Meta agrees to pay as much as $17 billion to resolve states’ claims while disabling school-hour notifications and restricting likes for underage accounts, as California also pauses AI chatbot toys for children under 16 for four years.
Meta busts an Iran-linked influence operation using AI-generated content to spread anti-Republican messaging on Facebook and Instagram, where fake accounts posing as everyday Americans amass over 79,400 followers while targeting U.S. audiences on immigration and the Israel-Palestine conflict.
Meta agrees to pay up to $18 billion to settle claims from 29 U.S. states alleging the company knowingly addicted children to Instagram and Facebook, with the deal introducing a 10-year framework of teen protections including daily time limits, Night Mode, and hidden like counts — pending judicial approval.
Meta launches Pocket nationwide, an AI-powered app that lets U.S. users generate and share interactive mobile games using simple prompts, built on the technology of acquired vibe-coding platform Gizmo.
Reddit launches an experimental AI voice feature that converts text posts and comments into short audio-visual videos, rolling out now on web, iOS, and Android as CEO Steve Huffman aims to make the platform more accessible and engaging.
Meta is caught running ads for Kromix, an AI deepfake porn app targeting real women including a US politician, directly violating its own policies — exposing a massive failure in the company's automated ad review systems as thousands of similar nudify app ads continue slipping through unchecked.
X takes a major step toward algorithmic transparency by open-sourcing its expanded 'For You' ranking algorithm on GitHub and launching a new tool that lets active users download their account data to see if their posts have been labeled or suppressed.
A alarming new survey reveals 44% of teens have encountered AI-generated sexual content, with most exposures accidental, leaving two-thirds fearing they'll become deepfake targets and 60% reporting distorted perceptions of real bodies, as pressure mounts on tech platforms and lawmakers to act.
Meta pulls its new AI image feature from Instagram after users erupt in outrage over a default opt-in setting that allowed anyone to generate AI images of real people using public accounts, with no consent, no notifications, and no way to delete the results.
Meta pulls a newly launched Instagram AI image feature that allowed users to generate images by tagging public accounts, after immediate backlash from critics including the National Center on Sexual Exploitation and SAG, who warn it enables sextortion and abuse.