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SAN FRANCISCO: Meta Platforms said on Monday (Feb 28) a hacking group used Facebook to target a handful of public figures in Ukraine, including prominent military officials, politicians and a journalist, amid Russia's ongoing invasion of the country. Meta said in the last 48 hours it had also separately removed a network of about 40 fake accounts, groups and pages across Facebook and Instagram that operated from Russia and Ukraine targeting people in Ukraine, for violating its rules against coordinated inauthentic behavior. A Twitter spokesperson said it had also suspended more than a dozen accounts and blocked the sharing of several links for violating its rules against platform manipulation and spam. It said its ongoing investigation indicated the accounts originated in Russia and were attempting to disrupt the public conversation around the conflict in Ukraine. In a blog post on Monday, Meta attributed the hacking efforts to a group known as Ghostwriter, which it said successfully gained access to the targets' social media accounts. Meta said the hackers attempted to post YouTube videos from the accounts portraying Ukrainian troops as weakened,  » Read More

The Ukrainians have also suggested that Meta remove access to Facebook and Instagram in Russia. Topics Facebook | Ukraine | Russia IANS  |  New Delhi/Kiev  Last Updated at February 28, 2022 11:20 IST Meta (formerly Facebook) has blocked access to several Russian state-controlled accounts in Ukraine. The social network said it is also reviewing other governments' requests to restrict access to these accounts in their countries. Nick Clegg, vice president of global affairs at Meta, said in a tweet thread early on Monday that the company has been in contact with the Government of Ukraine. "At their request, we have also restricted access to several accounts in Ukraine,  » Read More

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A federal appeals court has rejected a lawsuit that accused county commissioner and Cowboys for Trump cofounder Couy Griffin of free speech violations for blocking a local resident from discussions on the commissioner's personal Facebook page, in a judgement published Friday. The 10th Circuit Court in Denver sided with Griffin in the dispute over his social media account and whether it functioned as a public forum concerning county affairs, with implied guarantees to public access and free speech. Griffin, an elected commissioner in southern New Mexico's Otero County, was suspended indefinitely from Facebook in the aftermath of his arrest in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection on the U.S. Capitol, where he appeared on an outdoor terrace and tried to lead the crowd in prayer. But the legal dispute over his social media account has persisted. Three judges from the appeals court ruled unanimously that plaintiff Jeff Swanson, chairman of the Otero County Democratic Party, failed to show that the law has determined when a personal social media profile becomes a public forum,  » Read More

The three major social networks will not allow state-owned Russian media outlets to advertise on their platforms February 27, 2022 / 11:46 AM IST A woman reacts as she waits for a train trying to leave Kyiv, Ukraine. (Image: AP) YouTube, Facebook and Twitter have announced blocking ads run by state-backed Russian media outlets on their platforms following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, as the West prepared for a new set of sanctions against Moscow.The head of security policy at Meta, formerly Facebook, Nathaniel Gleicher said the social network was "prohibiting Russian state media from running ads or monetizing on our platform anywhere in the world."1/ We are now prohibiting Russian state media from running ads or monetizing on our platform anywhere in the world. We also continue to apply labels to additional Russian state media. These changes have already begun rolling out and will continue into the weekend.— Nathaniel Gleicher (@ngleicher) February 26, 2022Meta also rolled out a one-click tool for people in Ukraine that would let them lock their profiles,  » Read More

Facebook's parent company Meta had earlier said that Russia would hit its services with restrictions after it refused authorities' order to stop using fact-checkers and content warning labels on its platforms. Facebook's parent company Meta had earlier said that Russia would hit its services with restrictions after it refused authorities' order to stop using fact-checkers and content warning labels on its platforms. Facebook on Friday restricted Russian state media's ability to earn money on the social media platform as Moscow's invasion of neighboring Ukraine reached the streets of Kyiv. Also read: India abstains from UNSC resolution against Russian aggression"We are now prohibiting Russian state media from running ads or monetizing on our platform anywhere in the world," Nathaniel Gleicher, the social media giant's security policy head, said on Twitter.He added that Facebook would "continue to apply labels to additional Russian state media."Facebook's parent company Meta said earlier Friday that Russia would hit its services with restrictions after it refused authorities' order to stop using fact-checkers and content warning labels on its platforms.  » Read More

Facebook has banned all Russian state media from advertising on its platform, according to a company official. Nathaniel Gleicher, head of security policy at Facebook, said that Russian state media is now prohibited from running advertisements or monetizing content on its platform, adding that the new restrictions apply around the world.In a tweet, Gleicher said that Facebook would continue to apply labels to Russian state media."We are now prohibiting Russian state media from running ads or monetizing on our platform anywhere in the world. We also continue to apply labels to additional Russian state media. These changes have already begun rolling out and will continue into the weekend," Gleicher said. ZELENSKYY WARNS RUSSIA WILL STORM KYIV TONIGHT; WHITE HOUSE WILL SANCTION PUTIN: LIVE UPDATES Facebook has banned all Russian state media from advertising on their platform, according to a company official. (Reuters/Robert Galbraith)He added that Facebook is continuing to closely monitor the situation in Ukraine.Facebook's move to restrict Russian state media from advertising or monetizing on their platform comes just hours after Twitter announced it was halting all advertising in Russia and Ukraine.  » Read More

On today's episode, we discuss whether Donald Trump's new "Truth Social" platform can make some noise, Facebook rebranding the News Feed, whether LinkedIn is the best social network, Uber and Lyft's rebound, how Apple changed Facebook, an unpopular opinion about Disney, where Valentine's Day came from, and more. Tune in to the discussion with our director of forecasting Oscar Orozco and analysts Blake Droesch and Peter Vahle.MNTN Performance TV transforms streaming television advertising into a scalable performance channel. Combine the power and prestige of TV, with the precise targeting and measurement of a digital ad channel.Get started today.  » Read More

Researchers from Facebook Reality Labs and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a means of 3D printing objects that feature ‘invisible’ augmented reality (AR) markers.  By designing parts with built-in gaps, patterned into QR codes, then 3D printing them from infrared (IR)-emitting filament, the team found they were able to create objects capable of AR device interfacing. In doing so, the engineers say that it’s possible to track the movement of these items, and even use them as controllers, potentially allowing makers to 3D print their own gaming inputs at home.  Using their approach, the researchers found they were able to 3D print a steering wheel controller. Photo via MIT/Facebook Reality Labs. Making AR tag integration accessible  Now being used to facilitate everything from the metaverse to surgical training simulators, AR technologies are beginning to well and truly enter the mainstream. Given that 3D printing is also an advanced technology, often heralded as disruptive to traditional approaches, it’s hardly surprising that researchers have started to experiment with combining the two,  » Read More

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If Mark Zuckerberg is to be believed, the AI-powered future is being born now. Unfortunately for him, it clearly has a long gestation process.The Facebook (er, Meta) CEO on Wednesday demonstrated what he described as an "AI concept" dubbed Builder Bot. Like some sort of digital castaway shouting commands to his robotic Wilson, a Zuckerberg avatar was shown populating a computer-generated space with voice commands given to a floating representation of the bot in question. "Let's add some clouds," the legless Zuckerberg intoned as some pixelated clouds filled the would-be sky. "Huh. That's all AI-generated." In an accompanying blog post, Meta AI, Facebook's AI division, argued that projects like Builder Bot represent "breakthroughs in artificial intelligence" that will power the company's efforts "building for the metaverse."And maybe that's true, but for some who watched the demo it's going to take a little more convincing. Tweet may have been deleted Tweet may have been deleted Tweet may have been deleted To be clear,  » Read More