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Added on the 25/10/2023 11:46:35 - Copyright : Euronews EN
Dozens of US states on Tuesday accused Facebook and Instagram owner Meta of profiting "from children's pain," damaging their mental health and misleading people about the safety of its platforms.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the launch of new AI-powered assistants on its various platforms on Wednesday, in a bid to keep up in the race to produce more accurate and personalised artificial intelligence. The chatbots will be able to answer users' questions thanks to a partnership with Microsoft's Bing. Also in this edition, oil prices edge closer to the $100 per barrel mark. Plus, striking Hollywood actors and studios agree to resume talks.
Meta has been ordered to stop transferring European user data across the Atlantic by October to comply with strict EU privacy rules.
Facebook and Instagram owner Meta has been fined €390m for privacy law breaches in the EU. It plans to appeal. Two cases were brought against it after the introduction of the EU's GDPR laws.
Facebook's parent company Meta is being sued in Kenya for $1.6 billion USD for fuelling ethnic violence in Ethiopia. The petitioners accuse the company of allowing vitiriol to flourish on its platforms, stoking the fires of the ongoing conflict in Tigray. They're also seeking a further 400 million dollars for similar harm coming from sponsored posts. Our correspondent in Kenya Vivanne Wandera brings up this update.
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