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Ahmad Al-Dahle (@Ahmad_Al_Dahle) on X
We're glad to start getting Llama 4 in all your hands. We're already hearing lots of great results people are getting with these models.
That said, we're also hearing some reports of mixed quality across different services. Since we dropped the models as…
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As @politico notes this morning, a group of eight tech companies and trade groups, including @amazon, @Google, @Meta and @X, sent a letter to House leadership on Tuesday endorsing the TAKE IT DOWN Act. The bill was marked up in @HouseCommerce yesterday, passing…
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The FTC’s weak lawsuit against Meta ignores reality. The evidence at trial will show what every 17-year-old in the world knows: Instagram competes with TikTok (and YouTube and X and many other apps). https://t.co/dN8KqZCUeC
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The FTC’s case is weak:
*The FTC alleges our only competitors are Snapchat and an app called MeWe (MeWe?!).
*It ignores what every 17 yo knows: we compete with TikTok (and YT and X and…).
*The FTC cleared our acquisitions a decade+ ago.
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What became clear today is that the FTC’s case hinges on the preposterous idea that Meta spends more time competing with some app called MeWe than with TikTok.
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WATCH: @sarafischer BLASTS the FTC's weak case against @Meta.
"The FTC faces a very big uphill battle...It‘s going to be tough for the government to argue that they did such anti-competitive work. When the landscape has changed so much."
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This is the European Commission playing politics. Commissioner Von der Leyen repeatedly postponed the decision. Why? Per @handelsblatt: “...this was not due to technical details, but rather to political calculations.”
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Blatantly political move. Remember, in January @handelsblatt reported the EC's decision wouldn't come "until Trump has taken any action against the EU." As @andrewrsorkin just said on @SquawkCNBC: "this becomes to me an interesting chess piece in the, sort…
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My statement on the European Commission’s blatantly discriminatory decision targeting Meta’s personalized ads business model:
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As I wrote recently, the FTC is playing games with market definitions, pretending that Meta doesn’t compete with its obvious competitors.
To illustrate this competition, consider the fact that Meta’s usage spiked when TikTok went off the market earlier…
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Ashley Gold (@ashleyrgold) on X
NEW: @BrianHughes47 on European Commission fining Meta & Apple millions for violating the Digital Markets Act:
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Meta applauds House passage of the TAKE IT DOWN Act, which we've been proud to support. Having an intimate image – real or AI-generated – shared without consent can be awful. Thanks to @SenTedCruz, @SenAmyKlobuchar, @RepMariaSalazar, @RepDean - and to @FLOTUS…
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Robby – I watched your video – this is unacceptable. This is clearly not how our AI should operate. We’re sorry for the results it shared about you and that the fix we put in place didn’t address the underlying problem. I'm working now with our product team…
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I’ll just sit in judgment
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The @FTC continues to insist Meta doesn’t compete with TikTok. And yet, here’s what TikTok itself says (in a filing with the Supreme Court, no less).
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From @Snapchat's Evan Spiegel:
"That’s why I believe initial age verification should happen at the operating system or app store level..it’s the best way to address the concerns many have about age verification..."
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Today, Congress joins 17 states in introducing legislation that offers a simplified approach for parents to oversee the many apps their teens download. Thank you @RepJames and @SenMikeLee for introducing the ASAA. Our statement with @Snap and @X
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This is not true. Period. We did not and do not offer tools to target people based on their emotional state.