As Meta Launches New Meta One Subscription, Here’s How You Should Play META Stock Meta launched its Meta One subscription to monetize AI spending. Barchart · Sep 17
EU Kids Act Would Require Social Media Firms To Pay a Fee To Fund Enforcement Costs The European Commission has proposed charging certain online platforms to help fund supervision of new child safety rules, including age restrictions, parental controls and limits on harmful design features. International Business Times UK · Sep 17
Class-Action Lawsuit Accuses Meta Of Privacy Violations Related To Its Smart Glasses A proposed class-action lawsuit accuses Meta of creating a database of people's faces pulled from Facebook and Instagram to build a facial recognition feature on its smart glasses. International Business Times · Sep 17
Goldman's top strategist just added hard numbers to his earnings-bubble warning Peter Oppenheimer first flagged the risk that AI stocks were riding an unsustainable earnings boom this summer. He's done more math. Fortune · Sep 17
Meta ordered to remove UK deepfakes as oversight board criticises ‘inadequate’ safeguards Facebook told it was wrong in leaving up AI-generated videos of a Labour councillor and Muslim campaigner, amid calls to curb fakes The Guardian - UK · Sep 17
Meta launching camera-free smartglasses to shake ‘pervert’ notoriety IN FULL The Independent UK · Sep 17
Nvidia, OpenAI, and Oracle's $745B Financing Circle Just Hit Its First Stress Test: A Fed Rate Hike Nvidia, OpenAI, and Oracle are locked in a $745 billion circular financing loop. The Fed's first rate hike since 2023 could be what finally puts it to the test. Barchart · Sep 17
Meta plans smartglasses without camera after ‘pervert’ backlash So-called pick-up artists and pranksters have been using Meta’s glasses for non-consensual filming The Independent UK · Sep 17
In Silicon Valley, AI data center boom meets local resistance In Silicon Valley's biggest city, residents and environmental groups are organizing against a wave of proposed data center projects that officials have courted in a bid to position the city as a hub for AI infrastructure The Economic Times · Sep 17
German court rules Meta liable for fake ads on Instagram, Facebook A German court has ruled that Meta is liable for fake advertisements posted by third parties on its Instagram and Facebook platforms, and ordered the U.S. tech giant to remove such The Economic Times · Sep 17
Snap unveils Specs, the £2,000 smart glasses – and I got a first look The Snap smart glasses were teased earlier in the year but now they’re almost ready to ship The Independent UK · Sep 17
How Meta smart glasses are making women more suspicious of encounters in the street IN FOCUS: With individuals being ‘secretly’ filmed by strangers using Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses and having their encounters shared online, the social media giant is facing legal action in India over whether its safeguards are sufficient to protect privacy and consent. Namita Singh reports The Independent UK · Sep 17
Britain’s Contest Universal Woman 2026 Choice Sparks Outrage As Netizens Say The Brits Have ‘Lost Their Minds’ “The posts that are being shared are abhorrent.” Bored Panda · Sep 16
The Independent UK · Sep 16 Divisions emerge in the tech industry over calls for a coordinated AI slowdown Concerns about artificial intelligence evading human control have intensified in recent days
Fortune · Sep 16 Mark Zuckerberg says AI doesn't need an industry-wide slowdown because market forces and competition will push companies to make their models safe Zuckerberg aligned more closely with Nvidia’s Jensen Huang, who has said AI companies should “run as fast as they can.”
The Independent UK · Sep 16 Mark Zuckerberg addresses panic about killer AI – and gives warning to rival companies Meta CEO breaks with growing consensus among artificial intelligence companies that governments may need to intervene to ensure the technology remains safe
The Conversation · Sep 16 Meta is changing Instagram and Facebook to protect teens’ mental health. Are the new measures backed up by science? The recent landmark ruling against Meta in the United States was the result of a lawsuit filed in 2023 which went to trial in August 2026. It was brought by nearly fifty attorneys general, school districts and families, who alleged that the company’s social media platforms, which include Instagram and…
The Economic Times · Sep 16 Top Meta India officials appear again before child rights body in sexual abuse material case Those who appeared before the child rights panel included Meta India chief Arun Srinivas. While coming out, he didn't reply to repeated media queries on what transpired in the meeting.
International Business Times · Sep 16 Zuckerberg Shares His View On AI Safety, Appears To Differ From OpenAI and Anthropic "Labs face significant liability if their models cause harm, so they have a strong incentive to prevent this," the Meta CEO said.
The Economic Times · Sep 16 Meta not a simple intermediary but service provider when algorithms decide visibility: Govt source "Service providers have many responsibilities. Meta must take on more onus after agreeing to be responsible for content on its platform," the agency cited sources as saying.
The Independent UK · Sep 16 What are ‘nudify’ apps? Meta adverts for deepfake AI tools are banned IN FULL
The Guardian - UK · Sep 16 ‘If you’re building Frankenstein, stop’: JD Vance dismisses calls for AI regulation US vice-president’s comments come as former Anthropic researcher revisits recent claim AI could destroy humanity
The Independent UK · Sep 16 Watchdog bans ‘nudify’ ads on Meta over sex abuse concerns The Advertising Standards Agency said the adverts ‘condoned and encouraged’ the creation of illegal sexually explicit deepfakes
The Economic Times · Sep 16 Meta's Mark Zuckerberg says AI labs have enough incentive to build safely Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg said on Tuesday that competition and liability give AI companies enough reason to act individually on safety, appearing to break from calls by leaders of top AI firms for a coordinated slowdown in AI development.