Today at Meta Connect, in partnership with EssilorLuxottica, we announced our next-generation Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses collection. We redesigned these from the ground up, improving all the core features of the first generation while adding new capabilities that have never been seen on a pair of smart glasses before. They start at $299 USD. Pre-orders…
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An Update on Facebook News in Europe
Today, we are announcing that in the UK, France and Germany we will deprecate Facebook News – a dedicated tab on Facebook in the bookmarks section that spotlights news – in early December. This is part of an ongoing effort to better align our investments to our products and services people value the most. As…
Investing To Advance The Future Of Education & Skilling In India
To bring together our work across education and skilling, mapping the journey of India’s students from the classroom to the workforce, we have announced a three-year partnership with the Ministry of Education, and the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship to empower students, educators, and entrepreneurs across India. Under the partnership, we have signed three…
Raising Online Defenses Through Transparency and Collaboration
Rarely, if ever, do today’s online threats target one single technology platform – instead, they follow people across the internet. We go to great lengths to keep our apps safe for people and help raise our collective defenses across the internet. Today’s security and integrity updates provide an under-the-hood view into our defense strategy and…
Celebrate the Rugby World Cup France 2023 by Sharing the Passion With Fans Worldwide
As the official social media and augmented reality/ virtual reality supplier of the Rugby World Cup France 2023, we’re excited to share all the fun and innovative ways rugby fans across the world can immerse themselves in the heart of the action using our apps. Meet the Superfans and Share your Passion for the Game…
New Features and Additional Transparency Measures as the Digital Services Act Comes Into Effect
Later this month, the European Union’s Digital Services Act (DSA), one of the most comprehensive pieces of internet regulation, will begin to fully apply to Facebook, Instagram and a number of other tech platforms and services. It is a big deal not just for European tech companies but for all tech companies that operate in…
Insights To Help Drive Festive Growth This Season
At the Meta Marketing Summit in our Mumbai office yesterday, we shared insights for this festive season, based on a study by YouGov commissioned by us. Among others, insights show how personalized content through ads on social channels is becoming more important for shoppers, how they seek online content in their local language and how…
Groundbreaking Studies Could Help Answer the Thorniest Questions About Social Media and Democracy
As social media platforms have empowered people to connect with others, express themselves freely, and build and be part of borderless communities, online political debate has erupted. Platforms like Facebook and Instagram have become a stage for democratic debate – between citizens, between candidates and voters, and for campaigners and advocacy groups. Much of that…
Statement of Support for Meta’s Open Approach to Today’s AI
“We support an open innovation approach to AI. Responsible and open innovation gives us all a stake in the AI development process, bringing visibility, scrutiny and trust to these technologies. Opening today’s Llama models will let everyone benefit from this technology.” Jonathan Abrahamson, Chief Product and Digital Officer, Deutsche Telekom Wole Abu, Chief Executive Officer,…
Video on Facebook Keeps Getting Better
Video is core to Facebook – short videos could be posted to Feed as early as 2007. Nowadays, our unique cross-section of Reels, long-form and Live content brings people to Facebook to watch videos about the things they like, new stuff they’d want to know about, and to engage with real people with similar interests.…