Company

Meta

333 mentions in 153 episodes

The company facing lawsuits discussed by the hosts over the safety and effects of its apps.

Mentions

747: Why We Sigh

  • 15:15

    Meta, which continues to argue that social media addiction is not real

  • 35:13

    Meta just axed 8,000 employees

746: Reality is Frequently Inaccurate

  • 25:45

    sue Meta over scam ads on Facebook and Instagram

  • 28:47

    Meta is rolling out new incognito chat features

  • 31:10

    a new feature that gives Meta AI chatbot Grok-like functionality on Threads

745: Unwanted Senior Discount

  • 18:38

    Meta has purchased Assured Robot Intelligence

744: Goblin Mode

  • 12:07

    Meta is facing scrutiny after ending a contract with outsourcing firm Sama

  • 12:52

    Meta says it terminated the contract because Sama failed to meet its standards.

742: Uncouth Yet Highly Litigious

  • 33:44

    plans to add facial recognition to meta smart classes

  • 34:18

    This feature is apparently called Name Tag

  • 35:52

    meta is also reportedly training an AI character modeled on Mark Zuckerberg

739: The Thin Black Line

  • 6:42

    A jury in New Mexico has found Meta liable for violating the state's consumer protection laws

  • 8:02

    A jury in Los Angeles has found that Meta and YouTube were negligent

738: A Sprinkling of Random

  • 15:15

    Meta could be preparing for one of the largest layoffs in its history

  • 18:12

    a meta engineer let an AI agent answer a technical question

  • 19:38

    meta is bringing in signal creator Moxie Marlin Spike to bolt encryption onto its chatbots

  • 20:51

    Meta is testing clickable links directly in post captions

737: Monetizable Content

  • 16:16

    The Meta Oversight Board is once again urging Meta to overhaul its rules around AI-generated content.

  • 18:26

    Meta has settled for the guys who got OpenClaw agents talking

736: People Aren’t People

  • 4:42

    Meta is back in court

  • 5:20

    Meta teams internally pitching ways to hook tweens

  • 6:00

    Meta says ... these were just brainstorming slides

  • 46:56

    Meta is facing a class action lawsuit for false advertising related to its AI glasses

  • 48:15

    Spokesperson for Meta confirmed to Engadget

734: A Bald Woody

  • 2:15

    Meta's own internal testing found its chatbots failed to protect minors

  • 5:12

    Reddit, Meta, and Google ... voluntarily complied with some of the requests

  • 11:56

    even Meta says, no, we don't want this around anything that is important

733: Predator Friendly Hunting Ground

  • 14:05

    Meta is staring down two trials

  • 14:47

    Meta and Google are on trial in Los Angeles

  • 52:26

    I got five emails this week, Brian, from Meta.

730: Ethical Broads

  • 4:40

    appealing the November ruling that said Facebook doesn't illegally monopolize personal social networking

729: Alright Alright Alright™

  • 4:33

    Meta has closed 550,000 accounts to comply with Australia's kids' social media ban.

  • 10:07

    Meta's laying off more than 1,000 employees from its Reality Labs division

  • 12:34

    Meta has appointed former Trump advisor Dina Powell-McCormick as its new president and vice chair

728: No Face to Shoot

  • 7:44

    Meta updated its privacy policy last month

  • 8:22

    AI at Meta is the umbrella term the company uses for its AI products

727: Merry Slopmas

  • 27:23

    a meta verified subscription will determine how many links a creator can share

  • 27:48

    a notification from Meta informing them that certain Facebook profiles without Meta verified

725: The Mistake Machine

  • 9:26

    Meta is kicking Australian teens off Instagram, Facebook, and threads a week early

  • 9:45

    they're reportedly going to be axing the Metaverse budget by 30%

  • 43:50

    heading to Meta to run a new design studio

724: Sam Altman’s Boutique

  • 17:08

    Meta gets a silver and bronze since 71% of adults say they use Facebook

  • 19:08

    Meta allegedly suspended internal research into the mental health effects of its products

723: Don’t Want No Samsung

  • 18:12

    Meta just walked out of a five-year antitrust brawl

722: Does a Podcaster Shit in the Woods?

  • 19:55

    Few firms have made a bigger public to do about their AI spending than Meta

  • 23:03

    as much as 10% of its revenue was coming from advertisements for scams and banned goods

721: Pixel Predators

  • 19:29

    let's go back to Meta

  • 19:46

    currently facing a lawsuit brought by adult film company Strike3 Holdings and CounterLife Media

  • 20:02

    Meta has denied the claim and recently filed a motion to dismiss

  • 1:01:56

    how Meta makes their money off of scams

  • 1:02:18

    Meta's internal documents said that they had to be careful