Meta said it is giving advertisers a way to avoid Apple’s 30% service charge. Businesses that use boosted posts on Meta’s Facebook and Instagram platforms can go to Facebook.com and Instagram.com on mobile or desktop devices to boost their content and not pay the service...
Meta is working on detecting content generated by artificial intelligence (AI), and identifying that content to its users. In a Tuesday (Feb. 6) article by Meta’s President of Global Affairs Nick Clegg, the company addressed the challenge of distinguishing authentic content from AI-generated content and outlined its plans...
Meta has teamed with India’s ONDC to help smaller merchants do business on WhatsApp. The partnership with the Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC) is designed to “enable and educate small businesses in building seamless conversational buyer and seller experiences on WhatsApp through an ecosystem...
Qatari billionaire Wissam Al Mana reportedly emerged victorious in a legal battle against Meta over the unauthorized use of his image in cryptocurrency scam advertisements on Facebook. Al Mana, a prominent businessman in the Middle East and the former husband of pop star Janet Jackson,...
Meta-owned social media platform Threads has begun tests related to its previously announced plans to make posts available on other platforms as well. “Starting a test where posts from Threads accounts will be available on Mastodon and other services that use the ActivityPub protocol,” Meta CEO...
WhatsApp has begun rolling out View Once voice messages that disappear once they’ve been heard. This feature is designed to add another layer of privacy to users’ voice messages when using the private messaging and calling app, WhatsApp parent company Meta said in a Thursday (Dec. 7) press release. “For...
Meta has launched “Purple Llama,” a project tied to its Llama artificial intelligence (AI) tool. Announced Thursday (Dec. 6), Purple Llama centers around safety tools and evaluations to help developers build responsibly with their AI models. “Why purple? Borrowing a concept from the cybersecurity world, we believe that...
Meta is reportedly planning to bring its Threads platform to Europe in December. The launch is happening following some regulator-conscious tweaks by the Facebook owner, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Thursday (Nov. 30), citing unnamed sources. PYMNTS contacted Meta for comment but did not...
Meta has introduced new tools to help creators on its platforms generate revenue. Among these offerings, announced Monday (Nov. 6) is a test of an invite-only holiday bonus for Instagram creators in the United States, South Korea and Japan. “The holiday bonus will reward creators for sharing their...
