The way we consume news is always changing. First radio, then television and now the internet have changed people’s habits and had an impact on traditional news publishing. Data from S&P Global Market Intelligence shows the decline in daily newspaper circulation began long before the widespread adoption of the internet in the mid-1990s. In the…
We recognise the financial challenges that European telecom operators now face after decades of strong performance. However, proposals by some European telecom operators to impose network fees on Content Application Providers (CAPs) such as Meta are not the solution. Network fee proposals are built on a false premise because they do not recognise the value…
Today, we’re introducing a new WhatsApp app for Windows that loads faster and is built with an interface similar to the mobile version of the app. You can now host group video calls with up to eight people and audio calls with up to 32 people. We’ll continue to increase these limits over time so…
Last year, we rolled out Communities to help people get the most out of their groups on WhatsApp. Since launching, we’ve wanted to build even more tools for admins and users alike. Today we’re excited to roll out a few new changes we’ve made to make groups more manageable for admins and easier to navigate…
Norwegian dance group Quickstyle, on their maiden India tour, announced a Reels challenge while addressing a group of more than 350 content creators at our office in Mumbai. The challenge is to create a dance to the song “Dilbar” by @tech_panda, and gives sufficient opportunity for people to do their own version of the challenge. …
Mark Zuckerberg just shared the following with Meta employees: Meta is building the future of human connection, and today I want to share some updates on our Year of Efficiency that will help us do that. The goals of this work are: (1) to make us a better technology company and (2) to improve our…
AI is at the core of our work, helping to improve our existing products and serving as a foundation for innovative new applications. It has recently hit an inflection point in capturing the imagination of the general public and people are becoming more aware of its many applications and benefits. As AI advances, so does…
For AI to serve communities fairly, researchers need diverse and inclusive datasets to rigorously evaluate fairness in their models. In applications of computer vision and speech recognition, AI researchers need data to assess how well a model works for different demographic groups. And this data can be difficult to gather due to complex geographic and…
Today, we’re sharing an update on Meta’s civil rights work. Since our last update in 2021, we’ve continued to make progress when it comes to advancing civil rights throughout the company. The following are key highlights: Helping Researchers Measure Fairness in our AI Models. Today, we’re releasing Casual Conversations v2, a consent-driven, publicly available dataset…
Facebook is off to a great start this year. Contrary to reports otherwise, Facebook is not dead nor dying, but in fact alive and thriving with 2 billion daily active users. People are using Facebook for more than connecting with friends and family, but also to discover and engage around what is most important to…