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CyberWell sends social media companies recommendations to improve antisemitism moderation

The guidance was submitted as a public comment this month in response to a call for input from Meta's Oversight Board regarding the use of large language models in content moderation.

In this photo illustration, icons for WhatsApp, Facebook, Threads, X, Instagram, TikTok, Reddit, YouTube and Snapchat are displayed on a smartphone placed over computer keyboards on August 30, 2026
A young Iraqi girl who has reached the age of wearing a hijab, is clothed in the head covering worn by many Muslim women for the first time during a ceremony organised at the Basra International Stadium in Iraq's southern city of Basra on December 11, 2025.

Iranian matchmaking app removed by Google after allowing girls as young as 12 to register

Meta launches paid subscriptions for Facebook and WhatsApp

Meta bans TikTok ads on its platforms in US

JEREMY STRONG (left) and Bill Burr in ‘The Social Reckoning.’

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Finally: Artificial Intelligence arrives on WhatsApp in a new update

Meta announced the integration of a series of new features into the WhatsApp app, including the use of artificial intelligence to suggest message phrasing and edit media files within chats.

WhatsApp users.

Social media addiction trial stalls as LA jury cannot reach verdict

The defendants are Google and Meta, but the jury did not specify which one it was referring to.

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At the top of Meta, Mark Zuckerberg is experimenting with a CEO bot

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is testing a personal artificial intelligence agent meant to act as a co-pilot for leadership.

Mark Zuckerberg

Finally: The long-awaited WhatsApp update is coming to mobile soon

A new WhatsApp feature allows users to create a link to chat with people without an account. The interface works in the browser while keeping end-to-end encryption.

Anonymous chatting. The new feature.

Meta announces big news for parents: Dedicated WhatsApp account for kids with full supervision

Meta launches WhatsApp accounts for children under 13, giving parents full control, ad restrictions, AI tool blocking, and privacy management.

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Report: Meta plans smartwatch with health and AI capabilities

After shelving the project about two years ago, the tech giant is planning a comeback on the wrist with an AI-based watch, aiming to compete with Apple and Google.

Rendering: Meta smartwatch

WhatsApp’s transcription revolution reaches all users

WhatsApp rolls out a major AI feature letting users convert voice messages into text instantly, fulfilling one of its most requested tools for easier messaging and accessibility.

WhatsApp.

Meta's Zuckerberg denies at LA trial that Instagram targets kids

Mark Zuckerberg faces questions in a trial accusing Meta and Google of profiting from social media addiction and harming children’s mental health.

Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg departs the court after taking the stand at a trial in a key test case accusing Meta and Google's YouTube of harming kids' mental health through addictive platforms, in Los Angeles, California, February 18, 2026.

Instagram top chief defends platform during trial over youth mental-health crisis caused by it

Adam Mosseri, the head of Instagram, testified in Los Angeles as part of a trial on what plaintiffs call "social media addiction" in children and young adults.

Instagram app.

WhatsApp says Russia tried to fully block service to push state app

Russia began limiting calls on messaging platforms last year, accusing them of refusing to share information with law enforcement.

Teenagers pose for a photo while holding smartphones in front of a Whatsapp logo in this illustration taken September 11, 2025.