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  • [New] AI will become deeply integrated across Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and future immersive computing experiences. CnetLabs
  • [New] WhatsApp now warns users about suspicious device-linking requests, the tactic behind account-takeover scams, after Meta took down 10.9 million scam-center accounts across Facebook and Instagram last year. SQ Magazine
  • [New] Every dollar that was earlier funneled into experimental VR now competes with generative AI models that could boost engagement and ad revenue on Meta's consumer apps like Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp far more directly and quickly. Neowin
  • [New] Meta plans to use Muse Spark more broadly across Meta AI, WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook, and smart glasses, making the release both an enterprise API initiative and an upgrade to consumer-facing products. MarketingProfs
  • [New] Facebook and Instagram parent Meta said Wednesday it will invest more than US$ 9.1 billion to build its first artificial intelligence data center in Canada and its largest outside the United States.
  • AI agents will become more relevant than humans on the internet within the next decade, a shift already already forcing Google, Facebook and Amazon to react. CoinDesk
  • The UK's proposed social media ban, due to come into force in 2027, would block under-16s from accessing Snapchat, TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, X and Facebook and from livestreaming or communicating with strangers on gaming sites such as Roblox. The Guardian
  • This week, the UK announced a wide-ranging ban on social media that will soon block users from communicating or accessing information on apps such as X, Instagram, YouTube, Facebook, TikTok and Snapchat unless they prove that they are over the age of 16. The Guardian
  • Labour will block Snapchat, TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, and X from offering services to children under 16. LabourList
  • Under-16s will lose access to social media platforms including Facebook, Instagram, X, TikTok, Snapchat, and YouTube, while the minimum age for chatbots that imitate romantic interactions will be raised to 18. Wired
  • Facebook Marketplace offers a massive opportunity for dropshippers all over the world. Free Dropshipping Resources by Ecom Heroes | Sell The T
  • Politicians are relying more heavily on digital spending across platforms like Facebook, Google, Snapchat and X, expected to spend $1.6 billion in that category during the cycle. CNBC
  • One of the most significant changes AI will bring is in Facebook ad optimization. Medium
  • From Facebook ads to content creation and even customer engagement, AI will completely change how brands connect with their audiences. Medium
  • Coordinated networks across Telegram, Facebook, and news sites used emotional manipulation and fear to influence public opinion, portraying Ukraine as a burden to the EU and framing European integration as harmful. CRC
  • Such a shutdown across a population of 2.1 million residents in New Mexico could silence personal communication on Meta's immensely popular platforms, which also include Facebook and WhatsApp, and also impact their use for commercial advertising. KSAT San Antonio
  • SpaceX has become the Neo Cloud of Anthropic and OpenAI will have to contend with a Meta (formerly Facebook) that now is pushing subscriptions on its AI app. AI Supremacy
  • AI agents will dominate internet searches, commerce and activity by 2035, disrupting the core business models of Google, Amazon and Facebook. CoinDesk
  • Google, Amazon and Facebook are terrified because AI agents will not behave like humans when confronted with ads. CoinDesk

Last updated: 19 July 2026



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