Meta Platforms rejects shareholders who accuse it of ensuring the safety of children

Meta Platforms rejects shareholders who accuse it of ensuring the safety of children

Meta Platforms and its CEO Mark Zuckerberg have won the dismissal of a lawsuit alleging they misled shareholders in Meta’s proxy statement about their ability to ensure the safety of children using Facebook and Instagram. In a ruling Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer in San Francisco said plaintiff Matt Eisner failed to show that … Read more

Facebook owner Meta is reviving facial recognition technology in the fight against celebrity baiting

Facebook owner Meta is reviving facial recognition technology in the fight against celebrity baiting

Three years after Meta shut down Facebook’s facial recognition software following a wave of privacy and regulatory protests, the social media giant said Tuesday it was testing the service in the fight against celebrity fraud. Meta said it would sign up about 50,000 public figures in a lawsuit involving automatically comparing their Facebook profile pictures … Read more