by dbadmin | Sep 15, 2025 | Facebook, Meta, News
Credit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR In 2022, Meta agreed to pay a $725 million settlement to millions of users for allegedly selling their personal information to Cambridge Analytica. The company handling the payments has confirmed that the distribution...
by dbadmin | Dec 11, 2024 | Facebook, Facebook Messenger, Instagram, Meta, News, Threads, WhatsApp
Meta sites like Facebook and Instagram are experiencing significant service interruptions. It’s possible this could be part of a wider internet connectivity failure. Outage reports have been spiking over the past hour across multiple sites and services online. The...
by dbadmin | Sep 20, 2024 | Amazon, Discord, Facebook, Meta, News, Reddit, Twitch, Twitter, WhatsApp
An FTC report has accused social media companies of vast user surveillance. The report found that major social media platforms are collecting excessive amounts of user data and not doing enough to protect privacy, especially for children. The report raises grave...
by dbadmin | Jul 31, 2024 | AI, Facebook, Instagram, Meta, News
10 months after their inception, Meta has canceled its 28 celebrity chatbots The AI-powered accounts had been featured on both Facebook and Instagram. The way some companies with big AI dreams are thinking, smartphone users want nothing more than to get advice from,...
by dbadmin | Jul 30, 2024 | Facebook, How-to's, News
Update, July 30, 2024 (09:05 AM ET): Many users have reported that Facebook is down for them, indicating that the service is having a partial outage in some regions. We can see several user reports on (other) social media that they can’t see comments on Facebook, and...
by dbadmin | Jul 1, 2024 | Facebook, Instagram, Meta, News
Credit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority The European Commission says that Meta’s advertising model on Facebook and Instagram may violate the Digital Markets Act. Users are given a choice between allowing personalized ads or paying for an ad-free experience, which...