Biden administration asks Supreme Court to hear cases on Florida, Texas social media laws
It argues the laws violate the First Amendment rights of companies such as Meta and Twitter
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It argues the laws violate the First Amendment rights of companies such as Meta and Twitter
Fueling Threads' rapid growth has been Meta's use of Instagram as a springboard to sign up new users, along with what many Threads users have identified as a dissatisfaction with Twitter.
The CEO of Facebook's parent company is trying to position Threads as a direct challenger to Twitter.
Twitter alleges Meta hired former employees of the blogging platform and tapped trade secrets to develop new Threads service.
The social media company debuted the new service on July 5, a day earlier than expected. It also has a sneaky way to get a download.
The launch comes after Twitter announced a slate of restrictions on the app
The features include controls on Messenger so parents and guardians can see how much time their teens spend on the chat tool and view updates on their contacts list.
Meta this week announced that it was mandating that all workers return to the office for three days a week starting in September.
Owner of Facebook and Instagram could bar users in the state from sharing news over bill requiring tech companies to pay news publishers.
Zuckerberg said funding low-priority projects is costly and company functions better as leaner organization.
Meta is taking steps to crack down on the spread of intimate images of teenagers on Facebook and Instagram.
New tool "Take It Down" takes aim at a practice commonly referred to as "revenge porn"
Earlier this month, Trump's presidential campaign asked Meta to reinstate him on the social media platform.
Meta, Facebook's corporate parent, will pay $725 million to settle a lawsuit over allegations it fed personal information to Trump campaign-allied firm Cambridge Analytica in 2016.
Memos show Facebook, now Meta, employees raising concern about company research that showed Instagram made girls feel worse about their bodies.
