Meta Used Copyrighted Books for AI Training Despite Lawyers’ Warnings, Say Authors December 13, 2023 By Katie Paul Meta Platforms’ lawyers had warned it about the legal perils of using thousands of pirated books to train its AI...
Pulitzer Winner Chabon, Other Authors Sue Meta Over AI Program September 13, 2023 By Blake Brittain and Katie Paul A group of writers including Pulitzer Prize winner Michael Chabon sued Meta Platforms in San Francisco federal court on Tuesday,...
Bipartisan Bill Would End Section 230 Immunity for Generative AI June 15, 2023 By Katie Paul Two U.S. senators introduced legislation on Wednesday that would allow social media companies to be sued for spreading harmful material...
Facebook Owner Meta Starts Final Round of Layoffs May 24, 2023 By Katie Paul Meta Platforms Inc started carrying out the last batch of a three-part round of layoffs on Wednesday, according to a...
ChatGPT-Related Malware Is on the Rise, Meta Says May 3, 2023 By Katie Paul Facebook owner Meta said on Wednesday it had uncovered malware purveyors leveraging public interest in ChatGPT to lure users into...
Meta Battles FTC Over Future of Virtual Reality December 9, 2022 By Katie Paul and Diane Bartz The Biden administration on Thursday accused Meta Platforms Inc. of trying to buy its way to dominance in the metaverse,...
Twitter Will Pay $150M to Settle With U.S. Over Data Privacy Violations May 26, 2022 By Diane Bartz and Katie Paul Twitter Inc. has agreed to pay $150 million to settle allegations it misused private information, like phone numbers, to target...
Justice Department Charges Facebook With Hiring Bias Against U.S. Workers December 4, 2020 By Sarah N. Lynch, Nandita Bose and Katie Paul The U.S. Justice Department accused Facebook Inc. on Thursday of discriminating against U.S. workers, saying in a new lawsuit the...
California Proposes Regulations to Enforce State Privacy Law October 11, 2019 By Katie Paul California proposed regulations Thursday that would give consumers more control over how businesses collect and manage their personal information, including...
Facebook Warned Its Employees, Not Users, About 2018 Breach, Lawsuit Says August 16, 2019 By Katie Paul Facebook users suing the world’s largest social media network over a 2018 data breach say it failed to warn them...