Meta has agreed to pay a sum of $1.4 billion USD to settle a lawsuit filed by Texas that accused Meta of illegally collecting biometric data on users without their consent, breaching Texas law. According to reports, the allegation was from a Facebook feature that automatically suggests tags with people’s names in photos, using facial…
Italy: $3.8 Million Meta Fine
Italy’s competition authority, AGCM, has fined Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, a sum of $3.8 million USD for engaging in unfair commercial practices in the handling of user data on Instagram and Facebook. According to AGCM, Meta failed to inform users registered on Instagram via the web about the commercial use of…
Meta Launches AI Chatbot Across Platforms
Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and WhatsApp, has announced the launch of its new AI chatbot called Meta AI powered by Llama 3, now running on the search bar of its major platforms. It is also accessible via a standalone website at Meta.ai. According to reports, Meta AI has been available in…
Italy: $6.4 Million Meta Fine
Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and WhatsApp, has been fined a sum of $6.4 million USD (5.85 million EUROS) for violating Italy’s ban on gambling advertising. The Italian government placed a ban on gambling advertising in 2018, a sanction that applies to all forms of media and social networks. Italy’s communications division,…
Meta: New Privacy Update
WhatsApp has announced a new feature that allows users send voice messages with the option that it disappears once listened to. View Once voice messages are a good way to share sensitive or personal information with contacts and this type of messages will be marked with a ‘one-time’ tag. This feature was initially introduced in…