Meta platforms are marketplaces for child predators claims lawsuit
Facebook and Instagram ‘enabled adults to find, message and groom minors’ for sexual exploitation, alleges state of New Mexico legal filing
Meta begins rolling out end-to-end encryption across Messenger and Facebook
Under the changes, Meta will no longer have access to the contents of what users send or receive, unless a user reports a message
Is Meta’s ad-free service just another way to make people pay for privacy?
The owner of Instagram and Facebook thought an ad-free subscription service would satisfy European data cops – some advocacy groups aren’t so sure
Scammer paid Facebook 7c per view to circulate video of deepfake Jim Chalmers and Gina Rinehart
Video is designed to appear like A Current Affair interview and features altered versions of treasurer and rich listers
Meta designed platforms to get children addicted, court documents allege
Instagram and Facebook parent company also knowingly allowed underage users to hold accounts, unsealed legal complaint says
A dead friend seemed to contact me on Facebook. The truth was sadder
Social media ‘ghosts’ are increasingly common - and platforms have an incentive to keep those profiles up if they drive engagement
Meta deflects child harm inquiry by pointing to Apple and Google app stores
As US Senate began looking at the firm’s failures to shield children, it called for laws requiring parental approval of app downloads
Meta allows Facebook and Instagram ads saying 2020 election was rigged
Policy was reportedly introduced quietly in 2022 after the US midterm primary elections, according to the WSJ
How Scorsese, Coppola and Schrader went viral on social media
Hollywood’s old guard have been finding a new audience through frank opinions, unlikely videos and fan interaction
I resist sharenting on social media. Does that mean my son and I are missing out, or is it just safer?
Posting can turn into a privacy risk – and in a changing online landscape, it’s become another parental identity marker, says Guardian columnist Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
Amazon and Facebook owner Meta agree to protect consumers, CMA says
Sites agree to stop practices that give them an unfair advantage over businesses and shoppers
Facebook and Instagram users in Europe can pay for ad-free versions
Charges of €12.99 a month smartphone users for and €9.99 for desktop introduced to comply with EU data privacy rules
Thousands of men in private Facebook groups that are ‘cesspits’ of racism and misogyny
While women’s groups on the platform support and warn others, men’s groups feature mostly derogatory comments
Humanity at risk from AI ‘race to the bottom’, says tech expert
MIT professor behind influential letter says unchecked development is allowing a few AI firms to jeopardise society’s future
Meta earnings report reveals most profitable quarter in years
Company reports third-quarter revenue of $34.15bn, beating expected $33.56bn, and shares jumped in after-hours trading