Facebook Dating finally adds age verification
Meta will ask users to provide a proof of ID or a video selfie to confirm their age.
TikTok and Bumble join anti-revenge-porn initiative
Meta is also a partner in the fight against the spread of non-consensual intimate images.
Facebook failed to stop test ads from threatening midterm election workers
The social network's automatic moderation didn't spot some obvious red flags.We have two newsletters, why not sign up for both?
Meta fined €265 million over Facebook data scraping in the EU
Ireland's regulator has fined Meta nearly €1 billion over the last 18 months.
Hitting the Books: Social media's long, pointless war against sex on the internet
Unsurprisingly, society's most vulnerable populations are those most harmed by these policies.
Tax prep websites have been sending sensitive financial data to Facebook
Meta's Pixel is once again harvesting private data without users' knowledge.
Meta is trying to prevent 'suspicious' adults from messaging teens on Facebook and Instagram
Facebook is also changing the default privacy settings for younger teens.
Governments vote to retire the leap second by 2035
Time is running out for the controversial practice.
Facebook will remove political and religious views from profiles on December 1st
Meta says it's making Facebook easier to navigate.
Meta reportedly fired staff for hijacking Facebook and Instagram accounts
Some employees supposedly took bribes.
Teens don’t seem super concerned about social media’s effects on their lives
They describe minimal privacy concerns and low levels of online activism.
Meta is laying off more than 11,000 employees
It's the first mass layoffs in the company's history.
Meta will reportedly announce ‘large-scale’ layoffs next week
The announcement could affect "many thousands" of employees.
Meta will allow creators to sell NFTs directly on Instagram
It's only available to a handful of US-based accounts, for now.
Bizarre Instagram outage left some thinking they were banned
Some users also reported a drop in their follower count.
Mark Zuckerberg will testify in the FTC’s antitrust case against Meta
The agency sued Meta in July to block its deal to buy "Supernatural" developer Within.
Meta says it will lose even more money on the metaverse in 2023
Facebook's parent company continues to lose money on Reality Labs.
WhatsApp went down for users worldwide (updated)
Instagram and Facebook appear to be unaffected.The Wire retracts reporting on Meta citing 'certain discrepancies'
The outlet found problems with emails it used to back up its allegations.
Meta threatens to block news content in Canada over media revenue-sharing legislation
The company isn't happy about the country's proposed Online News Act.
