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
Feb 20 Supreme Court considers limits of immunity for social media companies By Marcia Coyle The two cases, Gonzalez v. Google and Twitter v. Taamneh, stem from tragedies caused by terrorist attacks. The families of the victims are asking the justices to crack the hard shell of immunity from lawsuits arising out of third-party content… Continue reading
Feb 17 Facebook ran ads in Moldova for an oligarch sanctioned by the U.S. By David Klepper, Stephen McGrath, Associated Press Facebook allowed a Moldovan oligarch with ties to the Kremlin to run ads on its platform urging protests against that country's government — even though he and his political party are subject to U.S. sanctions. Continue reading
Jan 25 Donald Trump is reinstated to Facebook after 2-year ban By Barbara Ortutay, Jill Colvin, Associated Press Facebook parent Meta is reinstating former President Donald Trump's personal account after two-year suspension following the Jan. 6 insurrection. Continue reading
Jan 04 European Union fines Facebook parent Meta 390M euros for privacy violations By Kelvin Chan, Associated Press European Union regulators have hit Facebook parent Meta with hundreds of millions in fines for privacy violations and banned the company from forcing users in the 27-nation bloc to agree to personalized ads based on their online activity. Continue reading