Meta VR Rival Claims It Was Obliterated When Facebook Took Its Name July 19, 2022 By Evan Peng A Meta Platforms Inc. rival claims in a federal trademark infringement lawsuit that its business has been obliterated after Facebook...
Survey: Broad Support for Renewables, Gap in Climate Change Awareness June 30, 2022 By Don Jergler There is overwhelming public support across the globe for using renewable energy, according to a new survey out from the...
Content Moderator in Kenya Sues Facebook Owner Meta Over Working Conditions May 10, 2022 By Ayenat Mersie A former moderator working for Facebook owner Meta Platforms Inc. on Tuesday filed a lawsuit alleging that poor working conditions...
Russia Court Finds Meta Guilty of ‘Extremist Activity’; Ruling Will Not Affect WhatsApp March 22, 2022 A Moscow court said on Monday that Meta was guilty of “extremist activity,” but the ruling will not affect its...
Zuckerberg Deposition Blocked by Judge in D.C. Privacy Case March 18, 2022 By Erik Larson A request to depose Mark Zuckerberg as part of Washington, D.C.’s data-privacy lawsuit against Facebook drew a blistering denial from...
Meta’s Facebook to Pay $90 Million to Settle Privacy Lawsuit Over User Tracking February 22, 2022 By Jonathan Stempel Facebook agreed to pay $90 million to settle a decade-old privacy lawsuit accusing it of tracking users’ internet activity even...
Mother Sues Meta, Snap Over Social Media ‘Addicted’ Daughter’s Suicide January 21, 2022 By Robert Burnson Meta Platforms Inc. and Snap Inc. are to blame for the suicide of an 11-year-old girl who was addicted to...
How Big Tech Is Faring in U.S. Lawsuits and Probes December 8, 2021 By Diane Bartz Big Tech platforms Meta Platforms Inc, formerly known as Facebook, and Google have been hit with a series of antitrust...
UK Warns Facebook Executives to Keep Users Safe or Risk Criminal Charges November 5, 2021 By Nate Lanxon UK Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries warned Facebook Inc. and its chiefs are on course for criminal prosecution for failing to...
Facebook Says It’s Removing Facial Recognition System November 3, 2021 By Elizabeth Culliford and Sheila Dang Facebook Inc. announced on Tuesday it is shutting down its facial recognition system, which automatically identifies users in photos and...