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Meta Platformswill start fully encrypting messages on Facebook and Instagram by default, moving ahead with a privacy measure that government officials and others have warned could hide illegal activity by child predators and other criminals.The social-media giant starting this week will begin automatically shifting Facebook users to so-called end-to-end encryption for their messages, according to people familiar with the matter, with the change being rolled out over the course of weeks. Direct messages on Instagram also…

Facebookand Instagram recommend sexual content to underage users and promote minors’ accounts to apparent child predators, the state of New Mexico alleges in a lawsuit against parent company Meta Platforms and its CEO.The civil lawsuit, filed Tuesday in New Mexico state court, alleges that “Meta has allowed Facebook and Instagram to become a marketplace for predators in search of children upon whom to prey.” It also claims that Meta has failed to implement protections against usage by children below the age of 13 and has…

Listen to article(2 minutes)Looking to get promoted quickly or avoid being underpaid? Then find companies where managers rise through the ranks, where promotions come with bigger pay bumps, or where employees stick around and build careers.That information has been hard for employees to find. A new ranking of Fortune 500 companies seeks to help job-hunters avoid dead-end jobs. The 2023 American Opportunity Index rates companies by how well they help employees, especially those without college degrees, move into better,…

Facebook parent Meta Platforms plans to launch Threads in Europe in December, according to people familiar with the matter. The launch represents Threads’ largest market expansion since its debut in July and signals the social-media company’s commitment to the microblogging service, which rivals that of Elon Musk’s X, formerly known as Twitter. Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8 Facebook parent MetaPlatforms plans to launch Threads in Europe in December,…

Listen to article(2 minutes)Amazon.com has grabbed the crown of biggest delivery business in the U.S., surpassing both UPS and FedExin parcel volumes.The Seattle e-commerce giant delivered more packages to U.S. homes in 2022 than UPS, after eclipsing FedEx in 2020, and it is on track to widen the gap this year, according to internal Amazon data and people familiar with the matter. The U.S. Postal Service is still the biggest parcel service by volume; it handles hundreds of millions of packages for all three companies. …

Listen to article(2 minutes)Instagram’s Reels video service is designed to show users streams of short videos on topics the system decides will interest them, such as sports, fashion or humor. The Meta Platforms-owned social app does the same thing for users its algorithm decides might have a prurient interest in children, testing by The Wall Street Journal showed.Copyright ©2023Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8 Listen to article(2 minutes)Instagram’s Reels video…

Updated Nov. 20, 2023 4:48 pm ETElectric-vehicle startup Fisker has lost its second chief accounting officer in less than a month, the latest setback for a company that only recently started selling its first model. Florus Beuting, who was named chief accounting officer in early November, has left the automaker, according to people familiar with the situation. His exit follows the departure of his predecessor, who left in late October after roughly three years at the startup to take a job with another company, leading…

Amazon.com is launching a program to train millions of workers in artificial-intelligence skills as the tech giant seeks to gain an edge in a pitched battle for talent with Microsoft, Google and other companies.Named “AI Ready,” Amazon’s new program plans to train at least two million people by 2025 on basic to advanced AI skills, including how to make use of the generative AI technology that has powered language-based models such as ChatGPT. Amazon aims to fill a gap in AI talent as it has sought to generate interest in…

TikTok is facing what it views as perhaps its biggest crisis yet, with the world’s most popular app facing an intense backlash over the perception it favors pro-Palestinian and, at times, antisemitic content.Citing anti-Israel posts that surfaced on TikTok since the Gaza conflict began and a decades-old Osama bin Laden letter that circulated this week, Washington lawmakers have renewed calls to ban the app in the U.S.Copyright ©2023Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8…

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