Sep 29 The Supreme Court will decide if state laws limiting social media platforms violate the Constitution By Mark Sherman, Associated Press The Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether state laws seeking to regulate Facebook, TikTok, X and other social media platforms violate the Constitution. Continue reading
Aug 25 Europe takes on Big Tech. This may mean changes for U.S. users By Kelvin Chan, Associated Press People in the 27-nation European Union can alter some of what shows up when they search, scroll and share on the biggest social media platforms like TikTok, Instagram and Facebook and other tech giants like Google and Amazon. Continue reading
Aug 22 Everything you need to know about Europe's new Big Tech regulations By Kelvin Chan, Associated Press Google, Facebook, TikTok and other Big Tech companies operating in Europe are facing one of the most far-reaching efforts to clean up what people encounter online. Continue reading
Aug 05 Watch 6:37 Court cases targeting abortion highlight digital privacy concerns By John Yang, Kaisha Young, Marconja Zor In July, a Nebraska teenager and her mother were convicted after the teen terminated her pregnancy using abortion pills. Among the prosecution's key evidence was exchanges between the two on Facebook Messenger. Caitlin Seeley George with the nonprofit digital rights… Continue watching
Jul 06 Twitter threatens legal action against Meta over new rival app Threads By Associated Press Twitter has threatened legal action against Meta over its new, text-based app called Threads, according to a letter obtained by Semafor. Continue reading
Jul 06 Facebook parent company Meta launches Threads app as rival to Twitter By Kelvin Chan, Associated Press Threads is billed as a text-based version of Meta's photo-sharing app Instagram. Continue reading
May 22 European Union hits Facebook parent Meta with record $1.3 billion privacy fine By Kelvin Chan, Associated Press The European Union has slapped Meta with a record $1.3 billion privacy fine and ordered it to stop transferring users' personal information to the United States by October. Continue reading
Mar 17 Trump returns to Facebook, YouTube after reinstatement By Jill Colvin, Associated Press Former President Donald Trump has returned to Facebook after a more than two-year ban. "I'M BACK!" Trump posted on the site weeks after his personal account was reactivated. Continue reading
Mar 14 Facebook parent Meta slashes another 10,000 jobs, won't fill 5,000 open roles By Associated Press The company said Tuesday it will reduce the size of its recruiting team and make further cuts in its tech groups in late April, and then its business groups in late May. Continue reading
Feb 22 LISTEN: Supreme Court hears case over big tech's liability for 2017 ISIS attack in Turkey By Associated Press The Supreme Court seemed skeptical Wednesday of a lawsuit trying to hold social media companies responsible for a terrorist attack at a Turkish nightclub that killed 39 people. Continue reading