New Mexico state prosecutors are seeking fundamental changes to Meta’s social media apps and algorithms to safeguard children in the second phase of a landmark trial on allegations that platforms such as Instagram have created a public safety hazard
May 04, 2026
Reuters won two Pulitzer Prizes on Monday, one for national reporting for stories on U.S.
May 05, 2026
A trial beginning in New Mexico on Monday could prompt a judge to order sweeping changes to how
May 02, 2026
Meta should not have removed advertisements from attorneys seeking clients that claim they were harmed by social media platforms, two U.S. senators said
May 01, 2026
Meta is raising the prospect of shutting down social media services in New Mexico in response to a push by state prosecutors for fundamental changes to platforms, including Instagram, to protect the mental health and safety of children
May 01, 2026
Meta Platforms Inc. reports strong first-quarter results, surpassing expectations with significant earnings growth, but the stock slipped in after-hours trading
April 30, 2026
The European Union says Meta is failing to keep underage users from accessing Facebook and Instagram
April 29, 2026
The Australian government said on Tuesday that Meta, Alphabet's Google and TikTok could face multimillion-dollar charges if they did not
April 28, 2026
The Trump family's alternative to Facebook and Twitter is shaking up its leadership in hopes of reviving the struggling business
April 23, 2026
The Consumer Federation of America has filed a class-action complaint against Meta Platforms alleging that the social-media giant has profited from advertising for
April 22, 2026
Meta is installing new tracking software on U.S.-based employees’ computers to capture mouse movements, clicks and keystrokes for use in
April 21, 2026
Meta intends to conduct a first wave of sweeping layoffs planned for this year on May 20, with more coming later, three
April 18, 2026
As Chinese warships and fighter jets staged massive drills around Taiwan in December, a parallel action was unfolding on smartphone screens.
April 17, 2026
Meta Platforms launched two new Ray-Ban prescription smart glasses on Tuesday, expanding its offerings in an area that has become one of the few breakthrough successes in the race
March 31, 2026
Meta Platforms said on Thursday it is pulling ads from Facebook and Instagram aimed at recruiting new plaintiffs for ongoing litigation accusing it
April 10, 2026
Australia is considering bringing court action against Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok and YouTube after alleging they are not doing enough to keep Australian children younger than 16 off their platforms
March 31, 2026
Jurors in a bellwether trial about the impacts of social media on teenagers and children on Wednesday watched a deposition of Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg that explores what the architects of Facebook and Instagram knew from internal research about negative experiences by young users and how the company responded since its early years
March 05, 2026
Facebook owner Meta Platforms will buy artificial intelligence chips from Advanced Micro Devices in a deal that will also give it the opportunity to buy up to a 10% stake of the chip company
February 24, 2026
Facebook researchers previously proposed studying whether features were ‘addictive,’ documents show
February 23, 2026
Social media addiction has been compared to casinos, opioids and cigarettes
February 21, 2026
Takeaways: Mark Zuckerberg testifies for the first time ever on social media and children’s mental health
February 19, 2026
Meta’s Zuckerberg testifies about social media’s effects on children in landmark trial
February 18, 2026
Meta is on trial in New Mexico to answer allegations that its social media platforms enable predators to target children for sexual exploitation
February 09, 2026
The first stand-alone trial from state prosecutors in a stream of lawsuits against Meta is getting underway in New Mexico
February 01, 2026
TikTok has agreed to settle in a landmark social media addiction lawsuit just before the trial kicked off, the plaintiff’s attorneys confirmed
January 27, 2026
The Federal Trade Commission said Tuesday it will appeal the November ruling in favor of Meta in its antitrust case against the social media giant
January 20, 2026
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January 20, 2026
Social media companies have revoked access to about 4.7 million accounts identified as belonging to children in Australia
January 16, 2026
Facebook owner Meta has named Dina Powell McCormick, a former Trump administration adviser and longtime finance executive, as president and vice chairman of the tech giant
January 12, 2026
Facebook parent Meta has reached nuclear power deals with three companies as it continues to look for electricity sources for its artificial intelligence data centers
January 09, 2026
Meta Platforms on Wednesday hit out at EU antitrust regulators for what it said were "aberrant" requests for information during two investigations four years ago,
November 26, 2025
Lawsuit alleges social media giants buried their own research on teen mental health harms
November 26, 2025
U.S. senators Josh Hawley and Richard Blumenthal have asked the heads of the Federal Trade Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission to probe Meta Platforms,
November 24, 2025
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November 20, 2025
Spanish legacy media companies in Spain have scored a victory against social media giant Meta after a Madrid-based court ordered that it must pay news outlets nearly half a billion euros in damages
November 20, 2025
Meta has started notifying young Australians to download their digital histories and delete their accounts from Facebook, Instagram, and Threads
November 20, 2025
Meta will block Australian users under 16 from accessing Instagram, Facebook and Threads by December 10 to comply with the country’s sweeping social media ban for teenagers, the
November 19, 2025
Meta has prevailed over an existential challenge to its business that could have forced the tech giant to spin off Instagram and WhatsApp after a judge ruled that the company does not hold a monopoly in social networking
November 18, 2025
Meta scores a win after judge rules the social media giant is not an illegal monopoly
November 18, 2025
Tiger Global Management, the hedge fund founded and led by Chase Coleman, slashed its stake in Facebook parent Meta Platforms during the third quarter, according to
November 14, 2025
Meta's chief artificial intelligence scientist Yann LeCun is planning to leave the social media company to set up his own startup, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday, citing people
November 11, 2025
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