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Meta withheld information on Instagram, WhatsApp deals from regulators: FTC

In 2020, the antitrust agency sued Meta alleging that it monopolized the personal social networking market by buying up emerging rivals

Meta's flagship app Facebook attracting most young adults in 3 years

Only about a third of US teens say they use Facebook, according to a survey last year by research organization Pew

New Mexico judge approves Zuckerberg's removal from child safety lawsuit

A New Mexico judge on Thursday granted Mark Zuckerberg's request to be dropped from a lawsuit that alleges his company has failed to protect young users on its social media platforms from sexual exploitation. The case is one of many filed by states, school districts and parents against Meta and its platforms over concerns about child exploitation. Beyond courtrooms around the U.S., the issue has been a topic of congressional hearings as lawmakers and parents are growing increasingly concerned about the effects of social media on young people's lives. In New Mexico, Attorney General Ral Torrez sued Meta and Zuckerberg late last year following an undercover online investigation. While granting Zuckerberg's request, Judge Bryan Biedscheid dismissed Meta's motion seeking to dismiss the state's claims, marking what Torrez described as a crucial step for the case to proceed against the social media giant. For decades, Meta Platforms have prevented nearly every legal challenge against the

How AI made Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg popular again in Silicon Valley

Many developers and technologists have embraced the Meta chief as their champion of 'open-source' artificial intelligence

Meta removes accounts in China, Israel pushing content likely made by AI

Meta, the parent of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, has seen threat actors rely on AI to produce fake images, videos and text in an effort to influence users on its sites

Biden admin presses TikTok, Meta, X to crack down on antisemitic posts

The companies have not yet agreed to the voluntary moves, but the administration is hopeful they will act in the not too distant future

Snapchat parent strengthens India team with key leadership appointments

Saket Jha Saurabh named director for content, partnerships and augmented reality; Chirag Kohli is the head of growth

Facebook, Instagram face new scrutiny under EU's strict digital regulations

The European Union opened fresh investigations Thursday into Facebook and Instagram over suspicions that they're failing to protect children online, in violation of the bloc's strict digital regulations for social media platforms. It's the latest round of scrutiny for parent company Meta Platforms under the 27-nation EU's Digital Services Act, a sweeping set of regulations that took effect last year with the goal of cleaning up online platforms and protecting internet users. The European Commission, the bloc's executive arm, said it's concerned that the algorithmic systems used by Facebook and Instagram to recommend content like videos and posts could exploit the weaknesses and inexperience of children and stimulate addictive behaviour". It's worried that these systems could reinforce the so-called rabbit hole effect that leads users to increasingly disturbing content. The commission is also looking into Meta's use of age verification tools to prevent children from accessing Faceboo

Meta restores posts by Malaysian media on PM Anwar's meeting with Hamas

Muslim-majority Malaysia had sent a letter asking Meta to explain the taking down of posts by two media organisations about the meeting

At Zuckerberg's 40th birthday party, Bill Gates arrives in shorts: Pics

Mark Zuckerberg is the chairman and CEO of Meta, which he originally founded as Facebook in February 2004. He turned 40 on May 14

Meta to discontinue Workplace app to focus on AI, metaverse

Workplace will be shut starting June 2026 for customers but Meta will continue to use it as its internal messaging board, the company said, adding users can continue to access it until Aug 2025

Meta's next device could be AI-powered earbuds with integrated cameras

Facebook's parent company is exploring the new AI-powered smart wearable device under the codename "Camerabuds"

WhatsApp: Banned in China, Meta's messaging app now working for some users

Users of the Meta Platforms Inc. service in Beijing and Shanghai, who normally employ workarounds like a virtual private network to get on the service, are using it normally

Instagram adds new stickers in Stories to boost creativity: How to use them

Instagram said it has included new stickers in Stories - Reveal, Cutout, Add Yours music, Frames - to let one create and engage more with others

AI's capacity to damage democracy, elections may be hard to detect

Meta's WhatsApp makes it possible to scale communication thanks to its 'Channels' feature, which can broadcast to thousands

Lawsuit asks if Facebook users can control their feeds using external tools

Do social media users have the right to control what they see or don't see on their feeds? A lawsuit filed against Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc. is arguing that a federal law often used to shield internet companies from liability also allows people to use external tools to take control of their feed even if that means shutting it off entirely. The Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University filed a lawsuit Wednesday against Meta Platforms on behalf of an Amherst professor who wants to release a tool that enables users to unfollow all the content fed to them by Facebook's algorithm. The tool, called Unfollow Everything 2.0, is a browser extension that would let Facebook users unfollow friends, groups and pages and empty their newsfeed the stream of posts, photos and videos that can keep them scrolling endlessly. The idea is that without this constant, addicting stream of content, people might use it less. If the past is any indication, Meta will not be keen on t

Meta's Facebook, Instagram in EU crosshairs for election disinformation

The Digital Services Act which kicked in last year requires Big Tech to do more to counter illegal and harmful content on their platforms or risk fines of as much 6% of their global annual turnover

Threads crosses 150 mn monthly active users, says Mark Zuckerberg

Meta CEO has said Threads is on way to become the next billion-user social network in company's portfolio of apps

Elon Musk once again richer than Mark Zuckerberg as fortunes reverse

The two billionaires switched ranks earlier this month, when Zuckerberg, 39, overtook Musk for the first time since 2020 following news that Tesla's vehicle deliveries fell in 3 months through March

Meta chief Zuckerberg asks for patience after AI push irks investors

After Meta revealed that it will spend billions of dollars more than expected this year - fueled by investments in artificial intelligence - the company's CEO did his best to soothe Wall Street