Judge in US case against Facebook delays trial preparation
The judge in the US government’s antitrust case against Facebook Inc said the social media company’s motion to dismiss the lawsuit “raises a number of serious cha...
YouTube to launch $100 million creator fund for Shorts video feature
YouTube has announced a $100 million fund to pay content creators who make hit videos on its new short-form video feature Shorts, as YouTube aims to court more influencers.
US states urge Facebook to cancel plans for Instagram for younger kids
A group of 40 state attorney generals have urged Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to abandon plans to launch a version of Instagram for children under the age of 13.
Facebook beats estimates but warns Apple change could impact growth
Facebook beat expectations for both quarterly revenue and profit, but warned that growth later this year could “significantly” decline as new Apple privacy policies wil...
Instagram launches feature to tackle trolls and hate speech
Instagram is rolling out a feature to prevent users from viewing possibly abusive messages by filtering offensive words, phrases and emojis on the photo-sharing app.
Advocacy group urges Zuckerberg to cancel plans to launch Instagram for kids
An advocacy group has called on Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg to not create a version of photo-sharing app Instagram for children who are under 13, as it would put them at ̶...
Instagram launches test where users can choose to see likes
Instagram is launching a global test where users can choose whether to hide like counts on their own posts or other people’s posts, a spokeswoman for Facebook has said.
Ireland launches inquiry into Facebook after reports of data leak
Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) said it had launched an inquiry into Facebook Inc, after a dataset reported to contain personal data relating to some 533 million F...
Facebook oversight board widens scope to rule on content
Facebook users will now be able to ask the company’s independent oversight board to rule on content that has been left up on the platform, not just content that has been take...
Facebook axes 16,000 groups for trading fake reviews
Social media company Facebook has removed 16,000 groups for selling or buying fake reviews of products and services on its platforms, after the UK’s competition watchdog inte...
GOP lawmakers press Big Tech for internal research on kids’ mental health
Four GOP lawmakers in the US have requested Facebook, Twitter and Google turn over any studies they have done on how their services affect children’s mental health.
Facebook to label all posts about COVID-19 vaccines
Facebook, which has been criticized by lawmakers and researchers for allowing vaccine misinformation to spread on its platforms has said it has started adding labels to posts that ...
Facebook launches Instagram Lite in 170 lower bandwidth countries
Facebook has announced it is launching a “lite” version of Instagram in 170 countries that will enable people with poor internet to access the photo and video sharing s...
Facebook to test relaunched Instagram Lite in India
Facebook has said it is testing a new, less data-intensive version of its picture and video-sharing app Instagram in India, a key growth market for the US social networking giant.