Meta's CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, highlights artificial intelligence as a key driver for increased user engagement on Facebook and Instagram during Q2. Despite concerns about "AI slop," Meta asserts that advanced AI recommendation systems are enhancing content relevance, leading to a significant uptick in time spent on its applications. This improved engagement has also contributed to substantial revenue growth and expanded daily active users across Meta's suite of applications.

TikTok is rolling out significant updates to enhance platform safety, introducing "TikTok Footnotes" for fact-checking and new Family Pairing features for parental oversight. Footnotes, akin to X's Community Notes, will allow users to contribute and rate contextual information on videos, initially in the US. The Family Pairing feature aims to provide parents with tools to monitor their teens' content consumption and uploads, promoting safer online interactions and combating misinformation.

The dating safety application, Tea, has once again been impacted by a significant data breach. Following an earlier incident that exposed 72,000 sensitive images, a second security lapse has now laid bare more than 1.1 million private user messages, including highly personal conversations. This alarming development has led the company to temporarily disable its direct messaging feature as a precautionary measure. The app, designed to empower women with information about their dating experiences, faces mounting pressure to enhance its security protocols and regain user trust.