Meta pirated at least 101 of my books, and others
(garymarcus.substack.com)
Meta pirated at least 101 of my books and articles, and tens of millions of others
Meta pirated at least 101 of my books and articles, and tens of millions of others
Meta pirated books to train its AI
(theatlantic.com)
Meta pirated millions of books to train its AI. Search through them here.
Meta pirated millions of books to train its AI. Search through them here.
Meta spotted testing AI-generated comments on Instagram
(techcrunch.com)
In recent years, Meta has introduced many AI features and capabilities to its apps, even going so far as experimenting with AI-generated characters complete with unique profiles and personalities, before scrapping them after they were deemed creepy and unnecessary.
In recent years, Meta has introduced many AI features and capabilities to its apps, even going so far as experimenting with AI-generated characters complete with unique profiles and personalities, before scrapping them after they were deemed creepy and unnecessary.
How 'Careless People' is becoming a bigger problem for Meta
(theverge.com)
Meta has aggressively pushed to discredit and silence Sarah Wynn-Williams, the author of Careless People, her memoir about working at the company as a policy director. Now, she’s fighting back.
Meta has aggressively pushed to discredit and silence Sarah Wynn-Williams, the author of Careless People, her memoir about working at the company as a policy director. Now, she’s fighting back.
Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI
(theatlantic.com)
Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.
Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.
Bluesky made more money selling T-shirts mocking Zuckerberg than custom domains
(techcrunch.com)
Bluesky CEO Jay Graber made a splash at SXSW last week, showing up at her keynote event in a T-shirt that subtly poked fun at Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg.
Bluesky CEO Jay Graber made a splash at SXSW last week, showing up at her keynote event in a T-shirt that subtly poked fun at Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg.
Meta puts stop on promotion of tell-all book by former employee
(theguardian.com)
Meta on Wednesday won an emergency arbitration ruling to temporarily stop promotion of the tell-all book Careless People by a former employee, according to a copy of the ruling published by the social media company.
Meta on Wednesday won an emergency arbitration ruling to temporarily stop promotion of the tell-all book Careless People by a former employee, according to a copy of the ruling published by the social media company.
Exposé of the cult of Zuckerberg reveals peril of power-crazy tech bros
(theguardian.com)
Meta’s attempt to silence ex-employee Sarah Wynn-Williams has drawn attention to its work on stifling freedom of expression in China
Meta’s attempt to silence ex-employee Sarah Wynn-Williams has drawn attention to its work on stifling freedom of expression in China
Meta's Response to Explosive Tell-All Is Ripped from a Familiar PR Playbook
(vanityfair.com)
Meta’s formidable public relations apparatus whirred to life this week, as details of a salacious new tell-all memoir about the company and its top executives hit shelves Tuesday.
Meta’s formidable public relations apparatus whirred to life this week, as details of a salacious new tell-all memoir about the company and its top executives hit shelves Tuesday.
Amazing: Mr Free Speech Zuckerberg wants to ban just one book, the one about him
(theguardian.com)
I am as shocked as I am confused that Mark Zuckerberg is going all-out to block a memoir by Facebook’s former director of global public policy, Sarah Wynn-Williams. I thought information wanted to be free? I definitely heard that speech should be. We know Meta’s revolting oligarch doesn’t write his self-serving public pronouncements, but he should at least make time in his busy Magafication schedule to read them.
I am as shocked as I am confused that Mark Zuckerberg is going all-out to block a memoir by Facebook’s former director of global public policy, Sarah Wynn-Williams. I thought information wanted to be free? I definitely heard that speech should be. We know Meta’s revolting oligarch doesn’t write his self-serving public pronouncements, but he should at least make time in his busy Magafication schedule to read them.
Meta Seeks to Block Further Sales of Ex-Employee's Scathing Memoir
(nytimes.com)
Meta won a legal victory on Wednesday against a former employee who published an explosive, tell-all memoir, as an arbitrator temporarily prohibited the author from promoting or further distributing copies.
Meta won a legal victory on Wednesday against a former employee who published an explosive, tell-all memoir, as an arbitrator temporarily prohibited the author from promoting or further distributing copies.
Meta puts stop on promotion of tell-all book by former employee
(theguardian.com)
Meta on Wednesday won an emergency arbitration ruling to temporarily stop promotion of the tell-all book Careless People by a former employee, according to a copy of the ruling published by the social media company.
Meta on Wednesday won an emergency arbitration ruling to temporarily stop promotion of the tell-all book Careless People by a former employee, according to a copy of the ruling published by the social media company.
Meta stops ex-director from promoting critical memoir
(bbc.co.uk)
Meta has won an emergency ruling in the US to temporarily stop a former director of Facebook from promoting or further distributing copies of her memoir.
Meta has won an emergency ruling in the US to temporarily stop a former director of Facebook from promoting or further distributing copies of her memoir.
Meta is trying to offload kids safety onto app stores with new bills says Google
(theverge.com)
Google has its own ideas about what kids online safety legislation should look like.
Google has its own ideas about what kids online safety legislation should look like.
Testing Begins for Community Notes on Facebook, Instagram and Threads
(about.fb.com)
In January, Meta announced that we will end our third party fact checking program and move to a crowd-sourced Community Notes approach, starting in the United States. On March 18th, we will begin testing this new approach by allowing contributors from our community to write and rate notes on content across Facebook, Instagram and Threads.
In January, Meta announced that we will end our third party fact checking program and move to a crowd-sourced Community Notes approach, starting in the United States. On March 18th, we will begin testing this new approach by allowing contributors from our community to write and rate notes on content across Facebook, Instagram and Threads.
Meta's Response to Explosive Tell-All Is Ripped from a Familiar PR Playbook
(vanityfair.com)
Meta’s formidable public relations apparatus whirred to life this week, as details of a salacious new tell-all memoir about the company and its top executives hit shelves Tuesday.
Meta’s formidable public relations apparatus whirred to life this week, as details of a salacious new tell-all memoir about the company and its top executives hit shelves Tuesday.
Meta is trying to stop a former employee from promoting her book about Facebook
(engadget.com)
Meta has notched an early victory in its attempt to halt a surprise tell-all memoir from a former policy executive turned whistleblower.
Meta has notched an early victory in its attempt to halt a surprise tell-all memoir from a former policy executive turned whistleblower.
Meta is trying to block ex-employee's book alleging misconduct and harassment
(theverge.com)
An arbitrator has instructed the book’s author and its publishers to stop publishing the book, though it’s unclear how much authority the arbitrator has to do so.
An arbitrator has instructed the book’s author and its publishers to stop publishing the book, though it’s unclear how much authority the arbitrator has to do so.
Meta must defend claim it stripped copyright info from Llama's training fodder
(theregister.com)
A judge has found Meta must answer a claim it allegedly removed so-called copyright management information from material used to train its AI models.
A judge has found Meta must answer a claim it allegedly removed so-called copyright management information from material used to train its AI models.
One character change provides 20% savings for Meta
(theregister.com)
Meta says it has managed to reduce the CPU cycles of its top services by 20 percent through its Strobelight profiling orchestration suite, which relies on the open source eBPF project.
Meta says it has managed to reduce the CPU cycles of its top services by 20 percent through its Strobelight profiling orchestration suite, which relies on the open source eBPF project.
Bluesky CEO Jay Graber pokes fun at Zuckerberg with Latin phrase T-shirt
(techcrunch.com)
When Bluesky CEO Jay Graber walked on stage at SXSW 2025 for her keynote discussion, she wore a large black T-shirt with her hair pulled back into a bun.
When Bluesky CEO Jay Graber walked on stage at SXSW 2025 for her keynote discussion, she wore a large black T-shirt with her hair pulled back into a bun.
Meta keeps secret 'do not rehire' list of ex-employees
(nypost.com)
Meta maintains an internal “do not rehire” list of former employees who are not welcome back at the company — even on the recommendation of a vice president, according to a report.
Meta maintains an internal “do not rehire” list of former employees who are not welcome back at the company — even on the recommendation of a vice president, according to a report.
What went wrong with Horizon Worlds? Ex-Meta dev shares insider insights
(ycombinator.com)
After writing about Meta’s highly misguided $50 million bounty for developers to create content in Horizon Worlds, a former software engineer at Horizon Worlds reached out to me.
After writing about Meta’s highly misguided $50 million bounty for developers to create content in Horizon Worlds, a former software engineer at Horizon Worlds reached out to me.
Strobelight: A profiling service built on open source technology
(engineering.fb.com)
We’re sharing details about Strobelight, Meta’s profiling orchestrator.
We’re sharing details about Strobelight, Meta’s profiling orchestrator.
Meta keeps 'block' lists of ex-employees – and even a VP can't get you off them
(businessinsider.com)
Meta maintains internal block lists of employees who are ineligible for being rehired. BI spoke with former employees who said they were surprised to learn they were on these lists. Some former Meta managers said it could be nearly impossible to get employees off the list.
Meta maintains internal block lists of employees who are ineligible for being rehired. BI spoke with former employees who said they were surprised to learn they were on these lists. Some former Meta managers said it could be nearly impossible to get employees off the list.
Meta apologises over flood of gore, violence and dead bodies on Instagram
(theguardian.com)
Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta has apologised after Instagram users were subjected to a flood of violence, gore, animal abuse and dead bodies on their Reels feeds.
Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta has apologised after Instagram users were subjected to a flood of violence, gore, animal abuse and dead bodies on their Reels feeds.
Meta is firing about 20 employees for leaking
(theverge.com)
Meta has fired “roughly 20” employees who leaked “confidential information outside the company,” according to a spokesperson.
Meta has fired “roughly 20” employees who leaked “confidential information outside the company,” according to a spokesperson.