Meta and Google face claims of restricting reproductive health ads and fueling misinformationA new report accuses the companies of misdoings in Asia, Africa and Latin America. By S. Fielding, 20 hours ago
Researchers ask Meta to keep CrowdTangle online until after 2024 electionsThe letter, also signed by CrowdTangle’s former CEO, claims shutting it down is a “direct threat” to researchers’ workBy K. Bell, 03.21.2024
Facebook is using AI to supercharge the algorithm that recommends you videosEarly tests on Reels showed that watch times went up significantly. By P. Dixit, 03.06.2024
41 state attorneys general tell Meta to fix their customer support for hacking victims“We refuse to operate as the customer service representatives of your company.”By K. Bell, 03.06.2024
Meta is killing the Facebook News tab in the US and AustraliaIt follows the tab's deprecation in the UK, France and Germany.By M. Moon, 03.01.2024
Meta is testing cross-posts from Facebook to ThreadsThe trial is only on iOS and not available in the EU for now.By K. Holt, 02.21.2024
Meta will make advertisers cover Apple's 30 percent fee on boosted Facebook and Instagram postsThe service charge only impacts Meta's iOS apps.By K. Holt, 02.15.2024
Meta takes down Chinese Facebook accounts posing as US military familiesThe accounts posted about aircraft carriers and Taiwan. By K. Bell, 02.14.2024
Meta plans to ramp up labeling of AI-generated images across its platformsIt's working on tech that can detect content generated by third-party AI tools.By K. Holt, 02.06.2024
20 years later, Facebook is a supporting character in the Mark Zuckerberg universeFacebook’s popularity is fading, but its ad revenue is funding Meta’s future.By K. Bell, 02.04.2024
How to delete your Instagram accountThis step-by step guide will help you deactivate or delete your Instagram account through the mobile app or a web browser.By M. Saleh, 02.03.2024
Meta's Reality labs had its best quarter, but still lost more than $4 billionMeta will also no longer report on how many people use Facebook.By K. Bell, 02.01.2024
Facebook and Instagram will block DMs to teens unless they're from a friendEven their fellow teens can't message them on Facebook and Instagram by default.By M. Moon, 01.25.2024
Facebook and Instagram's algorithms facilitated child sexual harassment, state lawsuit claimsMeta's own documents said over 100,000 kids were harassed daily, according to New Mexico's complaint.By S. Dent, 01.18.2024
Facebook was inundated with deepfaked ads impersonating UK's Prime MinisterThe ads were published ahead of UK's general election this year. By M. Moon, 01.13.2024
Meta will hide topics like self-harm and eating disorders from teensIt's part of the company's latest 'youth and wellbeing' privacy update.By S. Dent, 01.09.2024
Opting into 'link history' on Facebook and Instagram means agreeing to (more) ad targetingIt might be a good time to double check your settings. By K. Bell, 01.03.2024
Instagram is making it easier to remove spammy followersThe company is announcing a suite of new tools that prevent spam from flooding profiles.By M. Saleh, 12.13.2023
Facebook Messenger update sets default end-to-end encryption for chats and callsMeta is also testing HD media sharing with a small group of Messenger users.By R. Lai, 12.06.2023
Meta's AI image generator is available as a standalone websiteThe company is testing dozens of new AI features in Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp.By K. Bell, 12.06.2023