI systems deemed too risky. The Frontier AI Framework identifies “high-risk” and “critical-risk” systems that could aid in severe cybersecurity or biological attacks. High-risk systems may facilitate attacks, while critical-risk systems could lead to catastrophic outcomes. Meta will limit access to high-risk systems and halt development of critical-risk systems until they can be made safer.
23 days ago
Meta reported strong Q4 2024 results with revenue of $48.39 billion, a 21% year-over-year increase, and net income rising 49% to $20.84 billion. Daily active users reached 3.35 billion, a 5% increase from the previous quarter. For 2025, Meta plans to invest $60-65 billion in AI infrastructure, including a major data center project. The company anticipates Q1 2025 revenue of $39.5-41.8 billion, while facing competition from DeepSeek in the AI sector.
24 days ago
Meta has invested $8 billion in privacy infrastructure since 2019, implementing features like end-to-end encryption for Messenger and a privacy indicator for the Quest 3S headset. The company evaluates around 1,400 products monthly through a privacy review system and has automated privacy rules in its coding. Following a $5 billion FTC settlement, Meta employs over 3,000 privacy personnel to ensure compliance with global data protection laws.
Meta has enhanced its AI assistant with personalization features for tailored user experiences. A memory feature allows the AI to retain user-shared information during one-on-one conversations on WhatsApp and Messenger, learning preferences for future interactions. These features are available on Facebook, Messenger, Instagram, and WhatsApp for iOS and Android users in the U.S. and Canada.
1 months ago
Meta has launched a Breakthrough bonus program for new creators on Instagram and Facebook, allowing them to earn up to $5,000. Applicants must be 18 or older, based in the U.S., and have a presence on another social app. Accepted creators can earn bonuses by sharing original reels and content over 90 days. The program offers access to Meta Verified and is mobile-only. Facebook has paid over $2 billion to creators in the past year to support their success.
