Social Media

Social Media

EU Hits Meta With Yet Another Child Welfare Investigation

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The threat posed by Europe’s new law might have more power to punish Meta than what it’s previously dealt with.

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Social Media

Billionaire Frank McCourt Pursues TikTok Acquisition

McCourt says his goal is to build “a new and better version of the internet, where individuals are respected.”

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Patent Drop

Meta’s Machine Learning AR Patent Fuses Its AI and Metaverse Bets

Despite investors’ reaction to the company’s big spending, Meta’s potential to monetize AI and its access to data may give it a leg up in the long run.

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Social Media

TikTok to Start Labeling AI-Created Content

The platform says it plans to identify and label content created by other AI tools, like Adobe’s Firefly and OpenAI’s Dall-E.

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Social Media

Universal Music Squashes its Beef with TikTok

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The new deal enmeshes UMG’s music into TikTok’s burgeoning e-commerce business while also battling AI-generated songs.

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Media & Entertainment

America’s Shortening Attention Spans are Corporate Gold

The stakes for media and tech companies have never been higher, even if attention spans have never been shorter.

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Social Media

TikTok Is Ready to Sue Over Potential US Ban

The new bill could be voted on in the Senate as soon as Tuesday, and TikTok is ready with a legal strategy.

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Patent Drop

Snap Patent Brings Emotion Detection to Workplace Surveillance

AI that’s meant to detect emotion is highly controversial.

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Social Media

Meta Patent Adds AI Voice Assistants Across Devices and Apps

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Its latest patent for a way to perform “concierge-type services” via voice adds to the company’s broader AI ambitions.

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Social Media

UK Regulator Says ‘Finfluencers’ Can’t Hide Behind Memes for Marketing

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The Financial Conduct Authority has instituted clear guidelines for how financial influencers use social media for marketing.

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