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China, Iran, Israeli groups weaponize AI for first-of-their-kind social media campaigns - report
An investigation by The New York Times reveals how groups in China, Iran, and Israel leveraged open-source AI to unleash thousands of autonomous bots on social media.
Antisemitic conspiracies blaming Jews for 9/11 resurface ahead of 25th anniversary, CyberWell warns
Meta launches AI agent that can access other apps to send emails, make payments
UN rights chief warns AI could pose ‘existential’ risk to humanity, urges companies to reduce risks
Meta reaches $18 billion of settlements over children's social media addiction
Meta agreed for the next decade to restrict teenagers' use of Facebook and Instagram to two hours a day and block all usage from midnight to 6 a.m., absent parental consent.
Instagram head Mosseri, at children's addiction trial, says few teenagers knew of safety feature
Four US states, California, Colorado, Kentucky, and New Jersey, have accused Meta of designing the platforms to hook young users, fueling anxiety, depression, and even suicide.
Which countries, tech giants around the world are regulating kids' social media access?
What are countries and companies doing to regulate access to social media amid mounting concerns over the impact of social media on children's health and safety?
Meta rejects claims it sought to hook children to Facebook, Instagram, as landmark trial begins
A bipartisan group of 29 US states is suing Meta, seeking potentially tens or hundreds of billions of dollars in penalties and changes to how Meta does business.
Meta, TikTok agree to fact-check content on Spanish border crossings after Ceuta rush
The purpose is to prevent criminal networks from enticing potential migrants to attempt to cross with false information, which has led to tragic deaths, EU tech chief Henna Virkkunen said.
A week inside the echo chamber: How Jew-hatred moved from fringe to feed
An inside look at the online ecosystem where antisemitic narratives spread at alarming speed
Wave of WhatsApp suspensions sweeps across Israel, raising concerns of blocked accounts
The Israel Internet Association on Saturday advised WhatsApp users to back up important information stored in the messenger app in case their accounts were suspended as well.
One in three startups at Google’s cybersecurity forum are Israeli, organizers announce
Of the 33 startups selected for Google’s top cybersecurity program, 11 are either founded in Israel or led by Israeli entrepreneurs.
Israel's Attention Revolution fights child smartphone addiction, spreading nationwide
Banner said the initiative, which is growing “rapidly, sevenfold” in recent years, works through the mechanism of a social contract between parents on a class-by-class level.
Meta sued: AI helped choose whom to lay off, but missed an important detail
A total of 26 employees claim that AI systems were utilized by Meta to rank staff ahead of a wave of layoffs, failing to distinguish between a lack of productivity and an approved absence.
