With input from Webwise, we’re launching the updated Parent and Carer’s Guide to Instagram to provide parents and caregivers across Ireland a deeper understanding of Instagram’s safety and privacy features. We hope this will empower parents and caregivers to have open conversations with their teens about social media, and how to enjoy Instagram safely. Ahead…
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Introducing a Personal Boundary for Horizon Worlds and Venues
Today, we’re announcing Personal Boundary for Horizon Worlds and Horizon Venues. Personal Boundary prevents avatars from coming within a set distance of each other, creating more personal space for people and making it easier to avoid unwanted interactions. Personal Boundary will begin rolling out today everywhere inside of Horizon Worlds and Horizon Venues, and will…
Privacy Conversations: Community and the Metaverse With Dr. Rashawn Ray
In the sixth episode of our Privacy Conversations series, Meta’s Vice President and Chief Privacy Officer for Public Policy Erin Egan speaks with Dr. Rashawn Ray, Professor of Sociology at the University of Maryland, Executive Director for the Lab for Applied Social Sciences Research and a Senior Fellow at The Brookings Institution. In their discussion,…
Our Commitment to Combating Climate Change
We’re expanding our Climate Science Center to more than 100 countries to connect more people with factual resources from leading climate organizations. We’ll continue adding informational labels to posts about climate change and directing people to the Climate Science Center. We’re launching Green Boost, a new sustainability training program to help small businesses reduce their…
Supporting COVID-19 Vaccination Efforts for Children
Following the FDA’s authorization of COVID-19 vaccination for children, we’re announcing steps to promote reliable information to parents on our apps, including in-feed messages for more communities and new ad campaigns. To combat misinformation, we’ll enforce our policies on harmful content related to children and the COVID-19 vaccine. Ever since COVID vaccines became available in…
Teaching AI to View the World Through Your Eyes
Today, we’re announcing Ego4D, a long-term project by Facebook AI that aims to solve research challenges around egocentric perception: the ability for AI to understand and interact with the world like we do, from a first-person perspective. AI typically learns from photos and videos captured in third-person, but next-generation AI will need to learn from…
Removing New Types of Harmful Networks
My team coordinates our cross-company effort to find and stop adversarial actors from targeting people on our platform — from covert influence operations and targeted cyber espionage activity to scammers and spammers. As we’ve improved our ability to disrupt these networks globally, we have continued to build a deeper understanding of the different types of…
Moving Past the Finger Pointing
At a time when COVID-19 cases are rising in America, the Biden administration has chosen to blame a handful of American social media companies. While social media plays an important role in society, it is clear that we need a whole of society approach to end this pandemic. And facts — not allegations — should…
Taking Action Against Hackers in Iran
Facebook threat intelligence analysts and security experts work to find and stop a wide range of threats including cyber espionage campaigns, influence operations and hacking of our platform by nation-state actors and other groups. As part of these efforts, our teams routinely disrupt adversary operations by disabling them, notifying users if they should take steps…
Live Audio Rooms and Podcasts on Facebook
Today we’re rolling out Live Audio Rooms and podcasts, as part of our plans to bring social audio experiences to Facebook. Public figures and select Facebook Groups in the US can create Live Audio Rooms on iOS, and select podcasts will be available to listeners in the US. In the coming weeks, we’ll expand the…