The UK's social media ban will cover Snapchat, TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, X, and more, and will require platforms to stop children from livestreaming
The UK has announced it is going to block social media for under-16s. — Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said that the ban would take effect in early 2027.
Meta's services, including Facebook and Instagram, are recovering after a brief outage that affected thousands of users
Meta's services, including Facebook and Instagram, are recovering after a brief outage that affected thousands of users
Facebook-parent Meta (META.O) said on Friday that users were having trouble accessing the social media company's services. — “We're aware people are currently having trouble accessing our services.
Meta expands Teen Accounts safety features to limit harmful content on Instagram, Facebook, and Messenger, including about nutrition, weightlifting, and anxiety
The changes, after Meta's legal losses in two child safety cases, are aimed at limiting harmful content shown to teenagers on Instagram, Facebook and Messenger.
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
Meta Platforms (META.O) will expand technology safeguards for teen accounts to 27 European Union countries and to Facebook in the United States …
The European Commission issues preliminary DSA findings against Meta, saying Instagram and Facebook fail to prevent under-13 users from accessing the services
The European Union's executive arm accused Meta Platforms Inc. of failing to keep young children off its services, ramping up a probe that could result in hefty fines.
Facebook launches new tools to help creators detect and report impersonation, and updates guidelines to better define what it considers to be “original content”
Meta adds more scam detection tools: Facebook alerts for suspicious friend requests, WhatsApp device linking warnings, and advanced scam detection on Messenger
Users will be alerted about suspicious activities like unrecognized device linking and friend requests.
Indonesia says it will ban “high-risk” platforms, including YouTube, TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, Threads, X, and Roblox, for children under 16 from March 28
Indonesia will ban social media for children under 16, Communication and Digital Affairs Minister Meutya Hafid said Friday.
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
Meta (META.O) executives proceeded with a plan to encrypt the messaging services connected to its Facebook and Instagram apps …