Tech giants Google and Facebook have been fined multi-million dollars by France's data privacy watchdog. The tech giants have been accused of making it difficult for internet users to refuse online trackers or cookies.

Google and Facebook fined for cookie breaches

When Jennifer Chen travelled back to her hometown in central China last winter for Lunar New Year, she thought little about Twitter. She had around 100 followers on an account she believed to be anonymous.

A Digital manhunt: How Chinese police track critics on Twitter and Facebook

Social media giant Meta, formerly known as Facebook, ran a massive crackdown on spy firms on its platform as it suspended over 1,500 accounts.

Social media giant Meta crackdowns on spy firms on its platform & suspends over 1,500 accounts

Meta, the parent company of Facebook, banned an array of "cyber mercenary" groups on Thursday, alerting 50,000 users who may have been targeted by firms that spy on activists, dissidents, and journalists.

Meta bans array of 'cyber mercenary' groups, warns 50,000 people that were targeted

Facebook's parent company Meta crackdown on spy firm on its platform as it suspends 1,500 accounts for targeting 50,000 people.

Meta crackdown on spy firms: 1,500 accounts suspended

After the head of Instagram was grilled for compromising children safety on social media, Instagram plans an updated version of the app that shows users chronological feed instead of an algorithm-based one.

Instagram to reintroduce chronological feed option, is Meta finally listening to its users?

At least 300 Scientists & researchers have written an open letter to Mark Zuckerberg. They want the Meta CEO to open the company's doors to independent investigators. They want Facebook to clarify how its posts impact the mental health of teens.

300 researchers slam Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg

300 Scientists & researchers have written an open letter to Mark Zuckerberg. They want the Meta CEO to open the company's doors to independent investigators. They want Facebook to clarify how its posts impact the mental health of teens. Palki Sharma has a report.

Gravitas: An open letter to Mark Zuckerberg

Meta poses threat to mental health? Will Mark Zuckerberg come clean?

Thousands of Rohingya refugees in the United Kingdom and the United States have filed a $150 billion lawsuit against Meta Platforms Inc, formerly known as Facebook, for enabling hate speech against them that led to violence against the persecuted minority.

Rohingya Muslims sue social media giant Facebook for $150 billion for allowing hate speech

In a recent incident, which has left the netizens in splits, a young mom from England listed her baby for sale accidentally on a local Facebook group. Lucy Nicola Battle from Leeds was trying to put an image of her sofa for sale but instead, she somehow put an image of her son with a caption that said she needs it "gone today.

Baby for sale? 20-year-old mom accidentally puts her baby up for sale on Facebook

Meta, the guardian organisation of Facebook and Instagram has taken down a Chinese language misinformation community that tried to unfold claims about COVID-19 utilising a faux Swiss biologist.

Facebook takes down Chinese network behind fake Swiss biologist COVID claims

After more than a week sleeping in a frigid encampment on the border between Belarus and Poland, and an abortive foray across the frontier repelled by pepper spray and police batons, Mohammad Faraj gave up this month and retreated to a warm hotel in Minsk, the capital of Belarus.

How fake news on Facebook helped fuel a border crisis in Europe

A bipartisan coalition of U.S. state attorneys general have opened a probe into Facebook, now known as Meta Platforms, for promoting its subsidiary Instagram to children despite potential harms.

US state law officer launches probe into potential harms of Instagram on kids

Facebook is in the headlines yet again. This time for advertising misleading and false claims about climate change during the COP26 summit. It comes after conservative media network Newsmax ran an ad on Facebook that called man-made global warming a "hoax.

Facebook advertisers promoted false claims about climate change during COP26 summit

In a video, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg looks to feel the objects in virtual reality with the help of a “haptic glove” and VR headset. Zuckerberg tried to experience the new world in the clip posted on Tuesday.

Watch: Facebook founder Zuckerberg tries to feel objects in virtual reality with haptic glove, VR headset  

Facebook has revealed that hackers from Pakistan used its platform to target Afghan citizens at a time when the Taliban was taking control of the country.

Facebook reveals hackers from Pakistan used its platform to target Afghan citizens

An Indian-American entrepreneur hired a woman to slap him every time he logs on to the social media platform, Facebook. Maneesh Sethi is the founder of a wearable device brand Pavlok and did not want to waste time on Facebook.

Indian-American hired woman to slap him for using Facebook; Elon Musk approves

Various healthcare professionals have urged social media giant Facebook to disclose all of the data related to COVID-19 disinformation that is available on the platform.

'Cesspools of anti-vaccine comments': Doctors urge Facebook to reveal data on COVID-19 misinformation

One of Mark Zuckerberg’s first steps toward building the metaverse may be physical instead of virtual. Meta, the social media company formerly known as Facebook, has discussed opening retail stores that will eventually span the world, said people with knowledge of the project and company documents viewed by The New York Times.

To build the metaverse, Meta first wants to build stores

Facebook has announced that it is shutting down its Face Recognition system and will delete the facial data of more than one billion of its users.

Why Facebook is planning to shut down its facial recognition system?

Facebook has announced that it is deleting about 1 billion face prints, it uses as a part of a facial recognition system, citing concerns over technology.

Facebook shuts down automatic face recognition, says 'concerns outweigh benefits'

Facebook is battling an onslaught of false news, hate speech, and provocative content, including "celebrations of violence," among other things. According to research, misinformation and scepticism about COVID-19 and vaccinations have been permitted to propagate on more than a dozen Facebook and Instagram profiles, sites, and groups, which have accumulated 370,000 followers in the last year.

Facebook is failing to safeguard users from COVID-19 disinformation: Research

Whistleblower Frances Haugen has denounced the recent Facebook's Meta rebranding urging her former boss Mark Zuckerberg to step down. She has accused the company of yet again prioritising expansion over people's safety.

Whistleblower Frances Haugen denounces Facebook's Meta rebranding

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