Andrew McCollum

Researchers find Meta's withdrawal of misinformation tool hard to swallow

Feature If the new system is so good, why not onboard everyone who accessed the old system?

Networks18 Jun 2024 | 41

Meta accused of trying to discredit ad researchers

As more than 70 civil society groups sign open letter slamming 'intimidation'

Personal Tech16 Jun 2024 | 35

Meta won't train AI on Euro posts after all, as watchdogs put their paws down

Facebook parent calls step forward for privacy a 'step backwards'

AI + ML14 Jun 2024 | 41

Meta will use your social media posts to train its AI. Europe gets an opt out

What's German for 'thank goodness for actually useful privacy regulations'?

AI + ML10 Jun 2024 | 22

Meta faces multiple complaints in Europe over plans to train AI on user data

Opt out, if you can, or prepare for your posts to be ingested

AI + ML06 Jun 2024 | 57

Meta algorithms push Black people more toward expensive universities, study finds

Special report Just as we saw with housing, Facebook giant's advertising system seems to treat Whites and POC differently

AI + ML04 Jun 2024 | 44

Big Tech is not much help when fighting a junta, and FOSS doesn't ride to the rescue

Opponents of Myanmar’s internet-nobbling military government don't like when Facebook asks for their real names

Security21 May 2024 | 25

Graph database shows Biden outspends Trump in social media ad war

But incumbent is mentioned a lot more in attack material

Databases17 May 2024 | 31

EU probes Meta over its provisions for protecting children

Has social media biz done enough to comply with Digital Services Act? Maybe not

Security16 May 2024 | 3

Prof asks court to protect his Unfollow Everything 2.0 extension from Facebook's ire

You've got to fight for your right to personalize

Personal Tech02 May 2024 | 47

European Commission starts formal probe of Meta over election misinformation

Europe takes action after Facebook parent withdraws monitoring tool

Security30 Apr 2024 | 15

Meta's value plummets as Zuckerberg admits AI needs more time and money

Revenues up, but is the AI hype bubble is threatening to burst?

AI + ML25 Apr 2024 | 41

Meta comms chief handed six-year Russian prison sentence for 'justifying terrorism'

Memo to Andy Stone: Don't go to Moscow for your holidays

Public Sector23 Apr 2024 | 27

Europol now latest cops to beg Big Tech to ditch E2EE

Don't bore us, get to the chorus: You need less privacy so we can protect the children

Security22 Apr 2024 | 25

Watchdog tells Dutch govt: 'Do not use Facebook if there is uncertainty about privacy'

Meta insists it's just misunderstood and it's safe to talk to citizens over FB

Security22 Apr 2024 | 9

Meta lets Llama 3 LLM out to graze, claims it can give Google and Anthropic a kicking

Plans multilingual 400 billion parameter version, but starts with more modest fare

AI + ML19 Apr 2024 | 8

EU tells Meta it can't paywall privacy

Platforms should not confront users with 'binary choice' over personal data use

Security18 Apr 2024 | 73

Next-gen Meta AI chip serves up ads while sipping power

Fresh silicon won't curb Zuck's appetite for GPUs just yet

On-Prem10 Apr 2024 | 6

Lawsuit claims Meta hobbled Facebook Watch to help Netflix

Advertiser antitrust lawsuit says claimed deal with Netflix is anticompetitive

Personal Tech02 Apr 2024 | 2

No joke: FTC boss goes on the Daily Show and is told Apple tried to block her

Comment Land of the Free has lost its way in quest for profits

Offbeat02 Apr 2024 | 77

Meta accused of snarfing people's Snapchat data via traffic decryption

I ain't afraid of no ghosts, but in this case...

Personal Tech27 Mar 2024 | 20

In-app browsers are still a privacy, security, and choice problem

Regulators reminded that longstanding concerns haven't been addressed

Applications27 Mar 2024 | 26

Meta connects Threads to the Fediverse

Doing things outside the walled garden is kinda hard, devs admit

Personal Tech22 Mar 2024 | 18

Meta, Microsoft, X, Match pledge selves to Epic battle against Apple App Store

You have my sword ... and my bow ... and my axe!

Applications21 Mar 2024 | 14

Judge demands social media sites prove they didn't help radicalize mass shooter

Section 230 on trial: Plaintiffs contend social media platforms are defective products, not protected message boards

Personal Tech19 Mar 2024 | 95

Ten nations tell social media, banks, and telcos to get better at stopping scams

Australian minister singles out Meta – where Zuck has 600,000 Nvidia GPUs ready to roll

Public Sector14 Mar 2024 | 26

Meta sues ex infra VP for allegedly stealing top-secret datacenter blueprints

Exec accused of using own work PC to swipe confidential AI and staffing docs for stealth cloud startup

PaaS + IaaS12 Mar 2024 | 4

We're not Meta support: State AGs tell Zuck to fix rampant account takeover problem

'We refuse to operate as customer service representatives'

Security07 Mar 2024 | 17

Meta kills Facebook News in the US and Australia

So much for the 'commitment to support news organizations' made in just 2020

Personal Tech01 Mar 2024 | 87

Meta's pay-or-consent model hides 'massive illegal data processing ops': lawsuit

GDPR claim alleges Facebook parent's 'commercial surveillance practices are fundamentally illegal'

Security29 Feb 2024 | 38

Meta to build election operations center in Europe to inspect AI content

Fact-checkers will label AI-generated media for upcoming EU elections

AI + ML27 Feb 2024 | 40

Nevada sues to deny kids access to Meta's Messenger encryption

State government says it's thinking of the children

Security26 Feb 2024 | 37

Meta seeks ASIC designers for ML accelerators and datacenter SoCs

Appears to be struggling to find them, even in India, as it's re-posted job ads

On-Prem23 Feb 2024 | 14

In pursuit of artificial general intelligence, Meta adds Broadcom boss Hock Tan to its board

Zuck needs silicon smarts – and the energy experience of a former Enron exec

AI + ML15 Feb 2024 | 7

Meta says risk of account theft after phone number recycling isn't its problem to solve

Leaves it to carriers, promoting a complaint to Irish data cops from Big Tech's bête noire

Personal Tech13 Feb 2024 | 107

Meta to try 'cutting edge' AI detection on its platforms - asking people to add labels

Will apply 'penalties if they fail to do so'

AI + ML06 Feb 2024 | 9

Untangling Meta's plan for its homegrown AI chips, set to actually roll out this year

So that's where all the laid-off semiconductor engineers went!

AI + ML02 Feb 2024 | 11

'I’m sorry for everything...' Facebook's Zuck apologizes to families at Senate hearing

Meta boss told in social media safety probe: 'Your product is killing people'

Public Sector31 Jan 2024 | 70

Meta accused of enrolling undecided EU users in ad-sponsored platform

Choice between seeing pitches or paying on Facebook and Instagram might break the law

Legal23 Jan 2024 | 26

China names members of a second tech supergroup to define the metaverse

Goggle-eyed Beijing wants technical and identity standards

Software23 Jan 2024 | 6

Tencent, Meta, alliance reportedly strains over differing VR visions

Asia In Brief PLUS: Singapore union tackles Google, Alibaba, layoffs; Thai digital cash plan stalls; AI to consume bulk of APAC IT budgets

Personal Tech22 Jan 2024 | 2

Zuckerberg wants to build artificial general intelligence with 350K Nvidia H100 GPUs

Maybe the AGI can finish that Metaverse, haha – oh wait, they're serious

AI + ML20 Jan 2024 | 49

Study: Thousands of businesses just love handing over your info to Facebook

Mmm, Zuck up that data

Personal Tech18 Jan 2024 | 27

Data wrangler Zuckerberg becomes world's least likely cattle rancher

What a cowboy!

Bootnotes10 Jan 2024 | 19

Facebook, Instagram now mine web links you visit to fuel targeted ads

Infosec in brief Also: Twitter hijackings, BEC arrest, and critical vulnerabilities

Patches08 Jan 2024 | 20

Zuckerberg hunkers down in Hawaii to wait out apocalypse

$270M secret building project includes 5,000 sq ft bunker

Bootnotes18 Dec 2023 | 86

Meta trials Purple Llama project for AI developers to test safety risks in models

Security boosted and inappropriate content blocked in large language models

AI + ML07 Dec 2023 | 4

Meta starts rolling out end-to-end encryption in Facebook Messenger

Surfing the cryptographic wave

Applications07 Dec 2023 | 7

Meta killing off Instagram, Messenger cross-platform chatting

How could you, Mark? Oh, right - gotta avoid those pesky EU gatekeeper rules

Personal Tech05 Dec 2023 | 5

Spanish media sues Meta for ignoring GDPR and harvesting data

€550 million lawsuit seeks recompense for 'systemic and massive' disregard for privacy laws

Personal Tech05 Dec 2023 | 30

Today's 'China is misbehaving online' allegations come from Google, Meta

Zuck boots propagandists, Big G finds surge of action directed at Taiwan

Cyber-crime01 Dec 2023 | 9

Meta goes to war with FTC over right to profit from kids' personal data

Awkward hill to die on, but OK

Personal Tech30 Nov 2023 | 22

Meta yanks VR headset's strap-on booster battery after charging bricks it

A misbehaving Li-ion on your noggin - what could possibly go wrong?

Personal Tech30 Nov 2023 | 6

Meta: If you're in our house running AI-massaged political ads, you need to 'fess up

Facebook titan vows to protect two billion voters ... but US gets more protection than India, Indonesia, Mexico, EU

AI + ML29 Nov 2023 | 3

Zuckerberg accused of OK'ing Insta plastic surgery filters despite fears of harm to kids

'Meta knows what it is doing is bad for children ... it is now there in black and white'

Bootnotes29 Nov 2023 | 15

Meta sued by privacy group over pay up or click OK model

Scrolling through endless humblebrags without targeted ads is a fundamental right, according to privacy expert

Legal28 Nov 2023 | 90