Singapore tells Meta to expand facial recognition as scam ad concerns in APAC grow
Scams have proliferated on social media and Asia has suffered a plague of it. The surge in social media-enabled scamming…
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Meta shuts down research showing its platforms are bad for mental health
Newly released documents show that Meta scrapped internal research into the mental health effects of Facebook and Instagram, once it…
Meta allows impersonation scams to run rampant as political deepfakes hawk phony benefits
By now, it is hardly a secret that social media, and Facebook in particular, has become a garbage dump for…
Singapore orders Meta to use facial recognition to stem scams
The Singapore government has directed Meta to implement stronger safeguards such as facial recognition technology to combat Facebook impersonation scams….
Facebook and its 3 billion users get passkeys, Microsoft deleting passwords
Facebook is introducing passkeys as the social media platform jumps on the passkeys wagon. While Facebook might have fallen out…
Meta cleared to fight ‘celeb-bait’ ads with facial recognition in South Korea
Meta has received a green light from South Korean regulators to introduce a facial recognition service that will block ads…
Meta fights Facebook scam ads with facial recognition
Meta says it has obtained regulatory approval to roll out a trial for its facial recognition system built to fight…
Meta reboots Facebook face biometrics to combat ‘celeb-bait’ ads
Meta is testing face biometrics as a way to detect and prevent celeb-bait ads on its platforms. This reboot of…
Meta scores biometric privacy lawsuit win over Facebook non-users
A BIPA class action lawsuit against social media giant Meta has been quashed. The suit alleged that Meta Platforms Inc….
Facebook introduces Yoti age estimation in Australia ahead of global rollout
Meta Australia is introducing age verification for the country’s Facebook users if they try to edit their age from under…
