Meta is back in court, but this time the stakes are different. A landmark child safety case is threatening to force the social media giant to fundamentally redesign core features across Facebook and Instagram. According to reporting from Wired, the legal challenge represents the most serious regulatory threat yet to Meta's platform architecture, with potential implications that could ripple across the entire social media industry. The case arrives as lawmakers and parents intensify pressure on tech platforms to protect young users. Meta is facing what could be its most consequential legal battle yet. The company finds itself in court defending its platform design choices against allegations that core features of Facebook and Instagram harm young users, and this time the outcome could force fundamental changes to how its apps work. The landmark case represents a shift in how regulators and courts are approaching tech platform accountability. Rather than focusing solely o...
LinkedIn is trying to get a handle on the massive amounts of AI slop on the platform. To do that, the company is testing a new reporting tool that let users flag potential slop and removing the "rewrite with AI" button it once promoted on every post. With the new reporting tool, users will have the ability to flag posts as "seems like AI slop." Doing so will "privately flag" via the site's analytics dashboard that others "feel your post may have come off as inauthentic or heavy use of AI," LinkedIn's Chief Product Officer Hari Srinivasan wrote in an update. The move follows an earlier update that aimed to reduce the reach of AI-generated posts on the platform. The company has since done further work to improve its detection systems, Srinivasan said, which should lead to people seeing fewer AI-generated posts recommended in their feeds. Pos...