OAKLAND, California (AP) — Meta agreed to pay up to $18 billion and add stronger child-safety measures to its Facebook and Instagram platforms as part of a landmark legal settlement that ended a trial over teen social…
Meta, parent company of Instagram and Facebook, was ordered by a court to pay $567 million to address harms to young people from its platforms in the second phase of a landmark trial. Judge Bryan Biedscheid said…
Users of Meta Platforms’ social media services reported experiencing issues with Instagram and Facebook late Wednesday, July 22, as thousands of outage reports poured into monitoring website Downdetector. Many users took to other social media platforms to…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — A Meta outage appeared to have hit some Facebook and Messenger users on desktop from past 3 p.m. to past 5 p.m. on Sunday, July 19. According to an inquirer.net Facebook post at…
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia on Monday started enforcing rules banning millions of children under 16 from owning social media accounts, joining a global push to tighten online safety protections for underage users. The rules require…
SAN FRANCISCO, United States — Meta has launched paid subscription plans for its flagship apps, marking a major push by the tech giant to diversify beyond its longtime reliance on advertising revenue. Meta head of product Naomi…
In the Philippines, one rarely meets someone who does not have a Facebook account. This is reflected in DataReportal’s "Digital 2026: The Philippines report," which shows that Facebook recorded 95.8 million users in the country as of…
The Presidential Communications Office (PCO) and the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) have called on tech giant Meta to take immediate action against “false, misleading, and panic-inducing” content on social media.…
MANILA – The Supreme Court (SC) has laid down guideposts for proving who owns or controls a social media account in criminal cases. In a 30-page decision made public Friday, the SC’s First Division affirmed the conviction…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Three million strong —and still growing. CDN Digital has reached a major milestone after hitting 3 million followers on Facebook, a proof of the trust and engagement of readers who continue to turn…
Philmar Alipayo nisaulog sa usa ka dako nga social media milestone sa dihang nakaabot siya og 1 million ka mga Facebook follower. Kini bisan pa nga para sa mga netizen nga ang timing niini controbersyal kaayo human…
WASHINGTON, United States — Social media giant Meta on Tuesday slashed its content moderation policies, including ending its US fact-checking program on Facebook and Instagram, in a major shift that conforms with the priorities of incoming president…
