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(Reuters) – A U.S. judge ruled on Tuesday that a lawsuit accusing Meta Platforms Inc’s Facebook of deceiving advertisers about its “potential reach” tool can proceed as a class action. …

AMSTERDAM – Facebook owner Meta said on Tuesday it was suspending plans to build a giant data centre in the Netherlands, following political opposition. The move comes a week after …

WASHINGTON – The powerful U.S. Chamber of Commerce filed a brief on Monday, urging a D.C. appeals court to reject an appeal by a big group of U.S. states to …

Russia Moves To Declare Facebook Parent Company An ‘Extremist Organization,’ Ban Instagram Ailan Evans on March 11, 2022 Russian prosecutors asked a court to classify Facebook parent company Meta as …

China Pushes Russia’s Ukraine Narrative With Facebook Ads Sebastian Hughes on March 9, 2022 China Global TV Network (CGTN), a Chinese state broadcaster, is running ads on Facebook that push …

GLOUCESTER TOWNSHIP, NJ – The Gloucester Police Department conducted a stakeout in an attempt to catch a copper thief that has been burglarizing work vehicles stored in a yard at …

NICEVILLE, FL – A domestic violence victim says an argument turned violent near Niceville on March 5th when 29-year old Dale Atkerson put his hands around her neck and cut …

Tulsa, OK – Tulsa police are reporting a man has been shot and killed near 56th St. N. and Peoria Ave. According to police at around 10:45 am Thursday morning, …

A Russian regulator said Friday that the country would partially limit access to Facebook in response to the tech giant’s alleged restricting of Russian media accounts. Roskomnadzor, Russia’s internet and …

By Elizabeth Culliford – Facebook did not add labels to half of posts pushing content from top climate change deniers, according to an analysis from the Center for Countering Digital …

By Elizabeth Culliford – Facebook is launching its short video feature Reels to more than 150 countries, its owner Meta Platforms said on Tuesday, in a move to expand its …

DUBLIN – Ireland’s data watchdog expects to consult fellow EU regulators in April on its investigation into Facebook’s data transfers, moving closer to a decision that could hammer transatlantic business …

Facebook is blocking Republican Arizona Senate candidate Jim Lamon’s campaign ad featured during the Super Bowl, citing its rules against promoting the sale of firearms. Lamon’s campaign attempted to run …

WASHINGTON -The Texas attorney general’s office sued Meta’s Facebook on Monday, alleging that the social media giant violated state privacy protections with facial-recognition technology that collected the biometric data of …

Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit against Facebook parent company Meta on Monday alleging the company illegally shared biometric data on its users. The lawsuit alleges Meta …

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A Kansas City, Kansas, man who was involved in a shooting, which resulted in injuries to several people, was sentenced in federal court today for illegally …

Facebook has censored a story Wednesday published by The Washington Free Beacon detailing the Biden administration’s funding of crack pipes. The Washington Free Beacon published an article Monday titled “Biden Admin To …

By Elizabeth Culliford and Silvia Aloisi NEW YORK/MILAN – Facebook owner Meta Platforms is struggling to stop counterfeiters from pushing fake luxury goods from Gucci to Chanel across its social …

By Elizabeth Culliford – Facebook owner Meta Platforms should not allow users to share people’s private residential information on its platforms even when the information is publicly available, the company’s …

Venture capitalist Peter Thiel is abandoning his position on Facebook parent company Meta’s board of directors, the company announced Monday, to reportedly focus his energy on politics. Thiel, who is …

Republican Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley sent a letter Wednesday to Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook parent company Meta, requesting information on the tech giant’s human trafficking policy. Facebook announced plans …

By Elizabeth Culliford – Facebook’s parent Meta Platforms said on Friday it is launching a tool for people using its virtual reality social platforms to maintain personal space boundaries, as …

Ailan Evans on February 3, 2022 Facebook parent company Meta is on pace to lose roughly $200 billion in market value as shares plummeted early Thursday. The company’s shares dropped …

By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON – When U.S. President Joe Biden accused Facebook of “killing people” by spreading vaccine lies in July, many experts and researchers hoped it marked the beginning …