Meta launches pay-for-verification subscription service for Facebook and Instagram in US

New York CNN  —  Facebook and Instagram users in the United States will soon be able to pay to get a coveted blue check on their account. Read moreIn Epic…

Trump posts on Facebook for first time since January 6, 2021

CNN  —  Former President Donald Trump has posted on Facebook for the first time since January 6, 2021, the day that rioters attacked the US Capitol. Read moreRepublican Campaign Of…

How Some Gen Z Instagram Users Post to Facebook: Unwittingly

Meta has long been concerned about losing teenagers and young adults to rivals like TikTok and Snapchat, especially since that audience is highly coveted by advertisers. Facebook, which Mark Zuckerberg…

Facebook Parent Plans to Sell ‘Meta Verified’ Accounts

Meta — the parent company of Facebook and Instagram — wants power users to start paying for some of its sites’ features, taking a page out of Twitter’s playbook in…

GoodRx Leaked User Health Data to Facebook and Google, F.T.C. Says

Since 2017, more than 55 million people have used or visited GoodRx’s mobile apps or website, the F.T.C. said. From 2017 to 2020, the company “revealed extremely intimate and sensitive…

Meta says it will restore Donald Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts

New York CNN  —  Facebook-parent Meta said on Wednesday that it will restore former President Donald Trump’s accounts on Facebook and Instagram in the coming weeks, just over two years…

Instagram and Facebook Should Update Nude Photo Rules, Meta Board Says

Content creators have long criticized Facebook and Instagram for their content moderation policies relating to photos that show partial nudity, arguing that their practices are inconsistent and often biased against…

Lindsey Graham Is Teaming Up With Elizabeth Warren To Regulate Twitter, Apple, Google, And Facebook

Sen. Lindsey Graham announced that he is working with Sen. Elizabeth Warren to unveil a digital regulatory commission to regulate social media companies. Video: Graham: I’m going to unveil a…

Facebook reminds fact-checkers Trump is off limits if he says he’s running again for president

CNN  —  Facebook’s fact-checkers will need to stop fact-checking former President Donald Trump if he announces that he is running for president, according to a company memo obtained by CNN.…