She Painted a Few Champagne Bottles. Then Came Meta’s Customer Support Hell

Holifield hired Eva to help get her account back. But Eva warned that the chances of success were impossible to predict. Eva herself had, for reasons unclear to her, lost access in late January to Meta’s Media Support Partner Portal, a channel to more dedicated support for public figures and organizations. Someone else with Portal … Read more

Meta Is Already Training a More Powerful Successor to Llama 3

Zuckerberg took to Instagram today to explain that Meta would incorporate the new Meta AI assistant, powered by Llama 3, into products that include Whatsapp, Instagram, Facebook, and Messenger. Meta said in its blog post announcing Llama 3 that it had focused heavily on improving the training data used to develop the model. It was … Read more

Meta AI assistant comes to WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook and Messenger

Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks during Meta Connect event at Meta headquarters in Menlo Park, California on September 27, 2023. Josh Edelson | AFP | Getty Images Meta on Thursday announced its free artificial intelligence assistant, Meta AI, is rolling out across its social media platforms WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook and Messenger. The assistant … Read more

TikTok doubles ad buy to fight potential U.S. ban in Congress

Giovanna Gonzalez of Chicago demonstrates outside the U.S. Capitol following a press conference by TikTok creators to voice their opposition to the “Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act,” pending crackdown legislation on TikTok in the House of Representatives, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., March 12, 2024.  Craig Hudson | Reuters TikTok more … Read more

Trump Media tells DJT shareholders how to block short sellers

Jonathan Raa | Nurphoto | Getty Images Trump Media is making a point of telling its shareholders how to prevent their stock from being loaned to short sellers — who bet the price of the shares will drop. The short-selling-prevention tips posted Wednesday on Trump Media’s website come as its DJT stock has sharply fallen … Read more

Democrat touts social media age-verification measure ahead of key hearing

Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D-Mass.) urged the House Energy and Commerce Committee on Tuesday to consider age-verification requirements for social media ahead of the panel’s hearing on data privacy and kids’ online safety legislation. The Democratic lawmaker pointed to his legislation, the Verifying Kids’ Online Privacy Act, which would require social media to develop methods of … Read more

Social Media Platform X Banned In Pakistan Over Concerns About

Lahore: The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Wednesday directed the Ministry of Interior to revoke its decision on the suspension within one week, according to a media report. Social media users in Pakistan have been facing difficulties in accessing the Elon Musk-owned platform since mid-February when jailed former prime minister Imran Khan’s party called for … Read more

Pakistan says it blocked social media platform X over ‘national security’ | Social Media News

The platform remained inaccessible to users, but government officials refused to acknowledge any restrictions, until now. Pakistan blocked access to social media platform X around the time of elections in February, the interior ministry said, citing national security concerns. Users had reported problems using the platform, formerly known as Twitter, since mid-February, when jailed former … Read more

Bishop addressed chilling prediction in sermon before stabbing at Wakeley’s Christ The Good Shepherd Church in Western Sydney

WARNING: Distressing content. Christian leader Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel addressed predictions of his death in a livestreamed sermon just weeks before he was stabbed at a Western Sydney church. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Bishop addresses predictions of his own death. Newsletters: Breaking news as it happens. Subscribe now Emmanuel, Father Isaac Royel, and three churchgoers … Read more

Trump Media shares fall, Truth Social will launch TV platform

Jonathan Raa | Nurphoto | Getty Images The price of Trump Media shares closed trading more than 14% lower Tuesday, hours after after the company announced its Truth Social platform is moving to launch a live TV streaming platform. The sharp fall of DJT shares came after they ended trading Monday on the Nasdaq down … Read more