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Meta Settles Teen Social Media Addiction Trial for $17 Billion (Around ₱1 Trillion) With Hard Time Caps
Meta will pay 47 US states $17 billion (around ₱1.05 trillion) and accept hard daily time caps for teens on Facebook and Instagram, checked by an auditor.
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Marcos Is Open to Banning Facebook and Gaming Apps That Harm the Youth, Palace Says
Malacanang says Marcos is open to banning Facebook and gaming apps that harm the youth, as the CICC studies a block and telcos filter violent content.
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CICC Studies a Possible Facebook Ban in the Philippines Over Meta's Slow Takedowns
The CICC is studying a possible Facebook ban in the Philippines after Meta's delayed removal of Zamboanga school shooting videos. No decision has been made.
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Meta AI Mac App Arrives in Beta With Window Sharing and System-Wide Dictation
Meta AI now has a native Mac app in beta, adding window sharing for on-screen help, system-wide dictation, and an Option-Space quick prompt on macOS 15.
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Instagram's New Wordmark Is Its First Logo Refresh in 10 Years — Here's What Actually Changes
Instagram unveiled a new wordmark on August 13, 2026 — its first in a decade — mixing script and sans-serif letters while the gradient app icon stays put.
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Meta Muse Glimmer Brings a 30B Open-Weight AI Agent to Laptops and Single GPUs
Meta's Muse Glimmer packs 30 billion parameters into a free Apache 2.0 model that runs AI agents on one consumer GPU or a Mac, with no cloud required.
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Australia Raises Its Big Tech News Levy to 2.5% and Pulls LinkedIn Into It
Australia lifted its planned news levy on Meta, Google and TikTok to 2.5% of local digital ad revenue and scrapped the carve-out that had excluded LinkedIn.
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Meta Bans Instagram Accounts Filming Strangers With Ray-Ban Smart Glasses
Instagram head Adam Mosseri says Meta will pull videos of strangers harassed through its Ray-Ban smart glasses, and two large accounts are already gone.
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Facebook Verified Badge Goes Free: Meta Uses a Video Selfie to Prove You Are Real
Meta launched Facebook Verified, a free badge that uses a short video selfie to show a real person runs a profile, appearing on Marketplace, Dating and Groups.
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EU Finds Meta's Instagram and Facebook 'Addictive,' Wants Infinite Scroll and Autoplay Off by Default
The EU Commission says Meta's Facebook and Instagram use addictive design like infinite scroll and autoplay, and wants them off by default or face fines.
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Meta Removes Muse Image Feature That Made AI Photos From Public Instagram Accounts
Meta pulled the Muse Image feature that let anyone make AI pictures from public Instagram photos just three days after launch, after a privacy backlash.
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