Thousands of businesses and organisations rely on the ability to transfer data between the EU and the US to operate and provide everyday services. This is not about one company’s privacy practices – there is a fundamental conflict of law between the US government’s rules on access to data and European privacy rights, which policymakers…
Today, in the lead up to Africa Day, we’re announcing our third iteration of “Made by Africa, Loved by the World” — The Rising Stars Edition. This year’s campaign aims to amplify the voices and stories of eight emerging young talents across Africa who are building a global presence, and changing the way the continent…
Our artificial intelligence (AI) compute needs will grow dramatically over the next decade as we break new ground in AI research, ship more cutting-edge AI applications and experiences across our family of apps, and build our long-term vision of the metaverse. We are executing on an ambitious plan to build the next generation of Meta’s…
We believe the metaverse can transform learning and how people train for jobs, which is why we hosted the Future of Work Summit this week in Washington, D.C. Academics, policymakers, entrepreneurs and experts gathered to hear how immersive technologies like virtual and augmented reality (AR and VR) benefit businesses and workers. “The metaverse promises to…
Today, we submitted our response to the European Commission’s exploratory consultation on network fees. We support the Commission’s goal of “ensuring access to excellent connectivity for everyone” and, in our submission, explain how we have been active partners in delivering that goal. However, proposals by a handful of telecom operators to be cross-subsidised by content…
Today, we previewed new Instagram features at a product education workshop in our Mumbai office, to help creators unleash their creativity and earn more from their Reels content. These features include GIF comments on posts and Reels, Instagram Gifts and new editing features on Reels. A diverse set of creators attended the workshop to learn…
There’s nothing quite like the call of the open road. Whether it’s quality conversation on an epic road trip, enjoying a podcast or your favorite album, just about everyone has some fond memories in cars. But what if we could make our time spent in cars more productive, social and entertaining than ever before? That…
Our latest Transparency Report provides insight into the nature and extent of government requests we receive for user data and the proactive efforts we’ve taken to protect intellectual property. This year marks 10 years since our first transparency report, which focused on government requests for user data. Over the last decade, we’ve added new reports,…
Today, we’re publishing our first quarter reports for 2023, including the Community Standards Enforcement Report, Oversight Board Quarterly Update, Transparency Report for the second half of 2022 (Intellectual Property, Government Requests) and Widely Viewed Content Report. These quantitative reports support our qualitative security reports, including the Adversarial Threat Report released earlier this month. All of…
Our passion is to find new ways to help keep your messages private and secure. Today, we’re announcing Chat Lock on WhatsApp, which lets you protect your most intimate conversations behind one more layer of security. Locking a chat takes that thread out of your inbox and puts it behind its own folder that can…