Hacker News with Generative AI: Facebook

The Slop Society (wheresyoured.at)
In the last week we've seen the emergence of the true Meta — and the true Mark Zuckerberg — as the company ended its fact-checking program, claiming that (and I quote) "fact checkers have been too politically biased and have destroyed more trust than they've created" on both Instagram and Facebook, the latter of which was shown in a study from George Washington University to, by design, "afford antivaccine content producers several means to circumvent the intent of misinformation removal
Social Media, Facebook, Misinformation, Censorship, Meta
7 points by DanAtC 9 hours ago | 0 comments
What other communities do you use apart from HN? (ycombinator.com)
For example: apart from HN, I take part in Reddit and Bluesky. Facebook and Instagram ane inertia. Twitter/X is never more.
Social Media, Online Communities, Reddit, Bluesky, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram
59 points by stanislavb 6 days ago | 69 comments
How to delete your Facebook account (theverge.com)
You may be wondering how to delete your Facebook account now that fact-checking is no longer considered important, and Meta’s changing its definition of what constitutes Hateful Conduct. It’s easy to do, and we’ll show you how. But you should download all your stuff first.
Social Media, Privacy, Facebook
117 points by battle-racket 8 days ago | 109 comments
Calling women 'household objects' now permitted on Facebook (cnn.com)
Social Media, Censorship, Free Speech, Gender Issues, Facebook
29 points by SigmundurM 10 days ago | 33 comments
Meta is killing off its AI-powered Instagram and Facebook profiles (theguardian.com)
Meta is deleting Facebook and Instagram profiles of AI characters the company created over a year ago after users rediscovered some of the profiles and engaged them in conversations, screenshots of which went viral.
Social Media, Artificial Intelligence, Meta, Facebook, Instagram
386 points by n1b0m 14 days ago | 549 comments
Meta Wants More AI Bots on Facebook and Instagram (nymag.com)
Among Meta’s many resolutions for the new year — making augmented reality and the metaverse happen, positioning itself to absorb TikTok refugees if the app gets banned, cracking open Apple’s platforms to get more access to user data, and attriting its competition in artificial intelligence with breathtaking spending — one stands out as plain weird: filling its social-media platforms with bots.
Meta, Artificial Intelligence, Social Media, Facebook, Instagram
223 points by marban 16 days ago | 393 comments
Please help: My business Facebook, Instagram, and personal acct all got disabled (ycombinator.com)
We're literally customers (ads) of facebook. No warning. Instagram claims we "violated community standards" on our business account, where we have only been posting our very above-board podcast videos.
Social Media, Facebook, Instagram, Business
34 points by solfox 29 days ago | 8 comments
Meta's MySQL Fork You Never Knew About (kirshatrov.com)
It's not very well widely known — but in the world of MySQL forks like Percona and MariaDB, Facebook's fork might be the most interesting one!
MySQL, Databases, Facebook, Open Source
16 points by kirs 32 days ago | 1 comments
Facebook's Little Red Book (map.cv)
In 2012, Facebook was facing a challenge as it hit a billion users: rapid scaling was outpacing their ability to maintain focus on the big picture. Narratives became fragmented, and with them, the essence of what tied the company to Zuckerberg's vision began to fade.
Social Media, Facebook, Business, Scaling
544 points by heshiebee 46 days ago | 283 comments
How Libra Was Killed (threadreaderapp.com)
How Libra Was Killed.
Cryptocurrency, Facebook, Technology
5 points by yarapavan 47 days ago | 1 comments
Instagram actively helping spread of self-harm among teenagers, study finds (theguardian.com)
Meta is actively helping self-harm content to flourish on Instagram by failing to remove explicit images and encouraging those engaging with such content to befriend one another, according to a damning new study that found its moderation “extremely inadequate”.
Social Media, Mental Health, Teenagers, Research, Facebook
33 points by rntn 48 days ago | 14 comments
David Marcus: How Libra Was Killed (twitter.com)
Social Media, Cryptocurrency, Business, Facebook
17 points by Anon84 49 days ago | 5 comments
Supreme Court allows multibillion-dollar class action to proceed against Meta (apnews.com)
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is allowing a multibillion-dollar class action investors’ lawsuit to proceed against Facebook parent Meta, stemming from the privacy scandal involving the Cambridge Analytica political consulting firm.
Legal Cases, Law, Social Media, Privacy, Facebook
109 points by JumpCrisscross 55 days ago | 51 comments
Facebook sues an app for having "face" in title (reddit.com)
Facebook, Lawsuits, Social Media, Trademark
3 points by prakhar897 58 days ago | 0 comments
Ask HN: Facebook is bullying me, what can I do? Warning (ycombinator.com)
I have a Facebook page for my business that was suspended because I was accused of "impersonating any business, celebrity, or public figure." The page shares the same name as a well-known TV show, but it predates the show, and I have a valid U.S. trademark. Unfortunately, I cannot reach Facebook by email, phone, or chat. I have filed two appeals with their intellectual property section, but both times I received the same response:<p>"Thanks for your message.
Facebook, Social Media, Business, Intellectual Property, Legal Issues
33 points by Beijinger 59 days ago | 17 comments
How Bluesky, Alternative to X and Facebook, Is Handling Growth (nytimes.com)
The fledgling social media site has been flooded with new users since the election. It hasn’t all been easy.
Social Media, Growth, Twitter, Facebook, Alternative Platforms
31 points by Traces 62 days ago | 1 comments
EU fines Meta €797.72M over abusive practices benefitting Facebook Marketplace (europa.eu)
EU, Facebook, Antitrust, Competition, Business
4 points by impish9208 65 days ago | 1 comments
Judge: Zuckerberg not liable for social media harm to children (nypost.com)
A federal judge said Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg is not personally liable in 25 lawsuits accusing his company of addicting children to social media.
Lawsuits, Social Media, Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, Children
51 points by mikece 70 days ago | 78 comments
Facebook building subsea cable that will encompass the world (blogspot.com)
Several sources have whispered in my ear that META is planning a new 16 fibre pair cable that will encompass the world going from the US East Coast to the US West Coast via the Atlantic, Indian Ocean, and the Pacific. The most ambitious subsea project ever undertaken.
Facebook, Subsea Cables, Telecommunications, Infrastructure, Global Connectivity
272 points by giuliomagnifico 75 days ago | 151 comments
Facebook Auto-Generating Militia Pages as Extremists Organize in Plain Sight (wired.com)
Ahead of the election, anti-government militias are using Facebook to recruit, coordinate training, and promote ballot box stakeouts. Meta isn’t shutting their groups down and is even auto-generating pages.
Social Media, Politics, Extremism, Facebook
30 points by tobr 79 days ago | 7 comments
Facebook Is Auto-Generating Militia Group Pages as Extremists Organize (wired.com)
Ahead of the election, anti-government militias are using Facebook to recruit, coordinate training, and promote ballot box stakeouts. Meta isn’t shutting their groups down and is even auto-generating pages.
Social Media, Politics, Extremism, Facebook, Election
17 points by ttyprintk 81 days ago | 6 comments
Facebook.com SSL cert expires in a few days (ssllabs.com)
Facebook, Security, SSL Certificates, Cybersecurity
4 points by gyfis 87 days ago | 2 comments
Mark Zuckerberg: "Ship the App" (2011) (techemails.com)
Mark Zuckerberg, Social Media, Leadership, History, Facebook
90 points by rurp 111 days ago | 77 comments
Meta fined $102M for storing passwords in plain text (engadget.com)
The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) has slapped Meta with a $101.5 million (€91 million) fine after wrapping up an investigation into a security breach in 2019, wherein the company mistakenly stored users' passwords in plain text.
Data Privacy, Security, Facebook, Ireland, Law
165 points by redbell 112 days ago | 124 comments
Up to 600M Facebook and Instagram passwords stored in plain text (9to5mac.com)
Meta has been fined €91M ($101M) after it was discovered that to 600 million Facebook and Instagram passwords had been stored in plain text.
Data Breaches, Security, Facebook, Instagram, Social Media
26 points by clwg 113 days ago | 5 comments
Orion, our first true augmented reality glasses (about.fb.com)
Five years ago, we announced to the world that we were building AR glasses. We don’t think people should have to make the choice between a world of information at your fingertips and being present in the physical world around you.
Augmented Reality, Hardware, Facebook, Meta
1227 points by mfiguiere 114 days ago | 1045 comments
Why We're Having to End Our Direct Peering Relationship with Deutsche Telekom (about.fb.com)
As a result of a recent German court ruling in a contractual dispute between Deutsche Telekom and Meta, we are ending our direct peering relationship with Deutsche Telekom.
Legal Disputes, Telecommunications, Facebook, Germany
37 points by omnibrain 115 days ago | 42 comments
Mark Zuckerberg Is Done with Politics (nytimes.com)
He was once a backer of liberal causes. Then everyone seemed to turn on him. Now he wants to stay away from politics — if that’s possible.
Politics, Social Media, Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook
18 points by donsupreme 115 days ago | 12 comments
Instagram Teen Accounts (about.fb.com)
Today, we’re introducing Instagram Teen Accounts, a new experience for teens, guided by parents. Teen Accounts have built-in protections which limit who can contact them and the content they see, and also provide new ways for teens to explore their interests. We’ll automatically place teens into Teen Accounts, and teens under 16 will need a parent’s permission to change any of these settings to be less strict.
Social Media, Privacy, Teenagers, Facebook, Parental Controls
31 points by ChrisArchitect 122 days ago | 71 comments
Mark Zuckerberg's 20-year mistake (platformer.news)
Shortly after bounding on stage Tuesday night at Chase Center, where he sat for an interview with the hosts of the Acquired podcast, Mark Zuckerberg joked that he might have to book a second appearance to apologize for what he was about to say.
Meta, Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, Interviews, Business
15 points by laurex 127 days ago | 9 comments