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Facebook users can receive settlement money from new lawsuit

Facebook users can receive settlement money from new lawsuit

ARE YOU ELIGIBLE? Facebook users can receive a payment — once again — after a settlement was reached in a new class action lawsuit.

June 27, 2022 6:30pm EDT
Meta investigating Sheryl Sandberg’s use of Facebook resources going back years: report

Meta investigating Sheryl Sandberg’s use of Facebook resources going back years: report

Lawyers investigating former Facebook operating chief Sheryl Sandberg are examining the work employees did on behalf of her foundation and other personal projects, according to media reports.

June 10, 2022 7:58pm EDT
Cybercriminal steals 1 million Facebook account credentials over 4 months, firm says

Cybercriminal steals 1 million Facebook account credentials over 4 months, firm says

A scammer created hundreds of fake landing pages online to steal Facebook users' personal information.

June 10, 2022 4:30pm EDT
Survey finds more than half of US respondents have blocked a family member on Facebook

Survey finds more than half of US respondents have blocked a family member on Facebook

The survey, conducted earlier this month, asked over 2,000 users of Facebook and Instagram in the United States if and why they blocked a family member on social media.

June 1, 2022 9:30pm EDT
Sheryl Sandberg, No. 2 exec at Facebook owner Meta, says she's stepping down

Sheryl Sandberg, No. 2 exec at Facebook owner Meta, says she's stepping down

“Today, I am sharing the news that after 14 years, I will be leaving Meta,” she posted on her Facebook page in a lengthy statement.

June 1, 2022 4:44pm EDT
Meta employees can't talk about abortion on internal platform

Meta employees can't talk about abortion on internal platform

Some Facebook employees are not happy about the company's policy that bans them from talking about abortion on the job.

May 23, 2022 12:00pm EDT
Instagram ‘negligent’ over harassment in women’s DMs, study claims

Instagram ‘negligent’ over harassment in women’s DMs, study claims

Researchers combed through thousands of misogynistic, hate-filled messages in women’s DMs on Instagram and found that Meta failed to act on their incident reports 90% of the time.

April 11, 2022 12:49pm EDT
Facebook parent Meta agrees to pay $90M to settle decade-old privacy lawsuit

Facebook parent Meta agrees to pay $90M to settle decade-old privacy lawsuit

Facebook parent company Meta will pay $90 million to settle a privacy lawsuit over its use of “cookies” in 2010 and 2011 that tracked people online.

February 16, 2022 11:21am EST
What is the metaverse, one of the hottest trends in the tech world in recent months?

What is the metaverse, one of the hottest trends in the tech world in recent months?

There's been a lot of talk about the metaverse, since the parent company of Facebook decided to rebrand itself as "Meta" to reflect its commitment to metaverse-related technologies. Here's a primer for those who may not understand what the metaverse is, and what it allows people to do.

February 4, 2022 7:18pm EST
Facebook's daily active users fall for 1st time in its history

Facebook's daily active users fall for 1st time in its history

Facebook’s fourth-quarter earnings report shared this week revealed a drop in its daily active users, a first in its history.

February 3, 2022 12:59pm EST
Lawsuit claims Google and Facebook brokered secret deal to dominate ad market

Lawsuit claims Google and Facebook brokered secret deal to dominate ad market

Facebook's COO allegedly called it a 'big deal strategically'

January 14, 2022 8:30pm EST
Marjorie Taylor Greene suspended temporarily by Facebook one day after Twitter banned her personal account

Marjorie Taylor Greene suspended temporarily by Facebook one day after Twitter banned her personal account

Georgia congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene has been temporarily suspended from Facebook one day after her personal Twitter account was permanently suspended. 

January 3, 2022 3:00pm EST
Instagram unveils new teen safety tools ahead of congressional hearing

Instagram unveils new teen safety tools ahead of congressional hearing

Instagram is rolling out new features, including one that urges teens to take breaks from the app, amid scrutiny on the Facebook-owned platform.

December 7, 2021 9:15am EST
Nearly 1,000 Facebook, Instagram accounts deactivated over COVID-19 misinformation

Nearly 1,000 Facebook, Instagram accounts deactivated over COVID-19 misinformation

In total, Meta deleted 979 accounts, groups and pages across its platforms last month, most of which were found to belong to a sprawling network from China trying to spread COVID-19 misinformation.

December 2, 2021 11:07am EST
Facebook whistleblower urges US lawmakers to 'act now' on social media laws

Facebook whistleblower urges US lawmakers to 'act now' on social media laws

Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen testified before Congress on Wednesday to weigh in possible legislative changes to Section 230.

December 1, 2021 2:24pm EST
State attorneys general investigating Instagram's effects on children, young adults

State attorneys general investigating Instagram's effects on children, young adults

A group of state attorneys general are investigating Instagram and its effects on children and young adults, saying its parent company Facebook — recently renamed Meta Platforms — ignored research about the harms it causes to young people.

November 18, 2021 8:44pm EST
Facebook to end facial-recognition system for more than 1B users

Facebook to end facial-recognition system for more than 1B users

More than a third of Facebook’s daily active users have opted in to have their faces recognized by the social network’s system.

November 2, 2021 2:27pm EDT
Facebook changes company name to Meta to emphasize its ‘metaverse’ vision

Facebook changes company name to Meta to emphasize its ‘metaverse’ vision

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says his company is rebranding itself as Meta, an effort to encompass its virtual-reality vision for the future.

October 28, 2021 9:32pm EDT
Don’t change outgoing voicemail if lost, stranded: Rescue team responds to viral post

Don’t change outgoing voicemail if lost, stranded: Rescue team responds to viral post

After a post on Facebook advising any lost hikers or stranded motorists to change their outgoing voicemail to reveal their locations should their phones die or lose signal went viral, a nonprofit rescue team from Colorado is pointing out why that’s not a good idea.

October 26, 2021 10:01pm EDT
Facebook Papers: Company froze as anti-vaccine comments swarmed users

Facebook Papers: Company froze as anti-vaccine comments swarmed users

As false claims about vaccine safety threatened to undermine COVID-19 response, documents reveal that Facebook took a full month to implement changes.

October 26, 2021 4:23pm EDT
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