Two years after Facebook rolled out updated tools for suicide prevention, the social media network is revising those resources once again, this time to include artificial intelligence assistance and expanding the features to its other platforms Messenger and Facebook Live. [More]
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Facebook Uses Artificial Intelligence To Update Suicide Prevention Tools
By 3.1.17 — Updated: 5.10.17
Facebook Unveils Its Own Snapchat-Like Photo Filters
By 10.27.16 — Updated: 10.31.16
There’s just something about Snapchat, all the other messaging services just can’t help themselves from mimicking the quick photo messaging app in one way or another: from Instagram’s “Stories” feature to Facebook’s experiments with self-destructing messages. Now, the big blue “F” is taking another stab at being more like Snapchat, debuting a set of filters that users can place over their photos — think puking rainbows and cartoonish eyes. [More]
Facebook Wants To Interrupt Your Live Broadcast With Ads
By 8.2.16
Facebook Live is becoming an increasingly popular way for Facebook users to broadcast live feeds to the world, so it was only a matter of time until the social media giant tried to monetize these streams by occasionally interrupting them for commercial breaks. [More]
Facebook To Pay For Live Videos From Internet Celebrities
By 7.19.16
YouTube stars and Instagram aficionados may soon pop-up on your Facebook feed in real-time: the social network is reportedly shelling out $2.2 million to dozens of internet personalities to create content for the recently launched Facebook Live. [More]
Report: YouTube Working On Live-Streaming Video App
By 3.24.16
YouTube might be stepping up to bat against Twitter’s Periscope and Facebook Live with its own foray into the live-streaming video world, according to a new report. [More]
