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Instagram Will Finally Let You Lurk to Your Heart’s Content—for a Price

Instagram Tests a Paid Plus Tier Built Around Stories, Stealth Viewing, and Visibility Tools

Meta is testing Instagram Plus in at least three countries.
The proposed features focus heavily on Stories, including anonymous viewing.
The test suggests Meta sees premium social controls as a new revenue opportunity.

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DT Editorial Team·Mar 31, 2026·via gizmodo.com

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Meta Researchers Say ‘Hyperagents’ Can Improve Both Tasks and the Way They Improve

Meta-linked researchers describe AI systems that can modify both task logic and improvement logic.
The work extends the Darwin Gödel Machine approach beyond coding-focused use cases.
Researchers report gains across four task areas, though the supplied summary does not include full metrics.

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DT Editorial Team·Mar 30, 2026·via the-decoder.com

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Social Media Addiction Trial Should Lead to Platform Redesigns

Social Media Addiction Verdict Puts Platform Design on Trial, Not Just Content Moderation

A jury found Meta and YouTube negligently designed their platforms and harmed a plaintiff.
The case shifts focus toward platform design and engagement mechanics.
The verdict may increase pressure for redesigns of addictive social features.

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DT Editorial Team·Mar 29, 2026·via spectrum.ieee.org

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Meta, YouTube guilty in social media addiction trial

Meta and YouTube Found Guilty in Landmark Addiction Trial

A Los Angeles jury found Meta (70% liable) and YouTube (30% liable) negligent in platform design, awarding $3 million in damages
The trial targeted platform design — not content — to navigate Section 230 protections, establishing a template for 2,000 pending lawsuits
Mark Zuckerberg, Adam Mosseri, and YouTube's VP of Engineering all testified during the seven-week trial

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DT Editorial Team·Mar 26, 2026·via mashable.com

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Mark Zuckerberg Is Building an AI CEO. Will He Lay Himself Off?

Mark Zuckerberg Is Building an AI That Could Replace Human CEOs — Including Himself

Meta is reportedly developing AI systems that could perform strategic analysis and executive management functions
The project extends Meta's Year of Efficiency logic toward AI automation of corporate decision-making layers
AI systems can plausibly automate analysis and synthesis functions but struggle with judgment, negotiation, and cultural leadership
The concentration of capable AI executive systems within a single platform company raises significant governance questions
The near-term outcome is likely AI-augmented smaller executive teams rather than literal AI CEO deployment

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DT Editorial Team·Mar 24, 2026·via gizmodo.com

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Instagram encryption U-turn leaves us all more vulnerable - 9to5Mac

Meta's Instagram Encryption Reversal Leaves Users Exposed

Meta reversed end-to-end encryption on Instagram DMs, despite years of public promises that the company had fully implemented it
Without E2E encryption, Meta can read Instagram messages and provide them to law enforcement via legal process
Users relying on Instagram for sensitive communications should switch to independently audited E2E messaging apps like Signal

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DT Editorial Team·Mar 23, 2026·via 9to5mac.com

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Meta's VR Metaverse takes one more step into the grave

Meta's Horizon Worlds Is Leaving VR. The Metaverse Dream Is Over.

Meta confirmed Horizon Worlds will no longer be available in VR after June 15, 2026
The platform struggled from launch with poor visuals, low adoption, and a reputation as a ghost town
Meta is pivoting to a Horizon Worlds mobile app while maintaining it remains committed to VR hardware
The move marks the effective end of the VR metaverse vision Zuckerberg staked Facebook's 2021 rebrand on

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DT Editorial Team·Mar 19, 2026·4 min read·via mashable.com

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Meta Is Shutting Down Horizon Worlds on Meta Quest

Meta Shuts Down Horizon Worlds on Quest Headsets in June

Meta shutting down Horizon Worlds on Quest headsets in June, five years after the metaverse pivot that renamed Facebook
Platform never achieved critical mass for engaging social interactions despite multi-billion dollar development costs
Shutdown is part of broader Reality Labs restructuring as Meta pivots to AI and practical mixed reality applications

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DT Editorial Team·Mar 18, 2026·3 min read·via wired.com

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Meta Has Smart Glasses Spiraling Towards Glasshole 2.0

Meta Smart Glasses Are Becoming Glasshole 2.0

Meta Ray-Ban glasses are being paired with AI to identify strangers in real time using facial recognition
Harvard students demonstrated the capability using off-the-shelf tools and the glasses' video feed
Meta prohibits the use in its terms of service but has no technical safeguards preventing it
Advocates are calling for federal facial recognition legislation and hardware-level privacy protections

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DT Editorial Team·Mar 16, 2026·5 min read·via gizmodo.com

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Meta reportedly considering layoffs that could affect 20% of the company | TechCrunch

Meta Eyes 20% Workforce Cut to Fund AI Push

Meta is weighing layoffs of up to 20% of its roughly 70,000-person workforce
Cuts are framed as funding AI infrastructure, not correcting over-hiring
Would be the largest single workforce reduction in Meta's history

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DT Editorial Team·Mar 16, 2026·4 min read·via techcrunch.com

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Meta workers forced to review intimate videos taken by Ray-Ban smart glasses

Meta Workers Forced to Watch Private Ray-Ban Recordings

Offshore workers view intimate Ray-Ban smart glasses recordings for AI training
Workers report minimal anonymization and psychological support
Raises fundamental questions about privacy consent for always-on wearable cameras

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DT Editorial Team·Mar 5, 2026·4 min read·via mashable.com

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Meta Faces Trial Over Child Sexual Exploitation on Its Platforms

New Mexico takes Meta to trial over allegations that its platforms facilitated the sexual exploitation of children
Undercover investigators posing as minors received explicit messages from adults within hours of creating accounts
Prosecutors allege Meta's recommendation algorithms actively connected predators with minor accounts based on engagement patterns

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DT Editorial Team·Feb 11, 2026·3 min read·via reuters.com

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Landmark Social Media Addiction Trial Against Meta Begins in LA

A landmark federal trial in Los Angeles consolidates hundreds of lawsuits alleging Meta and YouTube deliberately engineered addictive platforms
Plaintiffs argue infinite scroll, autoplay, and algorithmic feeds were designed to exploit developing brains of young users
Internal documents reveal engineers were aware of potential harms to younger users yet continued optimizing for engagement

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DT Editorial Team·Feb 11, 2026·3 min read·via theverge.com

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