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  • [New] CBDC may head off the threat to monetary sovereignty from stablecoins issued by global digital services companies like Facebook, which would threaten central banks' ability to conduct monetary policy. CEPR
  • [New] In the UK, Facebook will soon have to follow new rules under the Online Safety Act meaning it must notify news publishers if it plans to take action against any of their content and give them an opportunity to make representations. Press Gazette
  • [New] Although Alphabet shares rose, Meta shares tumbled, a sign of investor concerns about the Facebook-parent's massive AI spending without a clear new revenue opportunity or cloud computing business. CNBC
  • [New] Space-based Facebook power: Meta, Facebook's parent company, reached an agreement to purchase a gigawatt of power from Overview Energy, which plans to build a constellation of satellites that will beam energy to solar panels on Earth at night time using near-infrared lasers. Forbes
  • Last year, Meta started using private generative AI conversations to personalize content and customize ad recommendations for Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Messenger users, so there seems to be little limit on the data that it will use to generate revenue. MacRumors
  • Facebook is one of the main social media platforms, with a forecasted reach of more than 80 million social shoppers in the United States by 2026. Flowlu
  • Importance for marketers: Meta's push into agentic AI could significantly reshape ecommerce, social commerce, digital assistants, and consumer discovery inside Instagram, Facebook, and future AI-integrated products. MarketingProfs

Last updated: 31 May 2026



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