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Meta stands trial, charged with deliberately facilitating child exploitation on Facebook and Instagram
The second significant trial of 2026 involving Meta, concerning alleged harm to children, is set to commence on Monday
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Meta prevails in antitrust lawsuit as US judge deems acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp lawful
A US district judge in Washington has determined that Meta Platforms, the parent company of Facebook, did not breach antitrust regulations with its purchases of the photo-sharing app Instagram and messaging service WhatsApp over ten years ago
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Facebook has had disturbing Islamist execution videos on its platform for more than ten years
An enquiry by LBC has revealed that shocking execution videos from Islamist terrorist groups such as the so-called Islamic State can be found on Facebook
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The EU claims that Meta complicates the process for users to report unlawful content on Facebook and Instagram
Both platforms now have the opportunity to address the findings or risk incurring a fine of as much as 6% of their worldwide annual turnover
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Seven years' worth of EU political advertising information disappears from Google's Transparency resource
The Ad Transparency tool from Google no longer shows political online adverts that have appeared on its platforms, either previously or currently, from any nation within the European Union, rendering seven years of information from 27 distinct countries unavailable
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Barney the Dinosaur advert prohibited for encouraging overindulgence in drinking
An advert from a pub, which included Barney the Dinosaur and used the phrase "T-wrecked," has been prohibited by the advertising regulator for encouraging overindulgence in alcohol
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Meta to introduce a £3.99 monthly subscription for an advertisement-free experience
Users of Facebook and Instagram will shortly have the option to browse ad-free, thanks to Meta's introduction of a subscription service available for both mobile and desktop
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UK users of Facebook and Instagram to be charged £3.99 monthly for an ad-free edition
Users of Facebook and Instagram in the UK will have the option to access versions of the social networks without advertisements for as much as £3.99 per month
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YouTube to begin reinstating creators previously banned for spreading COVID-19 and election falsehoods
YouTube is providing creators with an opportunity to return to the streaming service if they were previously banned for breaching COVID-19 and election misinformation guidelines that are no longer active, its parent company Alphabet announced on Tuesday
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Former Facebook executive Nick Clegg suggests that Meta "could improve" in terms of online safety
The ex-Deputy Prime Minister and former leader of the Liberal Democrats took on the role of Facebook's head of global affairs following the conclusion of his prominent political career
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"Unacceptable": Neil Young abandons Facebook after Meta is accused of allowing AI to engage in inappropriate interactions with minors
U.S. Senator Josh Hawley launched an inquiry into the technology behemoth, which claimed it had removed the policy directives
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Fake memories for $77: how Facebook pages monetize artificially generated “Holocaust victims”
An investigation by Russian-language fact-checkers has found that more than a dozenFacebook pages are publishing AI-generated images and fabricated stories of Holocaust victims—likely for profit under Meta’s content monetization programs.
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Mark Zuckerberg’s school for low-income families to close in 2026
In 2016, Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, opened a tuition-free school for low-income families in California’s Bay Area, where Meta is headquartered.
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EU has issued new multimillion-euro fines to Apple and Meta
Apple fined for restricting App Store developers from redirecting users to external platforms
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Meta blocks teens from Instagram Live without parental permission
Users under 16 will be prohibited from using the app’s Live feature unless they have parental consent.
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Meta has agreed to stop targeted advertising based on personal data following a lawsuit in the UK
Facebook has agreed to stop targeting advertisements at individual users using personal data after she filed a lawsuit against its parent company, tech giant Meta.
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Meta to build world’s longest underwater cable with Project Waterworth, connecting US, India, Brazil and beyond
Project Waterworth involves a 50,000 km cable using a 24-fiber-pair system connecting the US, India, Brazil, and other regions.
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Meta’s decision to drop professional factcheckers raises fears of increased radicalisation among older Facebook users
For middle-aged users, it will be ‘even harder to discern the truth’ among extremist content, expert says
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Meta and Amazon are scaling back their diversity programs ahead of Trump’s inauguration
Facebook owner Meta Platforms (META.O), opens new tab and Amazon.com (AMZN.O), opens new tab are winding down diversity programs ahead of Republican Donald Trump’s return to the U.S. presidency as conservative opposition to such initiatives grows louder.
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Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp down as users report major Meta outage
Downdetector showed a large spike in people complaining that social media apps such as Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger and other Meta applications were affected by an outage
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Servers seized, suspect charged in international infostealer crackdown
In a global crackdown, international law enforcement agencies have dismantled the RedLine and Meta infostealers, responsible for stealing data from millions.
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Watchdog opens investigation into anti-immigrant posts on Facebook
Oversight Board says parent company Meta has ‘serious questions’ to answer over two posts allowed to remain online
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Facebook and Instagram have removed restrictions on Trump’s accounts
Meta has lifted the final restrictions on Donald Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts in the run up to US presidential elections in November.
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Eerie predictions of 2024 from 1987 guessed tech like the Apple Watch
A TELEVISION program made shockingly accurate predictions about 21st-century technology like VR headsets and smartwatches decades before their incepti
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Footage of Mark Zuckerberg’s VR goggles shows Minority Report floating screens
META is testing a new feature for its Quest 3 headset that allows users to drag levitating screens across their field of vision.The experimental featu
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