Mediagazer: The UK CMA says Meta pledged to let Facebook Marketplace users opt out of Meta using their data and limit how the company uses ad data for product development (Joseph Hoppe/Wall Street Journal)

11:35 AM ET, November 3, 2023

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Joseph Hoppe / Wall Street Journal:

The UK CMA says Meta pledged to let Facebook Marketplace users opt out of Meta using their data and limit how the company uses ad data for product development — Meta has signed commitments to not use its advertising customers' data — The U.K. competition regulator said Meta Platforms …

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Chris Welch / The Verge:

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John Sharp / al.com:

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CNN:

The apparent role of automation and AI in amplifying bogus stories on Microsoft Start raises questions about the new technology and its effects on journalism — False claims that President Joe Biden fell asleep during a moment of silence for victims of the Maui wildfire.

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Chris Welch / The Verge:

Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr release Now and Then, the first “new” Beatles song since 1995, created using machine learning and a lo-fi John Lennon recording — Today marks the release of the first “new” song by the Beatles since 1995. “Now and Then” is available on streaming services …

Business Wire:

BuzzFeed reports Q3 revenue down 29% YoY to $73.3M, ad revenue down 35% YoY to $32.6M, net loss of $13.9M, less than Q3 2022, and projects $99M-$110M Q4 revenue — BuzzFeed, Inc. ("BuzzFeed" or the “Company") (Nasdaq: BZFD), a premier digital media company for the most diverse, most online …

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