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I'm thrilled to be joining the @nscale_cloud Board. Read more: https://www.nscale.com/... [image]

2026-03-09 View on X

Bloomberg

UK data center developer Nscale raised a $2B Series C led by Aker and 8090 Industries at a $14.6B valuation and adds Sheryl Sandberg and Nick Clegg to its board

Nscale, a UK developer for artificial intelligence data centers, has raised $2 billion in funding and added a trio …

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And I am simply thrilled that my deputy, Joel Kaplan, will now become Meta's Chief Global Affairs Officer. Over the years that we have worked together, we have become good friends as well as close colleagues - I have laughed with, as well as learned from, Joel in equal measure.

2025-01-03 View on X

Semafor

Meta appoints Joel Kaplan as Chief Global Affairs Officer, replacing Nick Clegg, who is leaving the company; Kaplan is Meta's most prominent Republican

www.semafor.com/article/01/0... [embedded post] Sam Jeffers / @worklesshard : Seems a bit backward for Clegg to leave now. Nothing will happen in the US for years, while EU DSA e...

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My time at the company coincided with a significant resetting of the relationship between “big tech” and the societal pressures manifested in new laws, institutions and norms affecting the sector. I hope I have played some role in seeking to bridge the very different worlds of tech and politics - worlds that will continue to interact in unpredictable ways across the globe. 2/4

2025-01-03 View on X

Semafor

Meta appoints Joel Kaplan as Chief Global Affairs Officer, replacing Nick Clegg, who is leaving the company; Kaplan is Meta's most prominent Republican

www.semafor.com/article/01/0... [embedded post] Sam Jeffers / @worklesshard : Seems a bit backward for Clegg to leave now. Nothing will happen in the US for years, while EU DSA e...

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As a new year begins, I have come to the view that this is the right time for me to move on from my role as President, Global Affairs at Meta. It truly has been an adventure of a lifetime! I am proud of the work I have been able to do leading and supporting teams across the company to ensure innovation can go hand in hand with increased transparency and accountability, and with new forms of governance. 1/4

2025-01-03 View on X

Bloomberg

Meta required a public statesman like Nick Clegg after the Cambridge Analytica scandal, but now turns to the in-house Republican Joel Kaplan to appease Trump

The former UK politician was a public statesman when Meta required one. A different approach will be called for under Trump.

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My time at the company coincided with a significant resetting of the relationship between “big tech” and the societal pressures manifested in new laws, institutions and norms affecting the sector. I hope I have played some role in seeking to bridge the very different worlds of tech and politics - worlds that will continue to interact in unpredictable ways across the globe. 2/4

2025-01-03 View on X

Bloomberg

Meta required a public statesman like Nick Clegg after the Cambridge Analytica scandal, but now turns to the in-house Republican Joel Kaplan to appease Trump

The former UK politician was a public statesman when Meta required one. A different approach will be called for under Trump.

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And I am simply thrilled that my deputy, Joel Kaplan, will now become Meta's Chief Global Affairs Officer. Over the years that we have worked together, we have become good friends as well as close colleagues - I have laughed with, as well as learned from, Joel in equal measure.

2025-01-03 View on X

Bloomberg

Meta required a public statesman like Nick Clegg after the Cambridge Analytica scandal, but now turns to the in-house Republican Joel Kaplan to appease Trump

The former UK politician was a public statesman when Meta required one. A different approach will be called for under Trump.

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As a new year begins, I have come to the view that this is the right time for me to move on from my role as President, Global Affairs at Meta. It truly has been an adventure of a lifetime! I am proud of the work I have been able to do leading and supporting teams across the company to ensure innovation can go hand in hand with increased transparency and accountability, and with new forms of governance. 1/4

2025-01-03 View on X

Semafor

Meta appoints Joel Kaplan as Chief Global Affairs Officer, replacing Nick Clegg, who is leaving the company; Kaplan is Meta's most prominent Republican

www.semafor.com/article/01/0... [embedded post] Sam Jeffers / @worklesshard : Seems a bit backward for Clegg to leave now. Nothing will happen in the US for years, while EU DSA e...

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Today, we've announced important changes to Facebook and Instagram in the EU, including reducing the price of our subscription service by 40% and giving people in the EU the option to use Facebook & Instagram for free with less personalized ads. The changes we're announcing today

2024-11-12 View on X

Wall Street Journal

Meta plans to ask Facebook and Instagram users in Europe if they want to get “less personalized ads” and cuts subscription prices by 40%, a concession to the EU

Facebook and Instagram owner faces pressure in Europe to ask users before using their data to target ads or train artificial intelligence

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This work is designed to protect people and enable faster account recovery, and we hope that it helps inform our industry's defenses against online scammers. We're starting small and hope to roll out these protections more widely in the months ahead.

2024-10-22 View on X

TechCrunch

Meta is testing facial recognition to combat celebrity scam ads and to help enable faster recovery of compromised Facebook and Instagram accounts

Meta is expanding tests of facial recognition as an anti-scam measure to combat celebrity scam ads and more broadly, the Facebook owner announced Monday.

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Today, we announced we'll begin testing new measures that make it harder to scam people across our platforms. https://about.fb.com/...

2024-10-22 View on X

TechCrunch

Meta is testing facial recognition to combat celebrity scam ads and to help enable faster recovery of compromised Facebook and Instagram accounts

Meta is expanding tests of facial recognition as an anti-scam measure to combat celebrity scam ads and more broadly, the Facebook owner announced Monday.

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Specifically, we'll begin using facial recognition technology to detect when scammers try to use images of celebrities or content creators in ads to trick others into sharing personal information or sending money.

2024-10-22 View on X

TechCrunch

Meta is testing facial recognition to combat celebrity scam ads and to help enable faster recovery of compromised Facebook and Instagram accounts

Meta is expanding tests of facial recognition as an anti-scam measure to combat celebrity scam ads and more broadly, the Facebook owner announced Monday.

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Today, we're launching Instagram Teen Accounts, designed with automatic protections put in place for teens, including default privacy settings, time limits, and restrictions on who can message and interact with teens' posts.

2024-09-17 View on X

New York Times

Instagram unveils Teen Accounts, a sweeping update to boost privacy and limit intrusive effects for under-18 users, including making accounts private by default

The app, which is popular with teenagers, introduced new settings and features aimed at addressing inappropriate online contact and content …

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We're pleased to announce that, after taking onboard regulatory feedback, we will begin training our AI at Meta models using public content shared by adults on Facebook and Instagram in the UK and Brazil.

2024-09-14 View on X

TechCrunch

Meta restarts training its AI systems on UK users' public Facebook and Instagram posts, having “incorporated regulatory feedback” to be “even more transparent”

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Unfortunately, our plans to train our AI models to understand the EU's rich cultural, social and historical contributions remain paused while EU regulators remain unable to agree how the law should be applied. As Mark and Daniel Ek, CEO of Spotify, recently warned, the EU risks falling behind because of incoherent and complex regulation: https://about.fb.com/...

2024-09-14 View on X

TechCrunch

Meta restarts training its AI systems on UK users' public Facebook and Instagram posts, having “incorporated regulatory feedback” to be “even more transparent”

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Unfortunately, our plans to train our AI models to understand the EU's rich cultural, social and historical contributions remain paused while EU regulators remain unable to agree how the law should be applied. As Mark and Daniel Ek, CEO of Spotify, recently warned, the EU risks falling behind because of incoherent and complex regulation

2024-09-14 View on X

TechCrunch

Meta restarts training its AI systems on UK users' public Facebook and Instagram posts, having “incorporated regulatory feedback” to be “even more transparent”

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Today we're rolling out Meta AI powered by Llama 3, making it easily accessible across all our apps in more countries. We're also open sourcing the first set of our Llama 3 models at 8B and 70B parameters, both best-in-class performance at their scale. https://ai.meta.com/

2024-04-19 View on X

The Verge

Meta details Llama 3: 8B- and 70B-parameter models, a focus on reducing false refusals, and an upcoming model trained on 15T+ tokens that has 400B+ parameters

What To Know About ‘Llama 3’ Model Marcus Gopolang Moloko / Memeburn : Meta AI with built in Llama 3 is on WhatsApp in South Africa Hamsat Abdurasheed / News.ng : Meta releases Lla...

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Think of this as the first wave of Llama 3 - we're excited to get these in the hands of consumers and developers to help kickstart the next wave of AI innovation and we'll have more to share soon.

2024-04-19 View on X

The Verge

Meta details Llama 3: 8B- and 70B-parameter models, a focus on reducing false refusals, and an upcoming model trained on 15T+ tokens that has 400B+ parameters

What To Know About ‘Llama 3’ Model Marcus Gopolang Moloko / Memeburn : Meta AI with built in Llama 3 is on WhatsApp in South Africa Hamsat Abdurasheed / News.ng : Meta releases Lla...

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Today we're rolling out Meta AI powered by Llama 3, making it easily accessible across all our apps in more countries. We're also open sourcing the first set of our Llama 3 models at 8B and 70B parameters, both best-in-class performance at their scale. https://ai.meta.com/

2024-04-19 View on X

New York Times

Meta to add its Meta AI chatbot to Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger, and Facebook in 12+ countries, expanding beyond the US, powered by its new Llama 3 models

and it's shockingly fast Sean Hollister / The Verge : Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram and Messenger are all rolling out Meta AI search right now. WABetaInfo : Mark Zuckerberg announc...

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What we've heard time and again is that teachers are excited about the potential of immersive technology, but they need it to be easier to use.

2024-04-16 View on X

Axios

Meta plans to launch a new education product for Quest that will let teachers access education apps for students ages 13+ and manage multiple headsets at once

- In time for the fall semester, it'll make available a suite of visually engrossing education apps that teachers can use with students ages 13+.

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Today, we're announcing a new education product for Quest devices - one that we're designing around feedback we've received firsthand from teachers and educators. [video]

2024-04-16 View on X

Axios

Meta plans to launch a new education product for Quest that will let teachers access education apps for students ages 13+ and manage multiple headsets at once

- In time for the fall semester, it'll make available a suite of visually engrossing education apps that teachers can use with students ages 13+.

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