Meta sets landmark $18B settlement in teen social media addiction trial

Barbara Ortutay 08/27/2026

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 ordered to pay $567M to address kids’ mental health online

08/07/2026

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…

Meta platforms down? 

Brian Ochoa 07/22/2026

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…

Malaysia bans social media for kids under 16 amid online safety push

06/01/2026

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…

Meta launches paid subscriptions for Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp

Agence France Presse 06/01/2026

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…

Instagram begins blurring nudity in messages to protect teens and fight sexual extortion

04/12/2024

LONDON (AP) — Instagram says it’s deploying new tools to protect young people and combat sexual extortion, including a feature that will automatically blur nudity in direct messages. The social media platform said in a blog post…

Instagram limits political content in new update: Here’s how to change it

03/25/2024

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Instagram has started an automatic clampdown on the amount of political content appearing in its users’ feeds, but there is a relatively quick and easy way to turn off the controls if you…

Inahan sa anak ni Diego Loyzaga milugwa, gipalayas kuno sila sa panimalay sa aktor

CDN Digital 01/07/2024

Karong bag-o lang milugwa si Alexis Suapengco ug nangangkon nga siya ang rumored partner sa aktor nga si Diego Loyzaga. Sa iyang Instagram Stories, miingon ang yoga teacher ug model nga si Alexis nga siya usab ang…

1 in 5 teens on YouTube, TikTok almost all the time

ETX Daily Up 12/17/2023

Social media sites such as YouTube, TikTok, Snapchat and Instagram remain extremely popular with teenagers. Around nine in 10 teenagers use YouTube, making it the most widely used platform among young people, according to a new US survey.…

Sarah Lahbati changes Instagram name to ‘SLG,’ cuts hair shorter

Anne Pasajol 11/23/2023

While still mum on speculations that her marriage with actor Richard Gutierrez is on the rocks, Sarah Lahbati-Gutierrez recently dropped her full name from her Instagram page and cut her hair shorter. Eagle-eyed fans were intrigued after they noticed…

Claudine Barretto mipalag sa mga kumentaryo nga nagkalisud na siya: Wala pong masama maging mahirap

CDN Digital 11/20/2023

Mipalag ang aktres nga si Claudine Barretto sa kumentaryo sa pipila ka netizens nga nag-ingon nga mura og nagkalisud-lisud na siya sa iyang panalapi. Ang maong mga kumentaryo nanggawas sa dihang mipost si Claudine sa iyang Instagram…

Kathryn Bernardo gi-unfollow si Andrea Brillantes sa Instagram, anyare?

CDN Digital 11/17/2023

Init nga giistoryahan karon sa social media ang kalit nga pag-unfollow sa Kapamilya actress nga si Kathryn Bernardo kang Andrea Brillantes. Adunay mga screenshots nga mikatap sa social media kun diin makita nga naka unfollow ang “A…

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