Australia's competition watchdog filed a lawsuit against Facebook owner Meta Platforms on Friday, alleging the social media giant failed to prevent scammers using its platform to promote fake ads featuring well-known people.

Australian watchdog sues Facebook-owner Meta over scam advertisements

Facing heat from Russia for allowing users to post ‘threats of violence against Moscow’, Meta on Monday tightened its content moderation policy to restrict calls for the death of a head of state, according to Reuters.

Meta issues clarification after facing flak for ‘allowing death threats to Putin’

Facebook owner Meta Platforms said Friday that a temporary change in its content policy, only for Ukraine, was needed to let users voice opposition to Russia's attack, as Russia opened a criminal case after the company said it would allow posts such as "death to the Russian invaders.

Meta defends policy on calls for violence that angered Russia

In a recent move to penalize Russia over its attack on Ukraine, Facebook and other US tech giants have blocked access to its network in Moscow. In light of Ukraine's invasion, Facebook said it has temporarily eased its rules about violent speech to allow statements like "death to Russian invaders" on its platform. However, Facebook will not allow content that poses credible threats to civilians.

Facebook Tweaks Rules To Allow Hate Speech Against 'Russian Invaders' Amid War On Ukraine

Russia has intensified crackdown on fake news and has reportedly blocked Facebook and Twitter. The Russian government has also blocked several media houses in the country including the BBC.

Russia’s crackdown on fake news: Kremlin blocks Facebook, Twitter; several media houses blocked

As Russia continues to make advances in Ukraine, a crackdown on media outlets and individuals, who fail to toe the Kremlin line on the invasion has intensified. Facebook and Twitter have been blocked on Friday.

Russia intensifies crackdown on 'fake' reports, blocks Twitter, Facebook  

Microsoft Corp said on Monday it would remove Russian state-owned media outlet RT's mobile apps from the Windows App store and ban advertisements on Russian state-sponsored media, as global tech firms respond to Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.

Microsoft to remove RT apps, ban Russian state-owned media ads

TikTok on Monday began letting users upload videos as long as 10 minutes, ramping up the young platform's challenge to veteran titan YouTube. TikTok, owned by ByteDance in China, launched with a one-minute limit on uploaded videos, but bumped the cap to three minutes last year.

TikTok videos get longer in challenge to YouTube

With accusation of "censoring" domestic media, Russian government on Friday said that it was partially limiting access to Meta Platforms Inc's Facebook. The Russian government has also increased pressure on domestic media by issuing warning to block reports containing what it describes as "false information" over Ukraine conflict.

For 'censoring' domestic media, Russian government partially limits access to Facebook

An investigation by the BBC has revealed a shocking possibility that children may get access to strip clubs on Metaverse, touted to be 'future of internet' by Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg.

Children can easily get access to Metaverse strip clubs, investigation reveals

The founder of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, referred to his employees as “Metamates," while unveiling a list of new principles for work at Meta Platforms Inc. Zuckerberg laid out his vision for internal culture through an employee memo.

Zuckerberg refers to his staff as 'Metamates' in a memo laying out new principles

In a major blow for Facebook, Texas attorney general has filed a lawsuit against the social media giant's parent company Meta for allegedly violating state privacy protections with facial recognition technology.

Social media giant Facebook sued over biometric data use

Meta Platforms Inc has threatened the European Union that it will be forced to pull Facebook and Instagram if the bloc fails to scrap the privacy pact. ''The simple reality is that Meta, and many other businesses, organisations and services, rely on data transfers between the EU and the US in order to operate global services,'' the firm said in a statement.

Meta threatens EU to pull Facebook, Instagram on failure to scrap privacy pact

Facebook owner Meta Platforms shares plunge 26% late on Wednesday after the social media company posted a weaker-than-expected forecast, blaming Apple's privacy changes and increased competition for users from rivals like TikTok.

Meta shares plunge 26%, Facebook reports a decline in daily active users

Meta's shares plummet 26% after Facebook reports a decline in daily active users

Facebook owner Meta Platforms shares plunged more than 20% late on Wednesday after the social media company posted a weaker-than-expected forecast, blaming Apple's privacy changes and increased competition for users from rivals like TikTok.

Meta shares plunge 20%, faces heat from Apple, TikTok

A 43-year-old from London was gang-raped on Facebook's metaverse platform - 60 minutes after logging on. Is it time for governments to step in and regulate virtual interactions? Will the metaverse become a dark underbelly of the real world? Palki Sharma has a report

Gravitas: Woman gang-raped in Facebook's metaverse

Indian officials have held a heated exchange with the US tech giants Google, Twitter and Facebook for not proactively removing fake news from their platforms.

India grills US tech giants for inaction on Fake News, seeks tougher crackdown

Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc said on Monday that its research team has built a new artificial intelligence supercomputer that it thinks will be the fastest in the world when completed in mid-2022.

Meta says its new AI supercomputer will be world's fastest

The United States is using platforms like Facebook and WhatsApp to help the agencies spy on users in secret, Forbes reported citing newly-unsealed court documents show.

Did US government agencies ask WhatsApp to help agencies spy on users in secret?

A new lawsuit has claimed that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Google CEO Sundar Pichai colluded in online ad sales. According to an amended antitrust complaint filed by Texas and 15 other states, the two tech giants teamed up and hammered out the terms of the agreement.

New lawsuit alleges Facebook and Google colluded in online ad sales

Facebook is facing a 3.2 billion dollar plus class-action suit in Britain for allegations that it has abused its market dominance by exploiting the personal data of almost about 44 million users.

Facebook is facing a 3.2 billion dollar class-action lawsuit in Britain

Social media giant Facebook is facing a $3.2 billion class-action lawsuit for allegedly exploiting user data in the United Kingdom. It has been accused of abusing its market dominance by exploiting the personal data of nearly 44 million users.

Here is why social media giant Facebook is facing $3.2 billion class-action lawsuit in UK

France hits Google and Facebook with hefty fines over privacy concerns that include cookie breaches.

Google, Facebook fined for cookie breaches by France

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