Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, has threatened to remove news content from its platforms if California passes the Journalism Preservation Act. This bill would require tech companies to pay a “journalism usage fee” whenever they run ads next to news posts and require publishers to spend 70% of the revenue on newsroom …
Social media giant, Meta, is temporarily blocking some Canadian users from accessing news content on Facebook and Instagram as part of a trial that will run until the end of June. The decision follows a similar move by Google earlier this year, in anticipation of proposed legislation that, if enacted into law, would require tech …
The lack of restoration of funding for planned residential places for individuals with complex needs and disabilities is becoming a humanitarian crisis in Ireland. Families and carers are left with no choice but to abandon their loved ones to A&E departments or respite houses when they are no longer able to provide care. It is …
According to a recent investigation by the Wall Street Journal and academic researchers, Instagram has been found to promote a vast network of accounts dedicated to the commission and purchase of underage sex content. While Instagram’s parent company, Meta, claims to be continuously investigating ways to actively defend against such behavior, the investigation found that …
An alarming report has revealed that Instagram’s recommendation algorithms promoted a “vast pedophile network” that advertised the sale of illicit “child-sex material” on the platform. Researchers from Stanford University and the University of Massachusetts Amherst found that Instagram allowed users to search by hashtags related to child-sex abuse, including graphic terms such as #pedowhore, #preteensex, …