After launching Facebook Plus, Instagram Plus and WhatsApp Plus, Meta is facing further pressure in both Europe and the US. It has most recently expanded its paid Instagram Plus service, which gives users access to a series of exclusive features, while also preparing new AI-based search for Facebook. dennikn.sk ↗
According to available information, the new Facebook search is meant to compile answers using artificial intelligence drawn from user discussions. However, its reliability remains questionable, since it is also meant to draw on content created by the community itself. The issue of platform trustworthiness also came up in connection with a false report about Lionel Messi's father, which had serious consequences and led to a public apology from Argentine actress and presenter Florencia Peña. Le Figaro ↗
Instagram also remains under pressure. A Spanish observation study tracked, over 45 days, what the platform recommends to six profiles linked directly or indirectly to masculinity, and pointed to a problem with recommendation algorithms in spreading sexist content. Another article described how companies are increasingly using TikTok and Instagram for informal office content, in an effort to build trust and expand their audience. vat.pravda.sk ↗
The regulatory context remains unchanged. Britain is preparing a ban on social networks for children under 16, which is also meant to apply to Instagram and Facebook, though not to WhatsApp and Signal. In Italy, a dispute has opened up over the impact of social networks on minors, and European findings have shown a difference between how parents and teenagers view social networks. teraz.sk ↗
At the same time, Meta is dealing with previous outages of its services, the shifting of part of its workforce to AI-related tasks, and a European Commission decision on access for competing AI assistants to WhatsApp. The paid features thus remain just one part of a broader dispute over the safety, trustworthiness and regulation of major platforms. n-tv ↗
Meta expands Instagram Plus and Facebook gets AI search
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Nigel Farage:
7× statement
in the past 12 months
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— „I can’t be bought"
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— „Blahoželám k rozhodnutiu zachovať nezávislosť"
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— „people vs the establishment"
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— „Tyto doplňkové volby budou soubojem lidu proti establishmentu"Mentioned in articles: Farage oznámil rezignaci na poslanecký post, chce znovu kandidovat
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— „Ich war noch nie wütender"
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