Meta, which recently joined the newly founded #SocialWebFoundation, "cut 21,000 jobs, including in trust and safety and customer service, over multiple rounds of layoffs", leading state and local officials "puzzled by what to expect from Facebook" around voting misinformation.

https://www.nbcnews.com/business/consumer/meta-misinformation-problem-local-election-officials-worried-rcna172842

#news #TechNews #SocialMedia #meta #facebook

Meta's misinformation problem has local election officials struggling to get out the truth

Derek Bowens has never had such an important job.

^{Jonathan Vanian, CNBC (NBC News)}

CEO of Meta, which recently joined the newly founded #SocialWebFoundation, thinks that "individual creators or publishers tend to overestimate the value of their specific content".

https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/25/24254042/mark-zuckerberg-creators-value-ai-meta

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Mark Zuckerberg: creators and publishers ‘overestimate the value’ of their work for training AI

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg says the company could strike partnerships for “valuable” content to train AI tools, but that it could walk away from paying others.

^{Adi Robertson (The Verge)}

CEO of Meta, which recently joined the newly founded #SocialWebFoundation, suggests that there is "no causal connection" between social media and teen mental health.

https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/25/24254044/mark-zuckerberg-meta-social-media-teen-mental-health

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Mark Zuckerberg says there’s ‘no causal connection’ between social media and teen mental health

In an interview with The Verge, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg says that existing research shows there isn’t a causal connection linking social media platforms and teen mental health.

^{Emma Roth (The Verge)}

I'm convinced that the Fediverse is the future of the social web. The Social Web Foundation is a key step towards supporting its growth, and I could not be more excited. https://werd.io/2024/unlocking-the-fediverse-the-social-web-foundation-is-shaping-the

#fediverse #socialwebfoundation

Unlocking the Fediverse: The Social Web Foundation is Shaping the Next Era of the Web

The Fediverse is the future of the social web

^{Ben Werdmuller (Werd I/O)}