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Meta separates groups from Facebook and launches a new app

Meta is disconnecting one of the central and most popular features on the social network. The new app, Forum, will concentrate all group activity in one place.

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“Meta is unifying Facebook, Instagram, Messenger and more into a single account system, allowing users to manage all services from one place and sign in securely using one password or Passkey technology.”

Meta to lay off 100 in Israel, reassign 200 to AI

(ILLUSTRATIVE) A logo of Meta AI sits outside the Meta House on the opening day of the 55th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 20, 2025.

Meta employees launch protest against mouse-tracking tech at US offices

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Meta unifies all accounts under one roof


‘Knowledge is power’: Financial Facebook group for olim hits 40,000 members

Nefesh B’Nefesh, the one-stop resource shop for olim, refers queries about finances and budgeting in Israel to the Living Financially Smarter in Israel Facebook group.

 RIFKA LEBOWITZ (R), founder of the Facebook group, meeting an attendee at the annual Living Financially Smarter in Israel Conference.

Georgian woman finds out mystery birth father was actually her Facebook friend - BBC

Museridze's search began in 2016 when the mother who raised her passed away. While clearing out her house, Museridze found her birth certificate with a false birth date.

 Tamuna Museridze with her father Gurgen Khorava.

Meta will face antitrust trial over Instagram, WhatsApp acquisitions

The FTC sued Meta's Facebook in 2020, during the Trump administration, alleging that the company acted illegally to maintain its social network monopoly.

 Meta announces testing of facial recognition.

After reservist commits suicide, sister blasts gov’t’s ‘absurd’ PTSD policy

Dagan described her brother’s struggles, saying, “My mother dedicated her life to trying to save Asaf… He exhibited all the classic symptoms of PTSD.”

 Major Asaf Dagan.

'Wineglasses and detergent': Meta fires employees over misuse of meal vouchers - report

Meta employees working in the company's smaller premises receive meal vouchers amounting to $20 for breakfast and 25$ for lunch and dinner.

 Meta HQ at One Hacker Way in Menlo Park, CA: an ideal venue for the Bay Area Jewish community  to demand that Mark Zuckerberg prioritizes safety of Jewish students over profits.

No. 28: Mark Zuckerberg: A symbol of Jewish entrepreneurial success

As one of the most prominent Jewish figures in the tech industry, Mark Zuckerberg has become a symbol of innovation and success for many young Jewish entrepreneurs.

 Mark Zuckerberg.

From river to sea: Meta endorses a call for Israel's erasure - editorial

Meta's Oversight Board ignites controversy with a decision on a contentious phrase. As social media grapples with free speech and hate speech, this ruling raises questions about online discourse.

 Facebook's new rebrand logo Meta is seen on smartphone in front of displayed logo of Facebook, Messenger, Instagram, Whatsapp and Oculus in this illustration picture taken October 28, 2021

Google returns with improved Imagen 3, allowing creation of human figures with AI

Google revives AI-generated human figures with enhanced safeguards after controversy over false and racist images, integrating the feature into its Gemini AI chatbot.

AI generated Donald Trump, notice the missing finger.

How bots and fake users threaten internet integrity and business security - opinion

Bots now make up 47% of internet traffic, impacting national security and businesses by distorting data and spreading misinformation.

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Digital iron curtain: Russia’s clampdown on YouTube and the fight for free information

As Kremlin censorship escalates, Russians grapple with a future of restricted digital access and the potential loss of the country’s most popular social media platform.

 Illustration shows YouTube logo and Russian flag