Meta Platforms (META) is removing Russian TV channel RT from its apps, including Instagram and Facebook, citing "foreign interference activity" by the Kremlin-backed outlet, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Instagram and Facebook owner Meta is banning RT and other Russian state media networks from its platforms over claims they carried out covert operations to influence social media users.
Meta late Monday said it is banning Russian state media outlets from its apps around the world due to "foreign interference activity."
The Facebook and Instagram owner said it would bar Russian media outlets including RT, which the U.S. has accused of acting as an intelligence arm.
Facebook owner Meta said on Monday it was banning RT, Rossiya Segodnya and other Russian state media networks, alleging the outlets used deceptive tactics to carry out influence operations while evading detection on the social media company's platforms.
In the most recent trading session, Meta Platforms (META) closed at $533.28, indicating a +1.65% shift from the previous trading day.
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META Platforms will restart its AI training initiative that uses UK users'' public data to train its models. The UK regulators are keeping a close eye on the issue.
Meta Platforms will begin training its AI models using public content shared by adults on Facebook and Instagram in the UK over the coming months, the company said, after it had paused the training in the region following a regulatory backlash.
Meta has confirmed that it's restarting efforts to train its AI systems using public Facebook and Instagram posts from its U.K. userbase.
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