Jan 13 Twitter, Meta among social media giants subpoenaed by Jan. 6 panel By Farnoush Amiri, Associated Press The House committee investigating the Capitol insurrection has issued subpoenas to Twitter, Meta, Reddit and YouTube, demanding documents after lawmakers said the companies' initial responses were inadequate. Continue reading
Dec 24 Russian court slaps Google, Meta with massive fines By Uliana Pavlova, Associated Press A Moscow court has fined Google nearly $100 million and Facebook's parent company Meta $27 million over their failure to delete content banned by local law. 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 30 Watch 4:59 Facebook hits refresh with ‘Meta’ but internal leaks reveal a larger crisis By PBS NewsHour Facebook founder and CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, announced ‘Meta’ as the new corporate name on Thursday. The rebranding comes as Facebook battles an onslaught of bad PR after a series of leaked internal documents reveal the company did not do enough… Continue watching