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Red Table Talk is reportedly being shopped around amid Facebook parent company Meta’s dismantling of its Facebook Watch Originals brand. Per a report from Deadline, the shift has also spurred the exit of Mina Lefevre, who joined Facebook in 2017 and served as Head of Development and Programming. In terms of the bigger picture, this is […]
Meta is preparing to reinstate Donald Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts. The tech giant announced the move in a news post Wednesday, more than two years after the former president was unceremoniously kicked off the platforms. The suspension was handed down in wake of the Jan. 6 Capitol riots, which were fueled by Trump’s baseless claims that the 2020 presidential election had been […]
Meta is out almost $35.5 million dollars following the loss of a campaign finance lawsuit filed by Washington state. NBC News reports that a judge in King County, Washington has ruled that the Facebook parent company has to pay $10.5 million in legal fees to the state and almost $25 million due to “repeated and […]
Meta, the company formerly known as Facebook Inc, has alerted FB users about app-focused efforts to steal their login information. In a recently shared statement, reps from Meta—specifically, David Agranovich (Director of Threat Disruption) and Ryan Victory (Malware Discovery and Detection Engineer)—announced they had identified more than 400 malicious apps across iOS and Android. These […]
Pornhub is calling on Instagram to “immediately end all discrimination toward those involved in the adult industry.” The move follows Instagram’s decision to permanently disable the adult entertainment brand’s official account. Per Pornhub, which shared an open letter to Meta and Instagram this week, their accounts are all “fully PG” but have been repeatedly targeted […]
Kim Kardashian and Kylie Jenner have joined in the calls urging Instagram to stop mimicking TikTok’s focus on video-oriented content and asking the Meta-owned platform to return to prioritizing photos. Both sisters posted the same message for their 687 million cumulative followers on their IG Stories: “Make Instagram Instagram Again.” The post continues, “Stop trying to be […]
A California family is suing Meta, claiming Instagram is to blame for their teenage daughter’s eating disorder and mental health issues. NBC News reports the lawsuit was filed Monday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, by Kathleen and Jeffrey Spence on behalf of their daughter Alexis Spence. The lawsuit alleges Alexis, who began using Instagram […]
Facebook and Instagram’s parent company, Meta, is disabling the use of certain filters in Texas and Illinois due to state facial recognition laws. CBS’ West Texas affiliate reports the move arrives after Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit in February against Meta that alleged the company was not properly using its facial recognition technology. The Texas Capture […]
Facebook and Instagram users in certain regions will be temporarily allowed to use “violent speech” against “Russian invaders,” Meta confirmed this week amid ongoing coverage of the Ukraine invasion. As first reported by Reuters, the company will also temporarily allow (under certain conditions) posts calling for Vladimir Putin or Alexander Lukashenko’s deaths, with internal communications cited in […]
On Wednesday, Instagram launched a new feature that will let users report any issues they encounter while using the platform without tapping any buttons. The new feature, which is appropriately titled “rage shake,” lets users literally shake their phone to report any problems they come across with the app. Once shaken, a pop-up screen should appear […]
