Social media platforms Instagram and YouTube have a design defect which means they are addictive, a US jury has ruled.
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A US jury has ordered Meta to pay $375-million for allegedly enabling child exploitation on its platforms.
Gen Z didn’t break the internet – but TechCentral’s newest editorial intern wonders whether it’s time to fix it.
South Africa doesn’t need to copy/paste the Australian ban, but it does need a coherent national strategy for child safety online.
Australia on Wednesday became the world’s first country to ban social media for children under 16.
Meta has appropriated the likenesses of celebrities to create dozens of flirty social media chatbots without their permission.
Mark Zuckerberg sees future social feeds filled with AI content and AI friends. And fuelling this synthetic future will be AI ads.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg considered spinning off Instagram in 2018 over US antitrust worries.
Democratised technology doesn’t always guarantee democratic outcomes. The emerging fediverse faces similar potential pitfalls.
Instagram is reportedly considering the launch of a separate app for its short-form video feature, Reels.