Topic: third-party providers
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Discord Backtracks on Persona Age Verification After Backlash
Discord ended a limited UK trial of the third-party age verification service Persona due to user criticism over the provider's data collection practices. For its ongoing age verification, Discord partners with k-ID, which uses local facial age estimation and deletes ID documents and selfies immed...
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Google Ads Tests Twitter Creatives for PMax Campaigns
Google is testing a feature that automatically suggests video content from X (formerly Twitter) for use in advertisers' Performance Max campaigns, indicating a move toward cross-platform ad integration. Advertisers must confirm they have legal rights to these videos, which are sourced via third-p...
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Brazil Halts Meta's Ban on Third-Party AI Chatbots for WhatsApp
Brazil's competition authority has suspended a new Meta policy and launched an investigation, alleging the rule unfairly favors Meta's own AI chatbot by blocking third-party AI companies from using the WhatsApp Business API. The policy, which impacted firms like OpenAI and Microsoft, would have b...
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Italy Orders Meta to Halt WhatsApp's AI Chatbot Ban
Italian regulators have ordered Meta to suspend a policy that would block third-party AI chatbots from using WhatsApp's business tools, citing concerns it abuses its dominant market position. The investigation focuses on whether Meta is unfairly promoting its own AI chatbot while restricting comp...
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EU Probes Meta for Blocking AI Chatbots on WhatsApp
European regulators have launched an antitrust investigation into Meta, concerned its policy restricting third-party AI chatbots on WhatsApp illegally stifles innovation while favoring its own Meta AI product. The policy change would block popular AI tools like those from OpenAI from using WhatsA...
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