Lisa O'Connor - AFP / Getty ImagesCommentary Elon Musk Trolls Facebook, Instagram and Others as X Stays Up Amid Massive Social Media Outage While Meta and other Big Tech companies were experiencing technical difficulties, at least one was happily thriving. By Connor Cavanaugh March 5, 2024
Senator Josh Hawley / YouTube screen shot Sen. Josh Hawley Goes Scorched Earth on Zuckerberg, Forces Him to Apologize to Victims of App Sexual Exploitation GOP Sen. Josh Hawley grilled Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg Wednesday at a congressional hearing regarding child safety on social media platforms. By Randy DeSoto January 31, 2024
Joe Maher - BFC / Getty ImagesCommentary DEI Looks to Be on Its Deathbed After Woke Giants Announce Slashes to Diversity Budgets Virtue-signaling, pro-BLM corporations Google and Meta slashed DEI budgets amid a rough year for the tech industry. By Samantha Chang December 29, 2023
Mark Lennihan - File / AP Attorney General Alleges Facebook Has 'Become a Marketplace for Predators in Search of Children' in New Lawsuit Not only were the Meta accounts for children bombarded with explicit content, but they were also targeted in messages sent by adults. By Johnathan Jones December 6, 2023
Michael Dwyer / AP Photo Instagram Accused of Pushing Disturbing Content if Adult Users Follow Children Some major advertisers announced that they were suspending their ads on the Meta-owned social media platform. By George C. Upper III November 29, 2023
Nikita Burdenkov / Shutterstock Meta Secretly 'Coveted and Pursued' Preteens Not Supposed to be on Instagram: Unsealed Lawsuit Complaint A lawsuit says Meta knew for years it had Instagram users under the age of 13 and did nothing to stop them. By Jack Davis November 27, 2023
Jeff Chiu - File / AP Meta Deliberately Designed Platforms to Hook Children, Never Told the Public: Court Documents According to new court documents, social media company Meta deliberately designed programs to attract and hook adolescents. By The Associated Press November 26, 2023
Thibault Camus / AP Spokesman for Tech Giant Meta Now on Criminal Wanted List Andy Stone is wanted on unspecified criminal charges after Russian authorities classified Meta as a “terrorist and extremist” organization. By The Associated Press November 26, 2023
Andrew Harnik / AP Photo Zuckerberg 'Ignored' Top Executives Calling For Increased Safety Plans for Kids: Unredacted Lawsuit "This is about protecting kids," one state attorney general said. "What we want is for the company to change its behavior." By George C. Upper III November 10, 2023
JOSH EDELSON - AFP / Getty Images Zuckerberg's Meta Sued by 33 States for Targeting Kids The lawsuit was filed in California and is seeking penalties, restitution and a ruling to force Meta to end its current practices. By Johnathan Jones October 24, 2023