Venom 3 Slithers Back Into Production

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With Thanksgiving and strikes now in the rearview, the cast and crew for Venom 3 are now back at work.

Meta is begging the government for new rules on age verification. But is it really trying to stick it to TikTok?

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Meta suggests parents should be the ones to approve any app downloads for 13-16 year olds.

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Meta Officially Accepts Blood Money to Promote the Big Lie

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Meta made a quiet policy update last year allowing advertisers on Facebook and Instagram to say the 2020 election was rigged. The company has made one thing clear: you can’t use their ad systems to question the legitimacy of the American election system — unless you have a credit card, in which case they’re happy to…

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You Can Finally Delete Threads Without Losing Your Instagram

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Head of Instagram, Adam Mosseri, recently rolled out a few updates for Meta’s Threads and the biggest standout is that you finally have a way to delete your Threads profile separately from your Instagram account.

You can finally delete your Threads account without also deleting your Instagram. Here's how to do it.

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Threads amassed 100 million users in under a week after launching in July.

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How the mighty watermelon became a symbol of pro-Palestinian resistance on social media

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A protester in Tel Aviv carries flags with watermelon illustrations, symbolizing the Palestinian flag.

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TikTok and Instagram users would be willing to pay for everyone to get off social media, research finds

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The study was published by the National Bureau of Economics Research.

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Mark Zuckerberg ignored top executives' calls for improved teen wellbeing and vetoed removal of cosmetic surgery filters, lawsuit claims

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Facebook Chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies at a House Financial Services Committee hearing in Washington, U.S., October 23, 2019, wearing a suit and looking serious with facebook logo in background.
Mark Zuckerberg.

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A modern etiquette guide for group chats

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The group chat has become the fulcrum of civilization and its discontents. In order to survive and thrive as humans, it's time for us to agree on group-chat etiquette.

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Meta's new way to handle AI-generated political ads basically relies on the honor system. Which will definitely work.

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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg attends closed door Senate AI forum in September 2023
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg attending the closed door Senate AI forum.

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