Jun 27 Meta launches new parental supervision tools for Instagram By Barbara Ortutay, Associated Press Instagram and Facebook's parent company Meta is adding some new parental supervision tools and privacy features to its platforms as social media companies face increasing scrutiny over their effects on teen mental health. 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 Watch 5:03 News Wrap: Inflation shows signs of easing but prices well above where they were last year In our news wrap Tuesday, inflation shows fresh signs of easing but prices are still well above where they were a year ago, millions of Americans bore the brunt of foul weather from atmospheric rivers to nor'easters, the state of… Continue watching
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
Jan 26 Watch 5:27 Trump allowed back on Facebook and Instagram after two-year ban By Amna Nawaz, Ali Schmitz Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, has cleared the way for former President Trump to return to the platforms in the coming weeks. It comes two years after Trump was suspended following the Jan. 6 attack on the… Continue watching
Jan 23 How many tech industry jobs have been cut in the past few months? By Associated Press In just the past month there have been about 50,000 job cuts across the technology sector. Here's a look at some of the companies that have announced layoffs so far. Continue reading
Dec 23 Meta will pay $725M to settle Facebook user privacy lawsuit By Associated Press Facebook’s corporate parent has agreed to pay $725 million to settle a lawsuit alleging the social media platform allowed millions of its users’ personal information to be fed to Cambridge Analytica, a firm that supported Donald Trump’s presidential campaign in… Continue reading
Dec 19 EU accuses Facebook parent Meta of breaching antitrust rules By Kelvin Chan, Associated Press The European Union has accused Facebook parent Meta of breaching the bloc's antitrust rules by distorting competition in the online classified ads business. Continue reading
Dec 08 FTC challenges Facebook parent Meta's acquisition of VR company By Barbara Ortutay, Associated Press Federal regulators opened their campaign to block Facebook parent Meta's acquisition of a virtual-reality company in a San Jose, California, courtroom. Continue reading