Dec 18 Twitter bans linking to Facebook, Instagram, other rival platforms By Matt O'Brien, Brian P. D. Hannon, Associated Press 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. Continue reading
Jul 13 Social media platforms fail to stop LGBTQ hate speech, according to GLAAD report By Amanda Seitz, Associated Press A new report says social media platforms including Facebook and TikTok are failing to stop hate and threats against LGBTQ users. Continue reading
Jun 28 Facebook and Instagram remove posts offering abortion pills to women facing lack of access By Amanda Seitz, Associated Press Facebook and Instagram have begun promptly removing posts that offer abortion pills to women who may not be able to access them following a Supreme Court decision that stripped away constitutional protections for the procedure. Continue reading
Jun 01 Watch 9:17 Supreme Court blocks Texas law preventing social media companies from controlling content The Supreme Court on Tuesday blocked Texas from enforcing a new law that would prevent social media platforms from banning users based on their viewpoint. The law is part of the Republican battle over what they say is censorship of… Continue watching
Mar 21 Russia court bans Facebook, Instagram over ‘extremism’ charges By Associated Press Prosecutors have accused the social media platforms of ignoring government requests to remove what they described as fake news about the military action in Ukraine. Continue reading
Dec 08 WATCH: Senate subcommittee holds hearing on protecting kids on Instagram By Marcy Gordon, Associated Press Adam Mosseri, the head of Instagram, on Wednesday faced off with senators angry over revelations of how the photo-sharing platform can harm some young users and demanding that the company commit to making changes. Continue reading
Oct 05 WATCH: ‘Choices being made inside Facebook are disastrous,’ whistleblower says By News Desk Frances Haugen, a former data scientist for Facebook, testified to Congress on Oct. 5 about the tech giant’s negligence of acknowledging its societal harms, particularly to children. Continue reading
Oct 04 Watch 6:24 What caused the Facebook outage and how it affected global users, businesses By William Brangham Facebook and its group of apps and social media platforms like WhatsApp and Instagram were down most of Monday. The outages come on the eve of another difficult congressional hearing for the social media giant. The cause of the outages… Continue watching
Oct 04 WATCH: Facebook whistleblower testifies to Senate on children and social media By Marcy Gordon, Associated Press A former Facebook data scientist told Congress on Tuesday that the social network giant's products harm children and fuel polarization in the U.S. while its executives refuse to change because they elevate profits over safety. Continue reading
Oct 04 Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram suffer worldwide outage By Frank Bajak, Barbara Ortutay, Associated Press Facebook and its Instagram and WhatsApp platforms were down across wide swathes of the world Monday. Facebook's internal systems used by employees also went down. Continue reading