The social media company is letting a two-year ban, imposed after Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol, expire.
Meta Ramps Up Efforts to Disrupt Industrialized Scamming
Meta removed 10.9 million Facebook and Instagram accounts linked to “criminal scam centers” last year, the company announced on Wednesday.
Meta must face Massachusetts lawsuit over youth social media addiction, court rules
State’s top court alleges company deliberately designed features of platforms like Instagram to addict young users
Facebook lifts restrictions on calling women ‘property’ and trans people ‘freaks’
The social media giant Meta has loosened its public rules on hate speech as Mark Zuckerberg seeks to curry favour with Donald Trump
Meta tolerates rampant ad fraud from China to safeguard billions in revenue
A Reuters investigation reveals the owner of Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp decided to accept high levels of fraudulent advertisements from China. Internal company documents show Meta wanted to minimize "revenue impact" caused by cracking down on the scams.
Meta is limiting how much political content users see. Here's how to opt out of that
Meta is now limiting the amount of political content it recommends to Instagram and Threads users. Here's why it made the change — and how to opt out of it.
Facebook Said to Create Censorship Tool to Get Back Into China (Published 2016)
The social network, blocked in China since 2009, has developed software to keep posts from appearing in users’ news feeds in specific geographic areas, current and former employees said.
Scoop: Meta removes ads for social media addiction litigation
This comes just two weeks after Meta and YouTube were found negligent in a landmark case about social media addiction.
Facebook’s Attack on Research is Everyone's Problem
Facebook recently banned the accounts of several New York University (NYU) researchers who run Ad Observer, an accountability project that tracks paid disinformation, from its platform. This has
Apple bans Facebook's Research app that paid users for data | TechCrunch
In the wake of TechCrunch's investigation yesterday, Apple blocked Facebook's Research VPN app before the social network could voluntarily shut it down.
2021 Facebook leak
In 2021, an internal document leak from the company then known as Facebook (now Meta Platforms, or Meta) showed it was aware of harmful societal effects from its platforms, yet persisted in prioritizing profit over addressing these harms. The leak, released by whistleblower Frances Haugen, resulted in reporting from The Wall Street Journal in September, as The Facebook Files series, as well as the Facebook Papers, by a consortium of news outlets the next months.
What does Meta actually do now?
Have Any Change to Spare? How the Islamic State Leverages Instagram for Fundraising
Following an internal investigation, Meta has since removed a majority of the flagged accounts after determining that they met the threshold for violating platform policies. Meta has indicated that the remaining accounts do not presently show confirmed violations under their standards. Their policies distinguish between assumed harmful activity and conduct that demonstrably breaches their rules.
Meta greenlights Facebook, Instagram ads based on your AI chats
Meta will show ads and other content to users based on their interactions with the Meta AI digital assistant and other generative artificial intelligence tools.
Meta's AI Profiles Are Indistinguishable From Terrible Spam That Took Over Facebook
The Meta AI profiles everyone is mad about are old, were a colossal failure, and many are already dead.
Meta Is Sued Over Scam Ads on Facebook and Instagram
A lawsuit from the Consumer Federation of America accuses Meta of misleading consumers about its efforts to combat scams advertisements on its platforms.
Meta launches Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp subscriptions, with more to come, including AI plans | TechCrunch
Meta is rolling out paid subscription plans for Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp worldwide, while also testing new AI, creator, and business-focused offerings under its broader “Meta One” subscription brand.
