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The Facebook House in Los Altos, Mark Zuckerberg's former residence, has become a hub for Chinese AI talent, who are a key part of Silicon Valley's AI boom (restofworld.org)
7 days ago China Facebook AI Zuckerberg

Meta says it will expand Instagram teen account safeguards to 27 EU countries, and plans to roll them out on Facebook in the US, ahead of the UK and EU in June (www.reuters.com)
15 days ago Facebook Instagram

Meta is using AI on Facebook and Instagram to detect under-13 users by analyzing bone structure, height, and visual cues, but says it's “not facial recognition” (www.theverge.com)
15 days ago Facebook AI Instagram Facial Recognition

The European Commission issues preliminary DSA findings against Meta, saying Instagram and Facebook fail to prevent under-13 users from accessing the services (www.bloomberg.com)
21 days ago Europe Facebook Instagram

FTC: Americans reported losing $2.1B to social media scams in 2025, including $794M to scams that started on Facebook, more than on any other platform (www.tomsguide.com)
22 days ago U.S. Facebook

The nonprofit Consumer Federation of America sues Meta, accusing it of misleading consumers about its efforts to combat scam ads on Facebook and Instagram (www.wired.com)
28 days ago U.S. Facebook Instagram

A US judge grants an injunction to makers of the banned “ICE Sightings - Chicagoland” Facebook group and Eyes Up mobile app, who say DHS and DOJ violated the 1A (www.engadget.com)
2026-4-19 Facebook Mobile

Omdia: Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok now capture over 90% of social media ad revenue, with Meta accounting for 70% of the total (www.hollywoodreporter.com)
2026-4-15 Facebook YouTube Instagram

Facebook interfering in Hungarian election – Budapest (www.rt.com)
2026-4-10 Facebook

Meta begins removing dozens of Facebook and Instagram ads that trial lawyers placed to reach eligible plaintiffs, after social media addiction trial losses (www.axios.com)
2026-4-9 Facebook Instagram

Book excerpt: how Google acquired DeepMind for $650M in 2014, beating Facebook to the deal; Mustafa Suleyman used poker-style bluffing to secure a safety board (www.wsj.com)
2026-3-26 Google Facebook

Source: Meta on Wednesday laid off around 700 employees in the Reality Labs unit, as well as some in recruiting, sales, and Facebook (www.nytimes.com)
2026-3-26 Facebook

Facebook and Instagram owner enabled child sexual exploitation (www.rt.com)
2026-3-26 Facebook Instagram

Meta announces new shopping and ad features, including affiliate marketing tools for Instagram and Facebook creators and a “buy now” button for Facebook ads (www.businessinsider.com)
2026-3-25 Facebook Instagram

Mark Zuckerberg's original metaverse vision is effectively over, after renaming Facebook to Meta and spending ~$80B on the endeavor, as his focus shifts to AI (www.nytimes.com)
2026-3-20 Facebook AI Zuckerberg

Facebook launches Creator Fast Track, offering big Instagram, TikTok and YouTube creators guaranteed monthly pay and boosted reach to post on Facebook (www.cnbc.com)
2026-3-19 Facebook YouTube Instagram

Facebook launches new tools to help creators detect and report impersonation, and updates guidelines to better define what it considers to be “original content” (techcrunch.com)
2026-3-14 Facebook

Meta adds new WhatsApp, Facebook, and Messenger anti-scam tools (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-3-12 Facebook WhatsApp

Meta adds more scam detection tools to its platforms, including unrecognized device linking warnings on WhatsApp and Facebook friend request warnings (www.theverge.com)
2026-3-11 Facebook WhatsApp

Indonesia says it will ban “high risk platforms”, including YouTube, TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, Threads, X, and Roblox, for children under 16 from March 28 (apnews.com)
2026-3-6 Facebook YouTube Instagram Ban Indonesia

Facebook accounts unavailable in worldwide outage (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-3-4 Facebook

Facebook blocks pro-government Hungarian news weeks ahead of elections (www.rt.com)
2026-3-3 Facebook

Filings: some Meta execs warned in 2019 that adding E2E encryption to Facebook and Instagram messaging would hinder the ability to flag CSAM to law enforcement (www.reuters.com)
2026-2-24 Facebook Instagram

Nonprofit What To Fix says Facebook's content monetization program grew from under 3M to over 12M participants in just over a year; 8M+ accounts are in English (restofworld.org)
2026-2-19 Facebook

Russia removes WhatsApp, Facebook, and Instagram from a Roskomnadzor-run online directory, essentially blocking them in the country without workarounds (www.ft.com)
2026-2-12 Russia Facebook Instagram WhatsApp

Facebook rolls out the ability for users to animate their profile picture and to restyle Stories or Memories using preset options or a text-based AI prompt (www.theverge.com)
2026-2-11 Facebook AI

Canada says it is talking to Meta to restore news to Facebook and Instagram as the Online News Act is put on the table as part of trade negotiations with the US (www.theglobeandmail.com)
2026-1-29 Facebook Instagram Canada

Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp To Test Premium Subscriptions (tech.slashdot.org)
2026-1-28 Facebook Instagram WhatsApp

The EU Commission says WhatsApp's Channels fall under the DSA's Very Large Online Platform rules, joining Instagram and Facebook, requiring it to address risks (www.euractiv.com)
2026-1-27 Facebook Instagram WhatsApp

The UK Gambling Commission says Meta is letting illegal gambling sites advertise on Facebook and Instagram, calling its ad library a “window into criminality” (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-1-20 Facebook Instagram

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