Meta will once again begin training on public posts from European users of Facebook and Instagram in a bid to sharpen its artificial intelligence (AI) tools, marking a restart of efforts that were previously paused amid privacy backlash. [Read More]
After years of neglect, Meta is reportedly developing a native version of Instagram for the iPad -- finally moving beyond the awkwardly enlarged iPhone app that tablet users have been stuck with, according to a report by The Information. [Read More]
Meta has filed a lawsuit against a photographer, accusing him of selling Instagram handles -- marking the first time the company has taken this type of legal action in the U.S. [Read More]
AI-generated pictures of people have started appearing in their Instagram feeds and it's alarming folk.
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Meta plans to fill Facebook and Instagram with AI-generated users that will exist on its platforms similar to real humans.
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Polish billionaire Rafal Brzoska says he has won his court battle against Meta over the use of his image in AI-generated deepfake ads. [Read More]
Meta will use facial recognition technology to fight the rise of deepfake celebrity ads and help social media users recover their accounts. [Read More]
In a move that is lowering the creative barrier, Meta is giving advertisers the ability to make a moving image from a still one with new AI tools. [Read More]
With growing fury against its hamfisted approach to labeling photos as "Made with AI", Meta says it is "evaluating" its approach. [Read More]
Recently, Instagram has been rolling out its "Made with AI" tag which ostensibly flags AI-generated images on the platform but it has been enraging photographers after flagging photos that are not AI-generated. [Read More]
Instagram's newly-launched "Made with AI" labels are creating confusion as photographers and content creators are finding their posts slapped with the tags despite using minimal editing or apparently not using AI at all. [Read More]
Instagram announced changes to its somewhat infamous algorithm, this time providing a boost to smaller, original creators.
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A week after Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg was grilled during a Senate hearing on child safety, the company announced new protections for teens navigating sextortion scams. [Read More]
Instagram will let users share video statuses via its Notes feature.
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Instagram users just retained a bit more privacy online as the Meta-owned app now lets its users tell Instagram not to track their activity across the web. [Read More]
Meta seems to be going all in on artificial intelligence (AI) as the company announced a suite of new AI features, including image generation and editing, across its apps Wednesday's Connect event. [Read More]
A new investigation has revealed that Instagram's algorithm is actively connecting and promoting pedophiles who commission and sell illegal underage sexual content on the photo-sharing app. [Read More]
According to a Meta spokesman, Facebook and Instagram will block news articles in California if state lawmakers pass a proposed bill, the California Journalism Preservation Act. [Read More]
Court documents have revealed that employees at Meta have been discussing using copyrighted material obtained through legally dubious means to train its AI models. [Read More]
Meta has deleted some of the AI-generated users created for Facebook and Instagram after a severe backlash over the existence of the accounts. [Read More]
Friday, Instagram announced a new update to its Stories feature allowing users to create their own "Add Yours" templates.
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Instagram has introduced a new feature that will let users make artificial intelligence (AI) generated backgrounds for Stories. [Read More]
Social media giant Meta is suing the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over monetization of children's data and to prevent regulators from reopening a 2020 privacy settlement, according to reports. [Read More]
An investigation has found that the Instagram algorithm pushes suggestive footage of children and overtly sexual videos to adults on the platform who only follow children. [Read More]
Instagram appears to be working on a new feature that will let users make their very own customizable "AI Friend."
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Meta has announced that it will offer an ad-free subscription option for Facebook and Instagram users in the European Union (EU) -- that will cost from $11 (9.99 Euros) per month. [Read More]
A group of 33 states are suing Meta for allegedly harming young people’s mental health by knowingly designing features on Instagram and Facebook to hook children to its platforms. [Read More]
The latest round of cuts at Meta will affect Instagram as more layoffs hit the tech company Wednesday.
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Meta has added age verification to its Facebook Dating platform and will demand video selfies and ID uploads from people it suspects of lying about their age. [Read More]
Meta has defeated a photographer in a lawsuit that claims Facebook contributes to copyright infringement by letting outside websites embed images shared on the social media platform.
Facebook users have sued its parent company Meta for allegedly tracking them via an in-app browser on iOS devices despite the strict Apple privacy policies in place. [Read More]
Meta is testing an Instagram feature that suggests AI-generated comments for users to post beneath other users' photos and videos. [Read More]
Instagram head Adam Mosseri cautioned users against trusting online images, noting that AI is “clearly producing” content that can be easily mistaken for reality. [Read More]
Meta, the company behind Facebook and Instagram, has admitted to scraping the public photos and text of every Australian adult Facebook or Instagram user dating back nearly 20 years. [Read More]
Meta must do more to address AI-generated explicit images after it fell short in its response to non-consensual, nude deepfakes of two female public figures on its platforms, according to a report. [Read More]
Facebook and Instagram users are reportedly suing Meta in small claims court to recover their lost accounts due to the social media giant's lack of customer service help. [Read More]
Photographers uploading their work to Instagram are finding "Made With AI" tags attached to images that were not computer-generated. [Read More]
Following a 404 Media investigation into apps that advertised that they could generate non-consensual nude images, Apple has begun removing AI image-generation apps from its App Store. [Read More]
Meta's AI image generator Imagine has been accused of producing ahistorical pictures in much the same way Google Gemini did a couple of weeks ago. [Read More]
Social media app Instagram announced Wednesday new safety tools aimed at protecting creators from unwanted interactions.
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Meta has launched a standalone AI image generator to compete with the likes of DALL-E and Midjourney.
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