Safety Settings News Today

Meta is switching off the ability for under-18s to receive messages on Instagram and Messenger from anyone they do not follow or are not connected to, by default, as part of a safety update. The social media giant said the change is part of its ongoing work to provide “age-appropriate experiences for teens” across its apps. The change extends an existing Meta policy which does not allow adults to message teenagers who do not follow them, meaning no-one on Instagram or Facebook Mess...

Select Safety and privacy. Check the box next to "Display media that may contain sensitive content" under the Safety section.

Grab Malaysia will be piloting AudioProtect (beta), a new safety feature for selected users in Penang and Johor starting next month.

They just involve not running the system so hot. facebook knows that when they let the system run hot, run fast, they make more money. and if facebook had to go in there and stand accountable, its like lay they would choose safer settings and they would be willing to go at these tiny slices of profits, .1% here, .5% here, but we would have significantly less misinformation, not just in english but all the other languages in the world, the vast majority of which get no safety settings. >> after y...

Allegations before the january 6th riot, facebook turned off safety settings that would have combatted the spread of potentially dangerous misinformation. >> as soon as the election was over, they turned them back off or changed the settings back to what they were before to prioritize growth over safety. that really feels like a betrayal of democracy to me. >> whistle blower going on to accuse facebook of prioritizing profits over the safety of its own users. >> the version of facebook that is t...