Dormant face-recognition code reportedly appeared in Meta’s smart glasses app, then disappeared after scrutiny. That has put Meta’s AI eyewear plans back under the privacy spotlight.

Meta is planning to use the data shared by other businesses to personalize your feed and its AI responses. In a blog post on Tuesday, Meta explains that it already uses your off-platform activity, like the games you play or your purchases on other websites, to serve you ads. But now it’s expanding the scope […]

Nearly a year after it was announced, Instagram says it’s delivering the ability to rearrange the posts in your profile grid. It had been available to some people in test groups, but as of June 8th, it’s rolling out widely via the Android and iPhone mobile apps. Until now, the posts on your Instagram profile […]
The messaging giant announced that it disrupted a phishing campaign targeting its users with NSO’s spyware.

Meta thought it had stopped NSO Group. It says the spyware firm did not get the message. The company is filing a federal court contempt order against NSO, the Israeli maker of the Pegasus hacking tool, accusing it of violating a permanent injunction th…

Hackers likely took over 20,225 Instagram accounts using Meta’s AI support chatbot, the company confirmed in a notice filed with the state of Maine. In the notice, spotted earlier by Bleeping Computer, Meta blames a “bug” for the exploit that allowed attackers to hijack accounts without two-factor authentication simply by asking the chatbot for a […]

Facebook has long been filled with feeds of clickbait articles. Now, Meta is making its own clickbait articles with AI. The standalone Meta AI app now has a “For You” section that populates a list of clickbait-style stories for you to read. But the topics, images, and text are all AI-generated – and as questionable […]
Internal documents from lawsuits filed by 1,400+ school districts reveal how Meta, Snap, TikTok, and YouTube deliberately targeted students, even during school hours.
Meta has launched Creator Assistant, a conversational AI tool built into the Facebook creator dashboard that analyzes your content performance, explains why it worked, and suggests new ideas based on trending content.
A WIRED investigation claims Meta quietly embedded facial recognition technology into its smart glasses ecosystem, reviving privacy concerns around biometric surveillance and wearable AI.