… You can opt out using the marketing privacy control in your account settings. If you’re not logged in, you can opt out using the Your Privacy Choices link on our website. You can also opt out using a legally recognized opt-out mechanism, like Global Privacy Control. …
… So far, this measure has received broad political support—but the outcome depends largely on compatibility with the Digital Services Act and the availability of effective age verification systems like the app the European Commission just released. …
… Meta began implementing age-verification tech in 2024 for Instagram users in the United States, Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom. …
… Meta, meanwhile, is sprucing up its age-verification tech after a study found that kids are tricking online age checks using simple techniques—including one child hero who circumvented online age verification by drawing on a fake mustache. …
… Each week, we round up the security and privacy news we didn’t cover in depth ourselves. …
… Docusign, the contract signing software, will allow users to require World’s identity verification technology. …
… In the past, Tools for Humanity has struggled to get governments around the world on board with its technology as a safe, privacy-protecting way to identify real humans.
… In 2019, Facebook paid $5 billion to the FTC to resolve a separate privacy case, including allegations tied to its face recognition software—the largest privacy penalty in the agency's history at the time. …
… Its privacy policy notes that the company records video inside the vehicle during trips. …
… But as with any cloud system, chatting with Meta AI on WhatsApp will ultimately involve trusting Meta in the same way using WhatsApp for communication does. “A big part of our work at WhatsApp relates to when there’s a perfect solution that’s very hard to use—how do you give people other options th… …