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Meta Names Assaf Keren as Its New Chief Information Security Officer
The social media company has appointed a PayPal and Qualtrics veteran to lead its security operations, replacing the man who built the function from scratch.
Meta Paid a Researcher $78,000 to Find a Flaw That Exposed Support Chats and Personal Data
An independent security researcher discovered a hole in Meta's internal support system that could have let anyone read private conversations between users and Meta support staff. Meta patched it. Then came the cheque.
Australia Logged 2,000 Sextortion Complaints in Six Months. Big Tech Still Isn't Scanning for the Scripts.
Australia's online safety watchdog says the same blackmail messages keep appearing across platforms, and most major tech companies still aren't using the detection tools that already exist.
Tech Giants Failing to Stop Online Sexual Extortion of Young Men, Australian Regulator Warns
Australia's online safety watchdog reviewed Apple, Meta, Google and others and found serious gaps in how they handle child exploitation and sextortion complaints, even as reports keep climbing.
Meta's Patent Bid: An AI That Listens All Day and Guesses Your Mood
A newly filed Meta patent describes software that would listen to a user's voice, infer their emotional state, and log it against time, location, and phone activity.
Meta Kills AI Image Tool Days After Launch Over Privacy Backlash
A new feature that let users generate pictures by pulling content from public Instagram accounts lasted less than a week before Meta pulled it following an outcry from users and a Hollywood union.
Ofcom Wants Big Tech to Stop Scam Ads. Here's What That Means for You.
The UK's communications regulator has told the country's largest social platforms to clean up fraudulent advertising or face fines of up to 10% of their global revenue.
Meta's New AI Tool Can Put Real People Into Fake Photos Without Asking First
Meta's Muse Image feature lets anyone generate pictures using other people's public Instagram photos. Critics say the opt-out system puts the burden in the wrong place.
Australian Health Websites Secretly Fed Patients' Fertility and Medication Searches to Meta and TikTok
Australia's privacy regulator has ruled that Monash IVF and Medmate broke the law by embedding invisible tracking code on their health websites — code that sent sensitive visitor data to social media giants without asking anyone's permission.
WhatsApp Is Letting You Ditch Your Phone Number — Here's What That Means for Your Privacy
The world's most-used messaging app is adding usernames, so strangers no longer need your phone number to reach you. A meaningful privacy upgrade, but it comes with a scramble.
WhatsApp Starts Username Reservations, Finally Decoupling Identity From Phone Numbers
The optional handle system lets users be reachable without exposing an E.164 number, a meaningful identifier change for a 3-billion-user directory.
Meta Halts AI Training Program Amid Data Access Breaches
Meta's Model Compatibility Initiative collected keystrokes, screen content and private conversations from employees. After workers twice broke through its access controls, the program is paused.