Meta won’t allow users to opt out of targeted ads based on AI chats
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Meta won’t allow users to opt out of targeted ads based on AI chats

On Thursday, Bits of Freedom—a Netherlands-based advocacy group specially focused on privacy and freedom of communication—announced that a judge ruled Meta must respect users’ choice to avoid invasive personalized feeds. Within two weeks, Meta must update its apps to allow EU users the choice of sticking with a chronological feed that is not based on...

Meta Set to Face EU Finding It Failed to Police Illegal Posts
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Meta Set to Face EU Finding It Failed to Police Illegal Posts

Meta Platforms Inc. is set to face a charge sheet from the European Union for failing to adequately police illegal content, risking fines for violating the bloc’s content moderation rulebook.  The European Commission is preparing to issue preliminary findings saying that Meta’s Facebook and Instagram lack an adequate “notice and action mechanism” that would let...