Hacker News with Generative AI: Facebook

Urgent decision: Meta may use user data for AI training (heise.de)
The Cologne Higher Regional Court has rejected an application by consumer advocates to prohibit Meta from using Facebook data for AI training, for example.
Privacy, AI, Facebook, Law, Social Media
5 points by I_am_tiberius 33 days ago | 1 comments
Kangaroo: A flash cache optimized for tiny objects (2021) (engineering.fb.com)
Kangaroo is a new flash cache that enables more efficient caching of tiny objects (objects that are ~100 bytes or less) and overcomes the challenges presented by existing flash cache designs.
Software, Caching, Facebook, Optimization, Data Structures
22 points by PaulHoule 36 days ago | 1 comments
Noyb sends Meta 'cease and desist' letter over AI training (noyb.eu)
Meta has announced it will use EU personal data from Instagram and Facebook users to train its new AI systems from 27 May onwards.
Privacy, Artificial Intelligence, Facebook, Instagram, Europe
4 points by sarnowski 40 days ago | 0 comments
FB told advertisers it can identify teens feeling 'insecure', 'worthless' (2017) (theguardian.com)
Facebook showed advertisers how it has the capacity to identify when teenagers feel “insecure”, “worthless” and “need a confidence boost”, according to a leaked documents based on research quietly conducted by the social network.
Facebook, Social Media, Privacy, Advertising, Teenagers
14 points by gnabgib 54 days ago | 2 comments
Meta's new moderators face worst conditions yet (thebureauinvestigates.com)
A suicide attempt, depression, substance abuse, insomnia, surveillance, threats. These are just some of the experiences reported by the low-paid moderators tasked with sifting through Facebook and Instagram’s most disturbing images.
Social Media, Moderation, Mental Health, Labor Conditions, Facebook
17 points by Improvement 59 days ago | 2 comments
Mark Zuckerberg personally lost the Facebook antitrust case (pluralistic.net)
It's damned hard to prove an antitrust case: so often, the prosecution has to prove that the company intended to crush competition, and/or that they raised prices or reduced quality because they knew they didn't have to fear competitors.
Antitrust, Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, Law, Business
234 points by thefox 62 days ago | 99 comments
A tuition-free school created by Zuckerberg and Chan will shutter next year (cnn.com)
Education, Technology, Social Impact, Facebook
58 points by jszymborski 63 days ago | 32 comments
The Zuckerbergs Founded Two Bay Area Schools. Now They're Closing (nytimes.com)
Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Dr. Priscilla Chan, opened the schools to help communities of color. Some families wonder if the shutting of the schools is related to his D.E.I. retrenchment.
Education, Philanthropy, Social Impact, Silicon Valley, Facebook
10 points by reaperducer 63 days ago | 1 comments
Jedi Blue (wikipedia.org)
Jedi Blue is an agreement between Alphabet and Meta Platforms that allegedly gave Facebook an illegal advantage in Google's ad auctions in exchange for Facebook's word that it would end its own ad service plans.
Antitrust, Competition, Google, Facebook, Advertising
7 points by ColinWright 64 days ago | 0 comments
Uncovered emails showed how Meta struggled to keep Facebook culturally relevant (techcrunch.com)
With the first week of Meta’s antitrust trial behind us, documents shared by the U.S Federal Trade Commission (FTC) offered more insight into Meta’s internal struggles to keep Facebook relevant.
Antitrust, Social Media, Facebook, Meta, Business
29 points by rntn 68 days ago | 9 comments
Mark Zuckerberg personally lost the Facebook antitrust case (pluralistic.net)
It's damned hard to prove an antitrust case: so often, the prosecution has to prove that the company intended to crush competition, and/or that they raised prices or reduced quality because they knew they didn't have to fear competitors.
Antitrust Law, Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg
12 points by hn_acker 70 days ago | 0 comments
Facebook whistleblower makes shocking claim about Mark Zuckerberg [video] (youtube.com)
Facebook, Social Media, Whistleblower, Mark Zuckerberg, Video
14 points by gtirloni 73 days ago | 1 comments
Zuckerberg's 2012 email dubbed "smoking gun" at Meta monopoly trial (arstechnica.com)
Starting the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) antitrust trial Monday with a bang, Daniel Matheson, the FTC's lead litigator, flagged a "smoking gun"—a 2012 email where Mark Zuckerberg suggested that Facebook could buy Instagram to "neutralize a potential competitor," The New York Times reported.
Antitrust, Social Media, Facebook, Lawsuits, Business
7 points by mempko 73 days ago | 1 comments
Meta faces antitrust claims at trial over Instagram and WhatsApp ownership (theguardian.com)
Facebook parent Meta Platforms faces a high-stakes trial in Washington starting on Monday on claims it built an illegal social media monopoly by spending billions of dollars to acquire Instagram and WhatsApp, in a case in which US antitrust enforcers seek to unwind the deals.
Antitrust, Social Media, Facebook, Acquisitions, Lawsuits
6 points by c420 74 days ago | 0 comments
Facebook is just Craigslist now (theatlantic.com)
The social-media giant has manifested its final form: not digital connector, but digital bazaar.
Social Media, Facebook, Craigslist, Online Marketplaces
42 points by heymax054 75 days ago | 35 comments
Facebook Is Just Craigslist Now (theatlantic.com)
The social-media giant has manifested its final form: not digital connector, but digital bazaar.
Social Media, Facebook, Craigslist, Online Marketplaces
17 points by jnord 77 days ago | 0 comments
Facebook Downloader (fload.app)
Download Videos from Facebook in Full HD, 2K and 4K.
Facebook, Video Downloading, Tools, Social Media
17 points by kohlerofficial 82 days ago | 3 comments
Meta debuts Friends tab, Mark Zuckerberg pushes 'throwback to OG Facebook' (cnbc.com)
Social Media, Facebook, Meta, Nostalgia, User Interface
13 points by koolba 92 days ago | 17 comments
Upcoming changes to how live videos are stored (facebook.com)
It looks like you were misusing this feature by going too fast. You’ve been temporarily blocked from using it.
Facebook, Live Video, Social Media, Storage
24 points by EGreg 97 days ago | 2 comments
Facebook to stop targeting ads at UK woman after legal fight (bbc.co.uk)
Facebook has agreed to stop targeting adverts at an individual user using personal data after she filed a lawsuit against its parent company, tech giant Meta.
Privacy, Facebook, Lawsuits, Advertising
133 points by dijksterhuis 97 days ago | 108 comments
Move faster, wait less: Improving code review time at Meta (engineering.fb.com)
When done well, code reviews can catch bugs, teach best practices, and ensure high code quality. At Meta we call an individual set of changes made to the codebase a “diff.” While we like to move fast at Meta, every diff must be reviewed, without exception. But, as the Code Review team, we also understand that when reviews take longer, people get less done.
Software Engineering, Code Review, Productivity, Facebook
6 points by avikalp 98 days ago | 0 comments
Ask HN: Facebook account suspended for "Account Integrity" (ycombinator.com)
My Facebook account was suspended due to 'Account Integrity' concerns, and I was asked to submit a government-issued ID for verification.
Social Media, Facebook, Account Security, Privacy
5 points by chistev 100 days ago | 4 comments
Zuckerberg 'lied' to Senate, Sandberg asked me to bed, says author (afr.com)
A former Facebook executive has written an insider account of a company that she says was run by status-hungry and self-absorbed leaders.
Facebook, Leadership, Business, Social Media, Biography
12 points by wahnfrieden 102 days ago | 3 comments
A Facebook Insider's Exposé Alleges Bad Behavior at the Top (archive.org)
“Careless People,” a memoir by a former Facebook executive, portrays feckless company leaders cozying up to authoritarian regimes.
Facebook, Social Media, Business, Leadership, Politics
91 points by nabla9 102 days ago | 69 comments
Ex-Facebook director's new book paints brutal image of Mark Zuckerberg (sfgate.com)
Social Media, Leadership, Biography, Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg
434 points by AntiRush 106 days ago | 268 comments
Former Facebook execs are running Firefox adtech (goblin.band)
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Facebook, Advertising, Firefox, Privacy
38 points by jordigh 108 days ago | 7 comments
Facebook was 'hand in glove' with China, BBC told (bbc.co.uk)
A former senior Facebook executive has told the BBC how the social media giant worked "hand in glove" with the Chinese government on potential ways of allowing Beijing to censor and control content in China.
Facebook, China, Censorship, Social Media, Government
23 points by hermitcrab 109 days ago | 1 comments
Facebook Marketplace is keeping young people on the platform (cnbc.com)
Facebook, Social Media, Business, Demographics, Young Adults
52 points by owendarko 110 days ago | 62 comments
The Lie That Facebook Sold You (havenweb.org)
Facebook should be those things. It used to and it even pretends to still be those things–but it isn’t. That’s the lie that gets you in the door, and then Facebook uses every nasty trick it can to do one thing: keep you scrolling.
Social Media, Facebook, Manipulation, Deception, Business
14 points by mawise 111 days ago | 1 comments
How to change your settings to make yourself less valuable to Meta (johnoliverwantsyourraterotica.com)
Go to accountscenter.facebook.com and complete the steps below.
Privacy, Social Media, Facebook
285 points by SLHamlet 123 days ago | 122 comments