CHICAGO, Ill. (NBC) – Many teens are in crisis and study after study has found a link between social media and mental health. Now lawmakers want to crack down. One proposal in Congress would ban social media for anyone under ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (CNN) – Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen is set to testify before a House subcommittee Wednesday. Her appearance will come during a hearing examining possible changes to the laws governing tech companies. The panel’s name is listed as “Holding ...
MENLO PARK, Calif. (NBC) – Facebook says it will no longer offer a feature that billions of users have come to rely on. After being offered to users for nearly a decade, Facebook will shut down its facial recognition system ...
MENLO PARK, Calif. (NBC) – Facebook is rebranding. Thursday the social media behemoth announced it will now go by the corporate name “Meta.” The names of the apps, like Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram, will not change. The change was announced ...
MENLO PARK, Calif. (NBC) – Facebook is up and running Tuesday morning—along with Instagram and WhatsApp, which Facebook owns—after a worldwide outage leaving potentially billions without the ability to like, share and comment. CEO Mark Zuckerberg posted on his page ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (CNN) – Facebook was grilled by lawmakers again on Capitol Hill. A Senate subcommittee held a hearing focused on social media and children’s mental health. Senator Richard Blumenthal, (D-Conn.) said “Facebook has shown us, once again, that it ...
MENLO PARK, Calif. (NBC) – Facebook’s indefinite suspension of former President Donald Trump now has an end date. The social media giant silenced Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts on January 7 following his posts praising people who attacked the U.S. ...
MENLO PARK, Calif. (NBC) – Facebook’s oversight board upholds the decision to suspend two of former President Donald Trump’s social media accounts. Facebook and Instagram Silenced Mr. Trump January 7, the day after the deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol ...
MENLO PARK, Calif. (NBC) — Facebook users will not get a heads-up from the company about whether some of their personal data has been posted online. The incident involves more than 530 million accounts whose data was posted on a ...
MENLO PARK, Calif. (NBC) – Facebook announced Wednesday that it will start to limit political content in the news feed. Last month, Facebook said it will no longer recommend political groups to users and it would consider some steps limiting ...