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Suspending former President Donald Trump's account was the most high-profile and controversial content moderation decision Facebook parent Meta has ever made.

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Meta allows Donald Trump back on Facebook and Instagram

The social media company is letting a two-year ban, imposed after Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol, expire.

January 25, 2023
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  • Shannon Bond
Concerns about social media's impact on children and teens have increased in recent years.

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  • Technology

3 reasons why Seattle schools are suing Big Tech over a youth mental health crisis

Seattle Public Schools is suing Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, TikTok and Snapchat for exacerbating the mental health crisis among its students.

January 11, 2023
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By:
  • Mary Yang
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg walks at the company's headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif., on April 4, 2013. Facebook parent company Meta has agreed to pay $725 million to settle a class-action privacy lawsuit.

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  • Technology

Facebook parent Meta will pay $725M to settle a privacy suit over Cambridge Analytica

The proposed settlement is a result of revelations that the information of up to 87 million people may have been improperly shared with the data analytics firm that worked for political campaigns.

December 23, 2022
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  • Ashley Ahn
The TikTok logo is displayed outside a TikTok office on December 20, 2022 in Culver City, Calif. Congress passed legislation to ban the popular Chinese-owned social media app from most government devices.

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  • Technology

From Twitter chaos to TikTok bans to the metaverse, social media had a rocky 2022

From Facebook's troubled pivot to the metaverse to Twitter's management chaos to industry-wide layoffs, social media companies have had a rocky 2022

December 23, 2022
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By:
  • Shannon Bond
Abrham Amare, one of the plaintiffs named in a new lawsuit filed against Facebook's parent company, Meta, claims that social media posts directly led to his father's murder in Ethiopia last year.

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  • Technology

A $1.6 billion lawsuit alleges Facebook's inaction fueled violence in Ethiopia

One of the plaintiffs says he contacted Facebook several times about posts threatening violence against his father, who was murdered by members of a militant group.

December 17, 2022
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  • Emily Olson
Meta headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. The parent company of Facebook says bad actors are increasingly using realistic faces generated with artificial intelligence to run social media influence operations.

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  • Technology

AI-generated fake faces have become a hallmark of online influence operations

As artificial intelligence becomes more widely available, bad actors are turning to computer-generated faces in their attempts to manipulate social media networks.

December 15, 2022
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  • Shannon Bond
Facebook parent Meta appears to be more concerned with avoiding "provoking" VIPs than balancing tricky questions of free speech and safety, its oversight board said.

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  • Technology

Facebook's own oversight board slams its special program for VIPs

Oversight board says Facebook parent Meta appears to be more concerned with avoiding "provoking" VIPs and evading accusations of censorship than balancing tricky questions of free speech and safety.

December 06, 2022
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  • Shannon Bond
A car passes Facebook's new Meta logo on a sign at the company headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif.

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  • Technology

Facebook parent company Meta sheds 11,000 jobs in latest sign of tech slowdown

CEO Mark Zuckerberg apologizes for the layoffs, which represent the first large-scale workforce reduction in the company's 18-year history.

November 09, 2022
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  • Bobby Allyn and
  • Mary Yang
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  • Technology

Facebook parent Meta is having a no-good, horrible day after dismal earnings report

The company, which also owns Instagram and WhatsApp, has lost a half-trillion dollars in market value so far this year.

October 27, 2022
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  • Mary Yang
A Washington state judge on Wednesday fined Facebook parent company Meta nearly $25 million for repeatedly and intentionally violating campaign finance disclosure law.

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Facebook's parent is fined nearly $25M for violating a campaign finance disclosure law

The penalty issued by a Washington state judge was the maximum allowed for more than 800 violations of the state's Fair Campaign Practices Act.

October 27, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
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  • Technology

Meta reports another drop in revenue, in a rough week for tech companies

Facebook and Instagram's parent company Meta reported a revenue drop for the second time in its history. Snapchat, Microsoft and Google also reported losses in the last quarter.

October 26, 2022
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  • Mary Yang
Social media company Meta's headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. The Facebook parent company says it has removed a Russian network pushing a pro-Kremlin view of the war in Ukraine and a Chinese network targeting the U.S. midterm elections.

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  • Technology

Facebook takes down Russian network impersonating European news outlets

Meta says it has disrupted a large Russian network of fake accounts pushing a pro-Kremlin view of the war in Ukraine and a separate Chinese campaign targeting the U.S. midterm elections.

September 27, 2022
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By:
  • Shannon Bond
Voters cast their ballots at a polling station set up in a fire station on Aug. 23 in Miami Beach, Fla.

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  • Technology

Social media firms are prepping for the midterms. Experts say it may not be enough

Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and TikTok are bringing back familiar strategies from 2020 to fight the spread of disinformation in the 2022 midterm elections.

September 13, 2022
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By:
  • Shannon Bond
Facebook's parent company, Meta, confirmed an issue with the company's feed after users reported a glitch on their feed showing spam from celebrity pages. Here, the Facebook logo is seen on a computer.

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  • Technology

Facebook users reporting celebrity spam is flooding their feeds

Meta, the parent company of the social media platform, says a configuration change caused the issue with users' feeds early Wednesday morning.

August 24, 2022
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By:
  • Jonathan Franklin
Meta and TikTok confirmed that Andrew Tate's accounts were banned for violating their policies.

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  • Arts & Life

Andrew Tate gets banned from Facebook, Instagram, TikTok for violating their policies

The influencer and former kickboxer was banned from multiple social media platforms after violating their policies. The influencer's misogynistic remarks have reached millions across the internet.

August 20, 2022
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  • Shauneen Miranda
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