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October 23, 2026
Business

Meta shares fall nearly 7% as AI spending pushes free cash flow into negative territory

Meta shares fell nearly 7% on Thursday after the social media company reported negative free cash flow for the third quarter and increased the lower end of its expected annual capital expenditure,

Diplomacy/Judiciary

Meta Faces Record $25bn Fine in New Mexico Over Facebook Privacy and Safety Failures

Meta has been ordered to pay $25 billion by a judge in New Mexico after being found liable for repeatedly misleading Facebook users about privacy protections and content moderation. The ruling, one of the largest penalties imposed on the technology

October 22, 2026

Meta Employees Acknowledge Restrictions on Lula’s Accounts Ahead of Brazil Election

Artificial Intelligence

Meta employees have acknowledged in internal messages that restrictions affected the social media accounts of Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in the

Meta agrees to $16.68 billion US settlement over child safety

Business/Human Rights

Meta, the digital company behind Facebook and Instagram, has reached a multibillion-dollar settlement with numerous US states over allegations concerning the dangers its social

Meta shares fall nearly 7% as AI spending pushes free cash flow into negative territory

October 23, 2026
Business

Meta shares fell nearly 7% on Thursday after the social media company reported negative free cash flow for the third quarter and increased the lower end of its expected annual capital expenditure,

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Meta Faces Record $25bn Fine in New Mexico Over Facebook Privacy and Safety Failures

October 22, 2026
Diplomacy/Judiciary

Meta has been ordered to pay $25 billion by a judge in New Mexico after being found liable for repeatedly misleading Facebook users about privacy protections and content moderation. The ruling, one

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Meta Employees Acknowledge Restrictions on Lula’s Accounts Ahead of Brazil Election

October 17, 2026
Artificial Intelligence

Meta employees have acknowledged in internal messages that restrictions affected the social media accounts of Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in the days leading up to the country’s presidential election,

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Meta agrees to $16.68 billion US settlement over child safety

August 27, 2026
Business/Human Rights

Meta, the digital company behind Facebook and Instagram, has reached a multibillion-dollar settlement with numerous US states over allegations concerning the dangers its social media platforms pose to children and teenagers. Under

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Meta faces landmark US trial over social media harm to young people

August 18, 2026
Diplomacy/Geopolitics/Judiciary

Meta, the technology group founded by Mark Zuckerberg, faces this week the most consequential trial in its history, as a federal court in Oakland, California, considers allegations over the impact of Facebook

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How Social Media Learned to Exploit Young Minds

August 7, 2026
Editorials/Judiciary

Editorial The judgment delivered by Judge Bryan Biedscheid of the First Judicial District Court in New Mexico yesterday, 6 August 2026, may prove to be one of the most consequential legal decisions

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Instagram Bets On Disappearing Photos With New “Instants” App

April 25, 2026
Artificial Intelligence

Instagram has begun testing a new standalone application called “Instants,” designed for sharing disappearing photos with friends, marking a fresh attempt by the company to revive more spontaneous and personal forms of

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Meta Prepares Thousands of Job Cuts as AI Reshapes Big Tech Workforce

April 18, 2026
Business

Meta Platforms is preparing to cut thousands of jobs worldwide in a sweeping restructuring effort that could begin as early as next month, according to the Reuters. The planned reductions would affect

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Meta’s Secret AI Hardware Push Signals Race for Post-Smartphone Future

April 4, 2026
Business

Meta is quietly accelerating its ambitions in artificial intelligence hardware, assembling a dedicated team under its Superintelligence Labs division as it looks beyond smartphones toward a new class of AI-native devices. According

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Zuckerberg’s Silicon Valley Gamble: The AI Job Apocalypse

March 22, 2026
Artificial Intelligence

Employees at Meta have begun noticing subtle signs that a new era was dawning. Around the time Mark Zuckerberg launched his first cost-cutting measures in late 2022, rumors spread that clocks disappeared

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Meta Weighs Massive Layoffs as AI Spending Surges

March 14, 2026
Business

Meta Platforms is considering sweeping layoffs that could affect 20 percent or more of its workforce as the company accelerates spending on artificial intelligence and seeks to streamline operations, according to three

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Zuckerberg Overruled Experts to Reinstall Instagram Filters, Court Reveals

February 20, 2026
Artificial Intelligence/Human Rights

In a Los Angeles trial, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg admitted he ignored internal warnings from wellbeing experts to restore beauty filters on Instagram, raising questions about social media’s responsibility for teenage mental

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Meta Used “Ad Library” to Mask Scam Ads

January 1, 2026
Artificial Intelligence/Human Rights

Meta, the owner of Facebook and Instagram, took deliberate steps to reduce the visibility of fraudulent advertisements to regulators, internal documents reviewed by Reuters show. The effort, first observed in Japan last

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Meta Profits From China Scam Ads Despite Internal Warnings

December 16, 2025
China/World

A Reuters investigation has found that Meta, the owner of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, chose to tolerate high levels of fraudulent advertising from China despite internal findings that billions of dollars in

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Musk Sought Zuckerberg’s Backing for $97bn OpenAI Takeover Bid, Court Filing Reveals

August 22, 2025
Artificial Intelligence

Elon Musk attempted to recruit Meta chief executive Mark Zuckerberg to help finance a near-$100 billion bid to take control of OpenAI earlier this year, according to court documents reported by the

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