How interesting that Meta called @wired.com "dishonest" and then (quietly) removed the face-recognition system it had previously (also quietly) integrated into an app downloaded onto 50 million phones.
Dishonest!
The code WIRED identified is gone from the latest version of Meta AI, the companion app for the company’s smart glasses. Meta won’t say why or whether it’s coming back.
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NEW: A Meta employee who was part of the company's May layoffs has been detained by ICE.
It's a very rare instance of a corporate tech worker being taken into immigration custody since Trump's dramatic escalation of enforcement and detention last year:
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Doctors are quarantining from their own babies after work. Parents are delaying daycare. Hospitals are shutting down waiting rooms after exposures.
This is life in Utah, where measles is making a roaring comeback:
A friendly reminder as you enjoy tonight’s Knicks game: Madison Square Garden, where the match is being held, is an insane surveillance panopticon.
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This week for the @wired.com Big Interview, I sat down with @avindman.bsky.social.
You likely remember him as the NSC whistleblower who testified at Trump's first impeachment hearing. Now he's running for Senate in Florida, and within spitting distance of his GOP opponent:
Since Meta relaxed its content moderation rules, violent threats against lawmakers (including Trump) have surged on Facebook.
Meta denies that hate speech on FB is up.
The company declined to comment on the examples we sent.
Then they deleted several of them.
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Famously vengeful Knicks owner Jim Dolan has long spied on people at his iconic arenas. WIRED goes deep inside the operation that allegedly tracked a trans woman, lawyers, protesters, and more.
NEW: On Thursday, @wired.com reported that Meta had quietly added code for a face recognition system to Meta AI, its smart glasses companion app. On Friday, code for the face rec system was removed. @dmehro.bsky.social and @dell.bsky.social with the scoop: www.wired.com/story/meta-r...
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“The aggressive policies by the Trump administration, attacking international law, as well as the EU and democratic principles, has led to several wake-up calls,” @marietjeschaake.bsky.social
We've now documented around 40 efforts to abandon or replace US technology in Europe
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In 2019, Alex Vindman testified during President Trump’s first impeachment trial–a decision that ended his military career. Now he wants to challenge the president from the halls of Congress.
New research finds that in the six months after Meta relaxed rules in the name of free speech, violent threats against lawmakers—including President Donald Trump—surged on Facebook.
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The code WIRED identified is gone from the latest version of Meta AI, the companion app for the company’s smart glasses. Meta won’t say why or whether it’s coming back.
Katie Drummond, WIRED’s global editorial director, takes you inside the newsroom with the week's most essential scoops and stories.
www.wired.com
A WIRED timeline shows how dozens of governments, companies, and other organizations across Europe are moving, or planning to shift, away from US Big Tech.
