Pranav Dixit

1 week ago | businessinsider.jp | Sydney Bradley |Pranav Dixit |Brent Griffiths

もしかしたら錯覚かもしれないけれど……近頃そう感じたことがあるなら、あなたの認識は間違っていない。 実は、Facebook（フェイスブック）とInstagram（インスタグラム）のユーザーがフィード上で友達の投稿したコンテンツを閲覧する時間は確実に減っている。 その事実が判明したのは、米国の首都ワシントンの連邦地裁で開廷したある裁判の冒頭陳述だった（本記事後半には参考資料として公開されたプレゼン資料の一部も掲載する）。 米連邦取引委員会（FTC）らがFacebookやInstagramを運営するメタ・プラットフォームズ（Meta Platforms）を反トラスト（独占禁止）法違反の疑いで提訴した裁判の審理が4月14日に始まった。 原告側のFTCは、メタによるInstagramおよびメッセージアプリWhatsApp（ワッツアップ）買収を「キラー買収」（＝将来の競合企業を早い段階で買収して脅威を除去する行為）と位置づけ、それによって同社がソーシャルネットワーク市場を独占するに至ったと主張。...

1 week ago | businessinsider.com | Alistair Barr |Pranav Dixit

Facebook Email X LinkedIn Copy link A legal case involving Meta revealed the company's secret experiments with training data. Meta used "ablation" to identify how specific data improved its Llama AI models. Some researchers say this could support a system to assign value to AI data and pay compensation. A high-profile legal case has unearthed a trove of internal Meta communications, and one particular document has caught the eye of some AI researchers.

1 week ago | businessinsider.com | Jacob Shamsian |Pranav Dixit

Facebook Email X LinkedIn Copy link The FTC took Meta to trial, arguing it's a monopoly and should sell off Instagram and WhatsApp. Meta says the true "market" where it operates is bigger and more competitive than what the FTC says. Antitrust law experts say the FTC has a tough battle but a real shot at winning.

1 week ago | businessinsider.com | Sydney Bradley |Pranav Dixit |Brent Griffiths

Facebook Email X LinkedIn Copy link The FTC's antitrust battle with Meta kicked off on Monday. Meta's opening statements revealed a decline in time spent consuming content from friends. Meta says that just 7% of time spent on Instagram in 2025 is spent viewing content from friends. You're not imagining it, you're definitely seeing less of your friends' content on Facebook and Instagram.

2 weeks ago | businessinsider.com | Jyoti Mann |Pranav Dixit

A former Meta employee has accused the company of knowingly allowing children onto its virtual reality platform, Horizon Worlds, despite safety risks and potential violations of federal law. Kelly Stonelake, who worked for the company for nearly 15 years and led product marketing for Horizon Worlds until early 2024, submitted a sworn statement as part of a complaint filed Thursday with the Federal Trade Commission.