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Meta unveiled several new wearables powered by its artificial intelligence (AI) models on Wednesday, including an audio-only, camera-free version of its smart glasses, amid global concerns about privacy and the filming of women and girls without their consent.

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Tech giants like Meta Platforms Inc. may soon need to secure a legislative franchise before they can offer digital platforms such as Facebook and Messenger to Filipinos.

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The House of Representatives has called Meta chief executive Mark Zuckerberg to a hearing and put the Department of Information and Communications Technology's proposed 2027 budget on hold until concerns over child safety on Meta's platforms are resolved.

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The deal gives Meta one year to identify which of its users are 13 to 17 years old.

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Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, will establish an office in the Philippines to streamline communication with the government in taking down harmful posts, National Bureau of Investigation Director Melvin Matibag announced yesterday.

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Roblox may soon require national ID from Filipino users for identity and age verification. 

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Meta agreed to pay a coalition of US states as much as $16.7 billion and to impose sweeping new limits on how teenagers use Facebook and Instagram, according to a court filing on Wednesday that ends a landmark trial in California.

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Meta knowingly hooked and exploited children, a US federal court heard on Tuesday in a trial against the social media giant on charges that it deliberately made Instagram and Facebook addictive to young users.

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A New Mexico judge on Thursday ordered Meta to pay more than half a billion dollars over the state’s claims that the social media giant created a “public nuisance” and harmed children.

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People will be able to pick unique usernames to share with others, in a move "designed to protect the privacy of one's phone number."

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Roblox may soon require national ID from Filipino users for identity and age verification. 

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People will be able to pick unique usernames to share with others, in a move "designed to protect the privacy of one's phone number."

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