Today, we’re introducing new privacy features that provide interlocking layers of protection and give you more control over your messages on WhatsApp. Personal calls and messages on WhatsApp are protected with default end-to-end encryption, and over the years we’ve continued to add features like disappearing messages that self-destruct, end-to-end encrypted backups when you want to…
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Facebook: BlenderBot 3: An AI Chatbot That Improves Through Conversation
To build artificial intelligence (AI) systems that can interact with people in smarter, safer and more useful ways, we need to teach them to adapt to our needs. Today, we’re releasing BlenderBot 3, our state-of-the-art conversational agent that can converse naturally with people, who can then provide feedback to the model on how to improve…
Facebook: Meta’s Adversarial Threat Report, Second Quarter 2022
Today, we’re sharing our second quarterly adversarial threat report that provides insight into the risks we see worldwide and across multiple policy violations. The report marks nearly five years since we began publicly sharing our threat research and analysis into covert influence operations that we tackle under the Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior (CIB) policy. Since 2017,…
Facebook: Bringing AR and VR to the France 2023 Rugby Tour
On July 21, our Meta Official Supplier teams boarded the France 2023 Rugby World Cup train at the Lille Flandres station, before setting off on its 100-day journey across France. The four-car exhibition-train gives people the opportunity to learn about the teams that have qualified for the France 2023 Rugby World Cup and the history…
Facebook: New Research on the Relationship Between Facebook Friendships and Economic Opportunity
In 2018, a team of researchers, led by economist Raj Chetty, approached Meta with a question: Can a person’s social network help lift them out of poverty? Chetty and his team at Harvard’s Opportunity Insights are known for their groundbreaking research on economic opportunity in the United States and how public policy can improve a…
Facebook: Using Instagram to Advocate for Patients With Medical Debt
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Facebook: The FTC’s Attempt to Block Meta’s Acquisition of Within Is Wrong on the Facts and the Law
Today, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed a lawsuit seeking to block Meta’s planned acquisition of Within, the company behind the VR fitness app Supernatural. The FTC’s case is based on ideology and speculation, not evidence. The idea that this acquisition would lead to anticompetitive outcomes in a dynamic space with as much entry and…
Facebook: Expanding Our Third-Party Fact Checking Program in India
Today, we are expanding our third-party fact-checking program in India to include NewsMeter, a fact checker primarily focused on the southern states in the country. The partnership will help connect people to accurate and verified information, enhancing our fact-checking capabilities in regional Indian languages including Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Tamil. Globally, we work with more…
Facebook: Meta Asks Oversight Board to Advise on COVID-19 Misinformation Policies
Meta is asking the Oversight Board for advice on whether measures to address dangerous COVID-19 misinformation, introduced in extraordinary circumstances at the onset of the pandemic, should remain in place as many, though not all, countries around the world seek to return to more normal life. Misinformation related to COVID-19 has presented unique risks to…
Facebook: Economic Recovery Programme Launched to Support SMBs in Ukraine
Today we are launching a training hub that offers diverse educational resources to SMBs across Ukraine. The hub includes Blueprint courses, Meta Boost training platform and SMB success stories. Through the new hub, a variety of free workshops, training and educational resources are available. These include: Meta Boost platform – provides numerous online workshops on…