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Macron sought to keep children off social media, France blocked him

France's Constitutional Council blocked Macron's proposed social media ban for children under 15, citing free speech concerns; he plans a revised bill, but similar efforts abroad highlight broader challenges

Raphael Kahan | 08.16.26

מימין: סם אלטמן, דריו אמודיי, מארק צוקרברג

Everyone is talking about AI ‘escaping’, but cyber experts say the real threat is far more serious

It's not science fiction: Recent tests saw powerful AI agents exploit security flaws, reach the open internet and target real systems; Israeli experts say rapidly improving cyber capabilities, not machine consciousness, are the immediate concern

Tal Shahaf | 08.16.26

Meta’s monetization system rewarded neo-Nazis, racists and conspiracy promoters, probe finds

An Australian ABC investigation found extremist figures and pages allegedly received payments through Meta’s content monetization program, raising questions over whether social media algorithms financially reward the most provocative and hateful content

Raphael Kahan | 08.12.26

Meta ordered to pay $567 million over harm to young users in landmark trial

New Mexico court orders Meta to pay $567 million over harms to young people, allocating $420 million for treatment services; The ruling follows a jury finding that the company knowingly harmed children’s mental health and concealed child safety risks

AP | 08.07.26

מנכ"ל מטא, מארק צוקרברג, בעת הצגת Meta AI

Meta AI model breached another company during cybersecurity test

A configuration error gave the model internet access, allowing it to exploit a third-party vulnerability and reportedly alter another company’s systems, adding to similar incidents involving Anthropic and OpenAI

Reuters | 08.06.26

‘AWS is booming’: Amazon lifts AI spending to $220 billion as cloud sales surge

Amazon shares jumped after AWS recorded its fastest growth in 18 quarters, strengthening CEO Andy Jassy’s argument that corporate AI adoption is still in its early stages; Microsoft’s record $450 billion market-value gain offered further evidence that Wall Street will reward costly AI expansion when revenue follows

Dennis Bihler | 07.31.26

Zuckerberg’s AI bet gets expensive: Meta’s free cash flow plunges 91% in Q2

Meta’s free cash flow plunged 91% in Q2 as the company ramps up AI spending, with its $145 billion infrastructure push weighing on finances despite strong ad revenue growth and rising user numbers

Reuters | 07.30.26

Fired a day before her water broke: Ex-worker says Meta punished pregnancy leave

Twenty-six current and former employees allege Meta’s AI-assisted performance systems failed to account for legally protected pregnancy, medical and parental leave, recording absences as underperformance and disproportionately harming women and workers with disabilities

News Agencies | 07.15.26

Meta slammed for charging $20 a month for built-in smart glasses feature

Tech giant faces backlash after launching a $20/month Meta One Premium subscription for smart glasses, limiting a local on-device feature to 3 free hours despite no cloud costs, sparking outrage over hardware paywalls

Raphael Kahan | 07.05.26

Report: Meta plans cloud business to sell excess AI compute capacity

The planned service would let developers access Meta-hosted AI models and raw computing capacity, part of a push to recoup massive data center and chip spending, Bloomberg reports

ynet | 07.01.26

Meta AI launches in Israel with Hebrew support and WhatsApp integration

Meta’s new assistant is now available in Hebrew through WhatsApp, desktop and mobile, offering content generation, image analysis and reasoning tasks, but it enters a crowded market already dominated by powerful rivals

Raphael Kahan | 06.30.26

Kids beat Australia’s social media ban by simply lying about their age

Six months after the under-16 ban took effect, most minors are still using TikTok, Instagram and other blocked platforms, exposing the limits of old-style regulation in the digital age

Raphael Kahan | 06.30.26

WhatsApp is changing one of its oldest rules after 17 years, and privacy may never look the same

The update will let users create unique usernames so others can contact them without seeing their phone number, with an optional security key to block unwanted first-time messages

Daniela Ginzburg | 06.29.26

Even Kylie Jenner was recruited: The race to put smartphones on our faces

After Google Glass flopped, smart glasses are back, powered by AI, cameras and billions; Meta leads, Google and Samsung are gearing up and Apple is waiting; but will we swap smartphones for computers on our faces?

Raphael Kahan | 06.28.26

Instagram and Facebook down as users report major Meta outage

Users worldwide, including in Israel, report disruptions on Facebook, Instagram and Messenger overnight Tuesday; Downdetector shows over 21,000 reports for Instagram and 20,000 for Facebook, while Meta has yet to issue a response

ynet Global | 06.24.26

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