The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF) has officially severed ties with Meta’s external civil rights advisory board, citing serious concerns over the tech giant’s recent rollback of diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) policies. In a statement released on April 11, LDF announced its exit from the board, highlighting Meta’s January 2025 changes […]
Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, has agreed to a $25 million settlement with former President Donald Trump, resolving a lawsuit stemming from the suspension of his social media accounts after the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot, according to NBC News. The settlement, filed in a federal court in San Francisco, includes an […]
Meta, the company that owns Facebook and Instagram, has denied claims that it made users follow the social media accounts of top officials in Donald Trump’s new administration without their consent. After Trump was inaugurated on Monday, some people said that their accounts suddenly started following the new president, Vice-President JD Vance, and First Lady […]
Meta has introduced a new app called “Edits” for editing videos. This new app comes after CapCut was shut down because of a TikTok ban. The U.S. government had concerns that TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, and its apps could misuse information and spread false information. This led to a rule that forced ByteDance to sell […]
Meta Platforms announced on Monday the election of three new members to its board of directors. Among the new appointees is Dana White, CEO of Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) and a close associate of President-elect Donald Trump. Joining White are Charlie Songhurst, an investor and former Microsoft executive, and John Elkann, CEO of Exor, a […]
