Senators call for investigation into Facebook, Instagram scam ads

Sens. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) sent a letter to regulators on Saturday, requesting an investigation into Meta for allegedly profiting from fraudulent advertisements.

Fact check: No Jon Bon Jovi statue despite what Facebook says

Jon Bon Jovi doesn't have an eight-foot statue cast in bronze on a pedestal despite multiple postings on Facebook saying he ...

Facebook takes on Reddit with launch of nicknames for Facebook Groups

Facebook Groups are getting more Reddit-like with newly added support for nicknames. The feature, which allows users to post ...

Meta is bringing usernames to Facebook Groups

Meta has long required Facebook users to post under their real names (with some exceptions ), but at least for Facebook ...

Zuckerberg, Meta directors agree to $190 million settlement of shareholder privacy case

Mark Zuckerberg and current and former leaders of Meta Platforms agreed to pay the company $190 million to resolve ...
Bloomberg L.P.

China Ends Levies on US Farm Products After Fentanyl Tariff Cuts

China has halted retaliatory tariffs that it imposed on a range of US agricultural products, after Washington officially halved its fentanyl-related levies on Chinese goods. China’s Ministry of ...
IEEE

Computer Estimation of Customer Similarity With Facebook Lookalikes: Advantages and Disadvantages of Hyper-Targeting

Abstract: The advertising systems and the algorithms they use are constantly evolving and expanding the possibilities for reaching potential customers. Hyper-targeting (also called microtargeting) is ...