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Facebook’s on-again, off-again relationship with hashtags seems to have taken another down turn, with the company announcing that hashtag topics in groups, which were...

Meta sees Reels as an important aspect of its apps, and the platform is rolling out some new features for the format on Facebook. For one thing, Facebook is extending the maximum length of Reels to 90 seconds, up from 60. Meta increased the Instagram Reels time limit to 90 seconds last July, but both

Meta’s testing paid verification for Instagram and Facebook for $11.99 per month on web and $14.99 per month on mobile. In an update on Instagram, CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that a “Meta Verified” account will grant users a verified badge, increased visibility on the platforms, prioritized customer support, and more. The feature’s rolling out to

Facebook has ended a two-year ban on former US President Donald Trump. The ban was initially imposed after allegations that Trump incited violence at the Capitol and was later upheld by the Oversight Board, an independent group established to review Facebook’s decision-making. However, the board criticized the open-ended nature of the suspension and called for

Tada Images/Shutterstock Former Meta data scientist George Hayward has accused the social media giant of engaging in a practice known as "negative testing," claiming that it can drain a user's phone battery for its own purposes without the user's knowledge. The news surfaced in the form of a lawsuit filed by Hayward against the company

The monitoring board of Facebook’s parent business asserts that the site erred in removing a post containing a common protest chant against the leader of Iran.Information Guide Nigeria In July, Meta administrators stated that the phrase “marg bar Khamenei” (literally “death to Khamenei”) violated community standards...

Home News Computing (Image credit: Meta) Meta is reportedly in the process of shutting down its Facebook Creator Studio in a move that will see its offerings become more streamlined.The change was noted by social media consultant and industry analyst Matt Navarra on Twitter (opens in new tab), who posted a screenshot reading: “Creator Studio

Facebook parent firm Meta faces fines totalling €390m (£345m), after European regulators found it had been unlawfully processing customers’ personal data to deliver targeted advertising on its Facebook and Instagram social media sites since 2018. Ireland’s Data Protection Commission has given the company three months to comply with Europe’s data protection laws after regulators found