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Temu spent up to $962 million on ads that helped finance an army of fake creators on Meta platforms, research claims

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Temu spent up to $962 million on ads that helped finance an army of fake creators on Meta platforms, research claims

admin August 31, 2026 0

DEK: Among the top 100 influencers collaborating with Temu, about 73 are fake, ORL researcher Vendula Prokůpková...

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‘You only get like two hours of alcohol or two hours of cigarettes a day’: Former Meta engineer on child safety settlement

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‘You only get like two hours of alcohol or two hours of cigarettes a day’: Former Meta engineer on child safety settlement

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Arturo Béjar, a former Meta engineering director, said the settlement is a “significant milestone,” but "it allows...

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Meta’s $18 billion settlement leaves out the child protections New Mexico already won at trial, its Attorney General says

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Meta’s $18 billion settlement leaves out the child protections New Mexico already won at trial, its Attorney General says

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Raúl Torrez said New Mexico secured stronger protections against AI chatbots and predators than the national settlement....

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Don’t praise Meta ‘for what the court orders them to do’: Meta will only pay the full $17.1 billion settlement if TikTok and YouTube match it

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Don’t praise Meta ‘for what the court orders them to do’: Meta will only pay the full $17.1 billion settlement if TikTok and YouTube match it

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State attorneys general guaranteed $12.1 billion. Meta says it's holding back $5.3 billion unless its rivals sign...

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Meta’s $17.1 billion settlement will be over 12-times larger than the second largest big tech privacy settlement in the past four years

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Meta’s $17.1 billion settlement will be over 12-times larger than the second largest big tech privacy settlement in the past four years

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The settlement is just 1.17% of Meta’s $1.46 trillion market cap.

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Instagram is like a digital cigarette and box of chocolates that ‘encourages gluttony.’ How do you fix that?

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Instagram is like a digital cigarette and box of chocolates that ‘encourages gluttony.’ How do you fix that?

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“The algorithms change the whole nature of it, and that’s where my chocolate metaphor went awry,” safety...

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Instagram took ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ approach to kids, former engineer testifies — and pay was tied to keeping them online

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Instagram took ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ approach to kids, former engineer testifies — and pay was tied to keeping them online

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“If you step away from the product, they are not going to make any money,” Arturo Béjar...

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Meta faces a $1.4 trillion threat that could mean ‘turning in the keys and walking away’—but the stakes of the case reach across tech

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Meta faces a $1.4 trillion threat that could mean ‘turning in the keys and walking away’—but the stakes of the case reach across tech

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The Meta trial could reshape how states challenge Instagram, Facebook and other tech platforms over product design.

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‘I think that we’re going to make history here’: Angry parents of kids sextorted, cyberbullied or addicted to social media are out for vengeance

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‘I think that we’re going to make history here’: Angry parents of kids sextorted, cyberbullied or addicted to social media are out for vengeance

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As opening statements kicked off Tuesday in a trial for Meta Platforms, advocates and parents of social media...

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‘Harvest their data and hide the truth from the public’: Four states seek billions from Meta over child safety practices

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‘Harvest their data and hide the truth from the public’: Four states seek billions from Meta over child safety practices

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The suit looks to make fundamental changes to how Meta runs its social media platforms to better...

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