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Facebook (Meta) is a technology company whose AI research division developed KernelEvolve, a system using Claude, GPT, and Llama to autonomously generate optimized GPU/MTIA kernels at hyperscale production.
Americans lost $2.1 billion to social media scams last year, 8 times more than in 2020. Facebook alone cost users more than texts and emails combined
Social media fraud losses exploded 8x to $2.1B in 2025, with Meta's advertising and messaging infrastructure becoming the primary vector—Facebook alone responsible for $794M.
Consumers lost $2.1 billion to social media scams in 2025, FTC reports
Social media scams inflicted $2.1 billion in consumer losses in 2025—an eightfold surge that makes platforms like Facebook the leading fraud vector, surpassing all other contact methods.
These are the countries moving to ban social media for children
Following Australia's December 2025 pioneering ban on social media for under-16s, at least 15 countries including the UK, France, and Canada are now legislating restrictions on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube, forcing major compliance challenges across Big Tech.
Meta will now allow parents to see the topics their child discussed with Meta AI
Meta rolls out parental topic-level monitoring of teen AI conversations across Facebook/Messenger/Instagram, responding to safety concerns about unsupervised AI interactions as AI characters return from suspension.
Judge rules Trump administration violated the First Amendment in fight against ICE-tracking
Federal judge blocks Trump administration from pressuring Facebook and Apple to remove ICE-tracking apps, applying a 2024 Supreme Court precedent against government coercion of private platforms.