What The Tech: Changes to Facebook, Instagram after Meta lawsuit
If approved, some of the biggest changes Facebook and Instagram have ever made for teenagers could begin rolling out within months
What The Tech App of the Day: Seller
Meta has launched Seller, a Facebook app, a new standalone app aimed at people who use Marketplace to sell everything.
What The Tech: Why Are So Many People on Facebook Suddenly “Digital Creators”?
The “Digital Creator” label does not necessarily mean someone produces content professionally or earns money from Facebook. In many cases, the person simply turned on Professional Mode after Facebook recommended it.
What The Tech: Meta Changes
The company says it isn’t collecting any new information. Instead, it’s expanding how it uses information that other websites and apps already share with Meta.
What the Tech: What accepting those ‘terms of service and conditions’ actually means
Most of us aren’t going to read the full terms of service. But taking a few minutes to check the “CliffsNotes” version might be one of the smartest things you can do online.
What The Tech: How to download your Facebook data
For many of us, Facebook holds years of photos, memories, contacts, and communities, our entire online life. Every day, people lose access to their accounts because they forget their passwords, or worse, because they’ve been hacked.
What the Tech App of the Day: Edits
You can type out what you want to say, and the words scroll on your screen while you record. It’s a simple feature, but it makes a big difference if you’re talking on camera.
What the Tech: How the recent Facebook scam can affect your page
If you’ve spent any time on Facebook lately, you may have seen a post claiming you can “reset the Facebook algorithm.” But there’s one big problem. That trick doesn’t work.
Mark Zuckerberg asked about children’s Instagram use in trial on dangers of social media
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and opposing lawyers dueled in court about whether social media platforms deliberately addict and harm children.
Landmark trial starts on whether social media companies cause children to be addicted to their platforms
The world’s biggest social media companies face several landmark trials this year to decide if they’re responsible for harms to children who use their platforms
