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Received — 16 October 2026 ⏭

Meta Withdraws $25 Million from Its Midterms Push

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By: Theodore Schleifer
16 October 2026 at 16:58
The company outlined a $65 million budget last year when it embarked on an effort to elect state politicians friendly to the A.I. industry.

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Meta’s annual conference last month in Menlo Park, Calif. The company received $22 million back from its American Technology Excellence Project and $3 million from a California advocacy group it funded.
Received — 14 October 2026 ⏭

Senators Question Meta’s Data Center Tax Strategy

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By: Kashmir Hill
14 October 2026 at 11:09
Democrats on the Senate Finance Committee sent a letter to Mark Zuckerberg, Meta’s chief executive, questioning the company’s $6.6 billion in tax breaks.

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Meta has claimed to the Internal Revenue Service that the data centers it is building across the country to power its new generative A.I. efforts are “experimental.”
Received — 12 October 2026 ⏭

Meta Unveils New Series of Advanced A.I. Models

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By: Eli Tan
12 October 2026 at 13:00
The new models, Muse Wonder and Muse Wonder Full, are meant to compete with cutting-edge A.I. models from rivals like Anthropic and OpenAI.

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Mark Zuckerberg, Meta’s chief executive, revamped his company’s A.I. division last year after setbacks in developing the technology.
Received — 11 October 2026 ⏭

Three Mark Zuckerbergs, Three Surprisingly Different Men

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By: Alissa Wilkinson
11 October 2026 at 05:01
Jeremy Strong in “The Social Reckoning,” Jesse Eisenberg in “The Social Network” and the real Meta executive are all playing parts. But only one has changed his approach.

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From top, Jesse Eisenberg, Mark Zuckerberg and Jeremy Strong.
Received — 9 October 2026 ⏭

Inside Mark Zuckerberg’s Decision to Pull the Trigger on Meta’s A.I. Agent

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By: Eli Tan
9 October 2026 at 05:03
Meta had delayed releasing Muse, its A.I. agent app, for months over safety concerns. Then new competition forced Mr. Zuckerberg’s hand.

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Mark Zuckerberg, Meta’s chief executive, with various iterations of the Muse avatar.

What to Know About the Facebook Whistle-Blowing Case Depicted in ‘The Social Reckoning’

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By: Sarah Bahr
9 October 2026 at 05:01
Aaron Sorkin’s sort-of sequel to the 2010 “Social Network” dramatizes a whistle-blowing case at Facebook. Here’s what to know.

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Jeremy Strong as Mark Zuckerberg in a scene from “The Social Reckoning.”
Received — 2 October 2026 ⏭

Amazon Promises More Local Funding and Less Secrecy Around Data Centers

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By: Karen Weise
2 October 2026 at 08:56
The internet giant is the latest technology company trying to address increasingly hostile local sentiment toward data center projects.

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A data center owned by Amazon in Ashburn, Va.
Received — 30 September 2026 ⏭

How Meta Uses A.I. Data Centers to Avoid Billions in Federal Taxes

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By: Kashmir Hill · Jesse Drucker · Eli Tan and Mike Isaac
30 September 2026 at 05:00
Meta is exploiting a lucrative tax break intended to support research and experimentation. Its own accountants say the gambit is risky.

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Received — 29 September 2026 ⏭

At A.I. Event, Trump Asks Meta, OpenAI and Microsoft to Make Safety Decisions Themselves

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By: Katie Rogers and Cecilia Kang
29 September 2026 at 19:20
President Trump’s meetings with tech leaders produced some voluntary safeguards and a commitment to rebrand artificial intelligence as “super intelligence,” the term that Mr. Trump prefers.

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President Trump unveiled an A.I.-powered government website at the White House on Tuesday,
Received — 25 September 2026 ⏭
Received — 24 September 2026 ⏭

Complaints About Meta’s ‘Pervert Glasses’ Won’t Slow Tech’s Wearable Gadgets Drive

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By: Brian X. Chen and Eli Tan
24 September 2026 at 15:02
Meta’s smart glasses are the latest in a line of products to raise eyebrows over privacy. That’s not stopping other companies from creating similar devices.

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Mark Zuckerberg demonstrated the latest of Meta’s smart glasses on Wednesday.
Received — 23 September 2026 ⏭

Meta Unveils 3 Smart Glasses With Built-In A.I.

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By: Eli Tan
23 September 2026 at 20:16
Artificial intelligence again dominated the company’s annual developer conference, as Mark Zuckerberg doubled down on how the technology can empower people.

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Mark Zuckerberg, Meta’s chief executive, at the company’s developer conference on Wednesday.
Received — 22 September 2026 ⏭

I Gave My Life Over to Meta’s A.I. Agent and Was Blown Away

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By: Eli Tan
22 September 2026 at 15:24
Muse, Meta’s A.I. agent, helped handle my dental insurance, booked dinner reservations and created a podcast for me. It also required my most personal data, and trust.

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The New York Times reporter Eli Tan using Meta Muse to buy movie tickets in San Francisco.

What to Know About Recent A.I. Hacks at Google, Anthropic, OpenAI and Meta

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By: Kate Conger
22 September 2026 at 05:03
OpenAI, Google and others recently disclosed breaches by their artificial intelligence models that amplified concerns about the advancing capabilities of the technology.

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An analysis of one recent hack by OpenAI technology helped to reveal how A.I. agents communicated with one another.
Received — 18 September 2026 ⏭

Iran and China Create First-of-Their-Kind Autonomous A.I. Influence Campaigns

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By: Sheera Frenkel · Eli Tan and Dustin Volz
18 September 2026 at 10:20
The countries, along with Israeli firms, combined Chinese open-source A.I. models and A.I. agents for the campaigns, foreshadowing future online manipulation.

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Received — 16 September 2026 ⏭

Age Limits for Social Media Outlined by European Union

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By: Adam Satariano and Jeanna Smialek
16 September 2026 at 04:20
A proposed law would bar children under 13 from using social media across the 27-nation bloc.

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Teens using their phones in Valence, France, this summer. The EU Kids Act would restrict social media use for children under 15.

Mark Zuckerberg Takes Aim at Anthropic in Debate Over A.I. Slowdown

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By: Eli Tan
16 September 2026 at 13:22
On social media, Meta’s chief executive appeared to jab at Anthropic by saying that leading A.I. labs should be focused on safety rather than improving their own technology.

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Mark Zuckerberg in July. In a social media post on Tuesday, he said that leading A.I. labs should be focused on safety rather than improving their own technology.
Received — 12 September 2026 ⏭

Inside the Discussions at AI Companies Over a Superintelligence Doomsday

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By: Mike Isaac and Kate Conger
13 September 2026 at 22:31
Researchers at Anthropic, OpenAI, Meta and Google are increasingly trying to raise awareness about the risks of artificial intelligence.

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A demonstration of Anthropic’s Claude Cowork A.I. agent in May. The company’s employees have been talking about the risks of artificial intelligence after a colleague, citing dangers, resigned this week.
Received — 8 September 2026 ⏭

Meta Introduces Muse, an A.I. Agent That Can Send Your Emails and Book Your Travel

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By: Eli Tan
8 September 2026 at 15:00
Muse, Meta’s new A.I. agent, acts as a personal digital assistant that connects to Facebook and Instagram, as well as third-party apps such as Spotify and OpenTable.
Received — 4 September 2026 ⏭
Received — 29 August 2026 ⏭

How Meta’s $17.1 Billion Social Media Settlement Came Together

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By: Cecilia Kang and Eli Tan
29 August 2026 at 07:00
State attorneys general spent months in negotiations. Then, as its legal losses mounted, the social media giant’s new top lawyer brought a huge settlement to the table.

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Meta’s $17.1 billion agreement with states followed losses in court over claims that the social media is addictive and harmful to children.
Received — 28 August 2026 ⏭

Social Media and the Myth of the Big Tobacco Moment

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By: David Streitfeld
28 August 2026 at 14:52
Smoking used to be everywhere, the way Facebook, TikTok, Snap, YouTube and Instagram are now. Society decided to break the habit, but it took a long time.

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Meta will pay up to $17.1 billion over a decade and make changes to its social media properties to make them less compulsive for young people.

Why Countries Are Pushing Social Media Bans Despite Their Flaws

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By: John Yoon
28 August 2026 at 09:46
Proposals for curbing social media use among children have wide support, but critics say they are ineffective.

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Teenagers in Australia on their phones. The country’s social media ban, which took effect in December, has so far failed to keep children off the platforms.

Meta Shifts the Blame + Do Data Center Bans Work? + The Final HatGPT

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By: Kevin Roose · Casey Newton · Rachel Cohn · Whitney Jones · Vjeran Pavic · Alyssa Moxley · Dan Powell · Elisheba Ittoop · Marion Lozano and Rowan Niemisto
28 August 2026 at 07:00
Meta negotiated an unusual provision in their landmark settlement: If TikTok and YouTube also agree to penalties and changes to their products, Meta will pay more.

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Received — 27 August 2026 ⏭

“Anxious Generation” Author Jonathan Haidt on the Meta Settlement

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By: Emma Goldberg
27 August 2026 at 11:49
In “The Anxious Generation,” he laid out the evils of social media for kids. The landmark Meta settlement seems to agree.

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Jonathan Haidt’s 2024 book on the harms to children from social media was a best seller.

Meta Projected It Could Spend $10 Billion on Anthropic’s A.I.

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By: Eli Tan and Kalley Huang
27 August 2026 at 10:04
The social networking giant projected it could spend $10 billion annually on Anthropic’s tools, illustrating the friend-foe relationships underlying the A.I. race.

Mark Zuckerberg Wants to Make Sure YouTube and TikTok Share His Pain

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By: Mike Isaac
27 August 2026 at 16:48
Meta, the social media giant, agreed to change the way children interact with its apps. That could be trouble if its competitors don’t abide by the same rules.

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To settle the suits, Meta agreed to drastically rein in children’s’ access to marquee products like Instagram and Facebook.
Received — 26 August 2026 ⏭

What’s Changing For Teens on Instagram and Facebook After Meta Settlement

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By: Eli Tan
26 August 2026 at 14:22
Meta agreed to set more time limits and enhance protections in its platforms for young users, but was short on some specifics.

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Meta said that it would change how teenagers use Instagram and Facebook as part of a landmark settlement with 47 states.

What Does $17.1 Billion Mean for Meta?

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By: Emmy Martin
27 August 2026 at 12:16
The Silicon Valley company agreed to pay up to $17.1 billion in penalties as part of a landmark settlement with states over social media addiction claims.

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Meta’s entire stock value stands at $1.45 trillion. The $17.1 billion penalty is about 1 percent of that.
Received — 25 August 2026 ⏭

Instagram Chief Says ‘No Silver Bullets’ for Teen Safety in Bellwether Trial

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By: Emmy Martin and Cecilia Kang
25 August 2026 at 18:38
Adam Mosseri testified in a case brought by states that claim the Meta-owned app created addictive features to hook young users.

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Adam Mosseri, the chief executive of Instagram, arriving at federal court in Oakland, Calif., on Tuesday.
Received — 21 August 2026 ⏭

Mark Zuckerberg Buys an Irish Castle

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By: Alan Yuhas
22 August 2026 at 09:28
The prominent landowner has added a nearly 200-year-old estate to his holdings. Archival information says it can take “a brisk walk of 4½ minutes to reach the dining room from the kitchen.”

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Strancally Castle in Waterford, Ireland, was built around 1830 and renovated in the early 2000s. It now belongs to Mark Zuckerberg.

New Jersey Teenager Drops Bellwether Social Media Addiction Lawsuit

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By: Eli Tan
20 August 2026 at 18:46
The case was the third of nine major personal injury cases that could expose Meta, YouTube, Snap and TikTok to financial damages and force them to change the designs of their platforms.

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Los Angeles County Superior Court. Tech companies have faced thousands of cases filed by teenagers, school districts and state attorneys general that claim that social media features are addictive.
Received — 18 August 2026 ⏭

ICE Bars Its Workers From Wearing Meta’s Smart Glasses on the Job

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By: Eli Tan and Hamed Aleaziz
18 August 2026 at 17:53
The agency joins a growing number of workplaces and groups to ban Meta’s devices, which have spurred privacy concerns.

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Meta glasses are seen exhibited at the Meta Lab pop-up store on Fifth Avenue in New York.

Meta to Stand Trial Over Claims It Addicted Children to Social Media

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By: Cecilia Kang · Eli Tan and Emmy Martin
19 August 2026 at 00:58
California, Colorado, Kentucky and New Jersey have taken the social media giant to trial in the first bellwether federal case over child harm.

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During the trial, to be held in the U.S. District Court of Oakland, Calif., four states are expected to argue that Meta violated federal child privacy and state consumer protection laws.
Received — 17 August 2026 ⏭
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