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A Kenyan court has set a new date for hearing submissions in a lawsuit filed by a former Facebook content moderator against Meta and one of its outsourcing partners, accusing…

Meta is discontinuing Facebook’s Nextdoor-like product, called Neighborhoods, before it’s even available to most users. The social network began offering it to select users in Canada back in 2020, promoting…

Less than two months before Brazil’s 2022 elections, a report by an international NGO noted that Facebook’s parent company Meta “shockingly” failed to detect false political ads. The organization tested…

Meta allowed ads containing hate speech and calls for violence ahead of the country’s election. But experts warn that a shutdown is not the answer. This article was previously published…

Facebook Facebook was one of the first social media platforms to adopt an algorithmically sorted timeline, much to the dismay of those who wanted to know what their friends and…

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Facebook groups appear to be getting an overhaul, possibly inspired by apps popular with younger audiences like Discord. On Tuesday, announced meta that it’s testing Facebook groups and adding new…

Your favorite podcast may soon have an official, easy-to-find forum. meta has teamed up with podcast giant Acast to offer exclusive Facebook groups for podcasts with paid Acast+ subscriptions. Link…

Loading audio player… Meta is updating its Community Feedback Policy to crack down on people and companies who abuse its rating system. Go forward, Facebook will be stricter (opens in…

More than a million Illinois residents will receive a $397 settlement payment from Facebook this week, thanks to a lawsuit over the platform’s now-defunct photo-tagging system, which used facial recognition.…