Worldwide outages hit Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp
Users of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp worldwide reported widespread outages among the social platforms Friday.
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Users of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp worldwide reported widespread outages among the social platforms Friday.
Facebook-parent Meta plans to lower the minimum age for its virtual reality headsets from 13 years old to 10 years old, despite pressure from lawmakers not to market its VR services to younger users.
Social media influencers who rely on platforms to run their business say they're worried about the trends these companies are following regarding verification and security as new services roll out this month.
Shawn Chitnis reports on worries some content creators are having over paid account verification being rolled out for Facebook and Instagram (3-20-2023)
The launch comes the same week that the company laid off about 10,000 workers.
Meta is taking steps to crack down on the spread of "revenge porn" images of teenagers on Facebook and Instagram.
The Supreme Court is for the first time considering the scope of Section 230, which provides legal immunity to online companies for content posted by third parties.
Facebook allowed an exiled Moldovan oligarch with ties to the Kremlin to run ads calling for protests and uprisings against the pro-Western government.
Subpoenas were sent to the chief executives of the five largest tech companies on Wednesday as congressional Republicans moved to investigate what they assert is widespread corporate censorship of conservative voices.
Facebook parent company Meta posted lower fourth-quarter profit and revenue on Wednesday, hurt by a downturn in the online advertising market and competition from rivals such as TikTok.
The decision by Facebook's parent company to soon reinstate Donald Trump's account comes at a critical moment for the former president as he tries to build campaign momentum for a return to the White House.
Earlier this month, Trump's presidential campaign asked Meta to reinstate him on the social media platform.
A Virginia man sued Chick-fil-A Sunday, making the company the sixth to be sued in federal court in San Francisco in the last 35 days for alleged violations of an obscure federal statute.
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.
A prominent video game creator who helped lead Facebook's expansion into virtual reality has resigned from Meta, disillusioned with the way the technology is being managed.
Twitter users will no longer be able to link to certain rival social media websites, including what the company described Sunday as "prohibited platforms" Facebook, Instagram and Mastodon.
Memos show Facebook, now Meta, employees raising concern about company research that showed Instagram made girls feel worse about their bodies.
Federal regulators opened their campaign to block Facebook parent Meta's acquisition of a virtual-reality company Thursday in a San Jose courtroom.
Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc. said Tuesday it will be "forced to consider" removing news content from its platform if Congress passes legislation requiring tech companies to pay news outlets for their material.
Former President Donald Trump's suspension from Facebook and Instagram stands, for now.
CBS correspondent Carter Evans spoke with a former employee who was among the 11,000 Meta workers who no longer has a job. (11-10-22)
Facebook parent Meta is laying off 11,000 people, about 13% of its workforce, as it contends with faltering revenue and broader tech industry woes, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a letter to employees Wednesday. John Ramos reports.
A year ago, Facebook's parent company was worth $1 trillion. But a risky bet on the metaverse has investors worried.
Shares of Meta, the parent company of Facebook, went into freefall Thursday in what Wall Street analysts called a train wreck of an earnings report. (10-27-22)
Researchers found that more than 400 malicious apps were designed to steal personal data.
