Meta and BlackRock announced a $14 billion joint venture on July 28 for a one-gigawatt AI data centre in El Paso. BlackRock funds own 80%, Meta 20% — and Meta leases it back from 2028. It was announced one day before Meta disclosed a 91% collapse in free cash flow.

Meta just moved its biggest new data centre off its own balance sheet, one day before earnings

Meta's Q2 revenue rose 28% to $60.8 billion, beating expectations. But free cash flow fell 91% to $784 million, AI capex passed $31 billion in the quarter, operating margin dropped to 31%, and Reality Labs lost another $4.6 billion. The stock fell about 10%.

Meta's free cash flow just collapsed 91% and Wall Street punished it immediately

Cybercrime police have registered two cases against the operators of several Facebook and Instagram accounts, along with Meta's India head, over the alleged circulation of morphed and objectionable content targeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the CJP-led NEET paper leak agitation.

Meta India head booked as cyber police crack down on 'obscene' morphed PM Modi videos

Meta's AI spread deepfakes of PM Modi and Union ministers during the CJP protests, destroyed legitimate businesses through wrongful bans, approved child sexual abuse advertisements, and blocked the Prime Minister's own post without explanation. India's government has summoned Meta and its safe harbour protection is now in question.

'Spreading deepfakes, deleted PM Modi's video': Why Meta AI should be banned in India for interfering in Indian economy and democracy

Meta's Business AI Terms of Service require businesses to indemnify Meta against legal claims from the AI's use. Compare that to two live 2026 lawsuits over Meta's own internal AI use — mass layoffs and teen chatbot safety — where Zuckerberg himself is named directly.

Meta AI's stupidity could give you jail time, not Zuckerberg! Here's how

Meta's former chief AI scientist Yann LeCun confirmed Llama 4's benchmark results were manufactured through checkpoint cherry-picking. Meta's real-world AI deployment on Instagram — wrongful business account bans and a hack triggered by simply asking — shows what that gap between claimed and actual capability looks like.

'From 2nd to 32nd': Meta faked its AI benchmark score once, is it doing same with Muse Spark 1.1?

Two leaked recordings of internal Meta town halls show Mark Zuckerberg defending a secret employee-tracking programme built to train Meta's AI, then months later admitting the AI push 'hasn't really accelerated' as expected.

Meta's leaked internal recording show Meta AI is a disaster and Zuckerberg wants to double down on it

Meta paid $14.3 billion to bring in Alexandr Wang to lead its AI push. A year on, former chief scientist Yann LeCun calls him inexperienced, senior researchers have exited in waves, and leaked audio has Zuckerberg admitting the AI push hasn't accelerated as expected.

Meta's ex-AI chief warned Alexandr Wang is incompetent! Users are now facing the wrath

Meta's AI Business Agent bills businesses by the token from August 1. But legal precedent puts liability for its mistakes on the business, not Meta, its business infrastructure already failed for four hours after launch, and Meta's own Oversight Board says the company isn't transparent about AI's role in its decisions.

Why Meta's Muse Spark 1.1 should be nowhere near your business

Meta's AI Business Agent launches globally on WhatsApp and Instagram to run customer service and sales for small businesses. But Meta's own platform shows its AI wrongly banning businesses, a security flaw hackers exploited by just asking, and ad tools generating basic errors.

Meta's AI can't handle a basic Instagram account, so how will it run your business?

Meta faces trial in Tennessee over claims Instagram was designed to addict teenagers. This case adds to growing US lawsuits over addictive algorithms, teen mental health and platform safety. Here is why it matters

Addictive algorithms: Meta trial opens in Tennessee as Instagram accused of 'addiction machine’ design

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is being used at alarming levels for generating child sexual abuse material (CSAM), with analysts saying that it has reached a tipping point.

AI-generated child sex abuse images, videos rising at alarming levels, warn internet watchdogs

In a historic turn of events on Friday, Meta Platforms, the parent company of Facebook, experienced an unprecedented surge, adding a staggering $196 billion in stock market value.

Meta Platforms shatters records with a $196 bn surge in stock market value

Meta Platforms, the parent company of social media giant Facebook, has made a significant move just days ahead of Facebook's 20th anniversary. According to Reuters, the tech behemoth issued its first-ever dividend and reported impressive financials, surpassing revenue and profit expectations driven by robust holiday ad sales.

Meta Platforms report first dividend while shares soar

The US state of New Mexico has said that children using Instagram and Facebook have been frequent targets of sexual harassment. According to a report by The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) on Wednesday (Jan 17), an internal Meta Platforms presentation in 2021 estimated that 100,000 minors each day received photos of adult genitalia or other sexually abusive content.

US state says children on Instagram, Facebook are often targets of sexual harassment: Report

Meta Platforms used thousands of pirated books to train its AI models, alleges a new copyright lawsuit filed on Monday (Dec 11) night. The tech giant reportedly did this despite warnings from their lawyers about the legal peril of doing so.

Meta flouted copyrights to train its AI 'Llama' despite warning from lawyers, claims lawsuit by authors

The Verge reported that Facebook and Instagram will get more paid features as Meta is setting up a new group that will focus on creating products. A company spokesperson told News agency Reuters that "Any new product will be complementary to our existing ads business.

More paid features on Facebook and Instagram? Meta to set up new group for creating products

Facebook and Instagram’s parent company, Meta, reported second-quarter sales of $28.8 billion, which was in line with expectations of $28 to $30 billion but represented a 1 per cent decline in revenue year on year.

‘We seem to have entered economic downturn:’ Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg as revenues decline

Amid a general weakness in the digital ad market, Facebook’s parent company Meta Platforms has reported that its quarterly revenue dropped year-over-year for the first time ever.

Facebook’s parent company Meta Platforms reports revenue drop for the first time ever

A new report by Recode and The Verge has revealed that Facebook's 'move fast and break things' era is still haunting the social media network. The report sheds light on how chief executive officer Mark Zuckerberg wanted to make Facebook akin to Windows.

Why Facebook's 'move fast and break things' era still haunts it?

Meta Platforms Inc on Monday announced that Instagram is getting a payment feature that will allow users to buy from small businesses through direct messages. Meta, which is the parent company of Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp, said that users of the photo-sharing app will be able to track the order and ask the business any follow-up questions in that same chat thread.

Meta Platforms introduces new feature on Instagram, users can shop directly in chats

Russian court has fined Meta platforms to delete content that Russia deems illegal. Take a look at this report.

Russian court fines meta platforms to delete content that is deemed illegal

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Meta just moved its biggest new data centre off its own balance sheet, one day before earnings

Meta's free cash flow just collapsed 91% and Wall Street punished it immediately

Meta India head booked as cyber police crack down on 'obscene' PM Modi videos

Why Meta AI should be banned in India

Meta AI's stupidity could give you jail time, not Zuckerberg! Here's how

Meta faked its AI benchmark score once, is it doing same with Muse Spark 1.1?

Leaked Meta's audio recording show Meta AI is a disaster

Meta's ex-AI chief warned Alexandr Wang is incompetent

Why Meta Muse Spark 1.1 should be nowhere near your business

Meta's AI can't handle a basic Insta account, so how will it run your business?

Meta trial opens in Tennessee as Instagram 'addiction machine' slammed