The feature, called "Dear Algo," lets Threads users personalize what content they see by publicly posting an AI prompt.

Meta's recommendation systems continue to promote such content, the Wall Street Journal and the Canadian Centre for Child Protection cite from recent tests. While Meta has removed problematic hashtags ...

Earlier this week Amanda McCellon, a city government worker and community organizer in the greater Oklahoma City metropolitical area, finally decided to pray to the algorithm. “Dear Algorithm,” began ...

Meta is taking a page straight out of X's playbook on fact-checking. Meta said Thursday it'll use the open-source algorithm of X for its new community notes model. Its moderation overhaul, announced ...

Only for three days, though, then it's back to the misery feed Meta has decided to let Threads users make custom tweaks to ...

Meta — the parent company of Instagram and Facebook — has been fueling what the U.S. surgeon general calls “a national youth mental health crisis.” Features like curated algorithms, infinite scrolling ...

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Meta's shares are up nearly 5x since their 2022 lows, due to efficiency focus, Reels success, and top-notch ad targeting post-ATT. Concerns arise as Reels monetization improvements plateaus, ...

Threads users have been complaining about its recommendation algorithm pretty much since the beginning of the platform. At some point, this turned into a meme, with users writing posts jokingly ...

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