Facebook Owner Meta Starts Final Round of Layoffs May 24, 2023 By Katie Paul Meta Platforms Inc started carrying out the last batch of a three-part round of layoffs on Wednesday, according to a...
Meta Hit With Record $1.3B Fine Over Data Transfers May 22, 2023 By Padraic Halpin Meta was hit with a record 1.2 billion euro ($1.3 billion) fine by its lead European Union privacy regulator over...
Meta Faces Stiff Privacy Review as FTC Claims New Violations May 4, 2023 By Leah Nylen Meta Platforms Inc. was accused by the Federal Trade Commission of repeatedly violating privacy promises it made to US regulators...
ChatGPT-Related Malware Is on the Rise, Meta Says May 3, 2023 By Katie Paul Facebook owner Meta said on Wednesday it had uncovered malware purveyors leveraging public interest in ChatGPT to lure users into...
Arkansas Sues TikTok, Meta Over Child Safety, Privacy Claims March 30, 2023 By Andrew DeMillo LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – The state of Arkansas sued TikTok and Facebook parent Meta on Tuesday, claiming the social...
Dutch Court Finds Facebook Misused Data in Class Action Lawsuit March 16, 2023 A Dutch court hearing a class action lawsuit on Wednesday found that a European subsidiary of Meta, Facebook Ireland, improperly...
Zuckerberg Was Warned on Social Media Addiction, Filing Says March 14, 2023 By Joel Rosenblatt Employees at Meta Platforms Inc. and ByteDance Inc. were aware of the harmful effects of their platforms on young children...
Meta Loses Bid to Toss $175M Verdict in Streaming Patent Case February 23, 2023 By Blake Brittain A federal judge in Austin, Texas on Tuesday rejected a request by Meta Platforms Inc’s to throw out a $175...
Google Case at Supreme Court Risks Upending the Internet as We Know It February 16, 2023 By Emily Birnbaum An upcoming Supreme Court case could answer one of the toughest questions of the internet age: Should online companies be...
Meta’s WhatsApp Fined 5.5M Euro by Lead EU Privacy Regulator January 19, 2023 By Padraic Halpin Meta’s WhatsApp subsidiary was fined 5.5 million euros ($5.95 million) on Thursday by Ireland’s Data Privacy Commissioner (DPC), its lead...