Mark Zuckerberg letter: White House pressured Facebook over some COVID content during pandemic

CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a letter that Meta made some choices that, “with the benefit of hindsight and new information," the tech giant would not make again. Here's how the White House responded.

Georgia sheriff's annual gun raffle banned from Facebook

The Carroll County sheriff says Facebook will no longer allow his agency to post about their yearly gun raffle to raise money for community programs.

Trump reinstated by Meta on Facebook, Instagram in effort to 'allow political expression'

Meta announced it will lift the longstanding bans on former President Trump's Facebook and Instagram accounts, citing their responsibility to allow political expression, with heightened penalties for repeat offenses.

Facebook Marketplace $27K car scam takes a turn in DeKalb County

One man is behind bars while another is on the run, accused of stealing a car another man was selling on Facebook Marketplace. Police said they handed the victim a bogus check and drove off.

Facebook Marketplace theft suspect arrested during attempt to re-sell stolen bike

A man is behind bars after Fulton County authorities say he tried to re-sell a dirt bike that was stolen during a Facebook Marketplace meet-up earlier this week. 

Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram recovering after outage

Instagram, WhatsApp and Facebook were down for some users Wednesday thanks to a wider outage at parent company Meta, reports indicate.

A brief history of Mark Zuckerberg's public apologies

The Meta CEO has found himself mired in controversy with the social media platform and apologizing for mistakes from user data privacy issues to criticism about safety and oversight.

Meta to shield teens on Instagram, Facebook from self-harm, eating disorders content

Meta said Tuesday it will start hiding inappropriate content from teenagers' accounts on Instagram and Facebook, including posts about suicide, self-harm and eating disorders.

TikTok, Meta, X CEOs to testify before US Senate on child safety in January

The Senate Judiciary Committee is holding a hearing scheduled for Jan. 31 where five major social media platform CEOs will testify on online child exploitation.

Court document alleges Meta willingly designed its platforms to hook kids: report

The complaint also claims Meta knew, but never disclosed, it had received millions of complaints about underage users on Instagram but only acted on some of those accounts.

States sue Meta claiming its social platforms are addictive and harm children’s mental health

Dozens of US states, including California and New York, are suing Meta Platforms Inc. for harming young people and contributing to the youth mental health crisis by knowingly and deliberately designing features on Instagram and Facebook that addict children to its platforms.

States file lawsuits against Meta over kids' mental health

The lawsuit also claims that Meta collected data on children under 13 without their parents’ consent.

Meta ramping up efforts to remove posts containing violence, misinformation about attack on Israel

Meta established a "special operations center" with experts, including those who speak Hebrew and Arabic fluently, to monitor Facebook and Instagram and remove content that violates policies faster.