5 Best Stocks to Buy Now for Long Term Growth

3. Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:META)

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Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:META) is one of the best stocks to buy now for long term growth. Reuters reported on May 29 that according to its internal documentation, Meta Platforms, Inc.’s (NASDAQ:META) plans to collect detailed records of computer usage by U.S. employees to train its AI models are more extensive than described initially, and are set to capture non-U.S. data in the process. It further reported that rights groups told Reuters that the documents introduce “fresh complications” for the project, and that may bring Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:META) into a new European ‌privacy fight.

In a separate development, Reuters reported on May 12 that Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:META) lost its fight against an Italian regulatory order that called for it to compensate publishers for the use of their news article snippets, with Europe’s top court deciding in favor of the Italian telecoms watchdog. Reuters further stated that the case highlights the “ongoing copyright battle” between creators and publishers and tech companies regarding the use of their work or newspaper articles for the purpose of AI training. This has resulted in litigation against companies for infringement, including OpenAI, Anthropic, and Meta.

Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:META) builds technological products that allow people to share, connect, grow businesses, and find communities. These products help people connect through personal computers, mobile devices, virtual reality (VR), mixed reality (MR) headsets, and wearables.