… By Karissa Bell March 24, 2026 7:24 pm EST It's about to get a lot easier for creators on Facebook and Instagram to push products to their followers. Meta will now allow creators to include clickable shopping links for products directly in their Reels. …
Meta rolls out new features for scam protection You'll see alerts on suspicious activities across Facebook, WhatsApp and Messenger. By Anna Washenko March 11, 2026 7:00 am EST Meta announced new features today aimed at cracking down on scams perpetrated via its platforms. …
… As you might imagine, Meta isn't planning to just give away all of these new AI-powered capabilities forever. While the company says that "getting started" with its new business agent is free, it plans to move the feature behind one of its new subscription offerings "in the coming months."
… When we asked the company about the new app, Meta indicated that the product is still under testing at the moment. "We test lots of new products publicly to see what people find interesting and useful to their experiences across our apps," a spokesperson told us.
… According to the New York Times , Meta issued an internal memo last year that suggested it could roll out this technology "during a dynamic political environment where many civil society groups that we would expect to attack us would have their resources focused on other concerns." That's corporate… …
… Meta representative Dave Arnold echoed the lack of court support for copyright infringement in a statement to The New York Times about today's class action: "AI is powering transformative innovations, productivity and creativity for individuals and companies, and courts have rightly found that trai…
… Muse Spark is available today in the Meta AI app and meta.ai website everywhere where the company offers those services. Meta will begin rolling out the new features the model powers starting in the US. …
… The jury in that case ultimately ruled against Meta and YouTube. Meta, which has argued that social media addiction is not real , was also recently ordered to pay a $375 million fine after losing a major civil trial in New Mexico over its safety practices.
… Meta is also reportedly testing the agents with Anthropic models, rather than its own, though the plan is for them to eventually run on the company's new Muse Spark model. Meta's ambitions in the space may also encompass its smart glasses lineup. …
… Recently, the topic has been raised numerous times during a trial in New Mexico over child safety. Internal documents that have surfaced as part of the trial show Meta executives and researchers debating the trade-offs between safety and privacy as it relates to encryption. …