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China has blocked Meta’s $2 billion acquisition of artificial intelligence app Manus, as Washington and Beijing vie for dominance over the emerging technology.

Meta has announced plans to cut nearly 8,000 jobs, telling workers it’s looking to be more efficient.

Environmental footprint of Europe’s data centres kept secret after industry lobbying in a move legal experts warn could violate transparency rules.

Bei einem Auftritt auf dem TAdviser Summit sprach sich Shadayev im Einklang mit der Kreml-Politik dafür aus, ausländische Cloud-Dienste schrittweise einzuschränken, sofern inländische Alternativen vorhanden sind.

Russian digital development minister Maksut Shadayev has once again drawn attention after publicly calling for tighter restrictions on foreign internet services, while reportedly continuing to use products and platforms from the very companies he criticises.

Yet even as policymakers debate the issue, the framing itself risks missing the deeper problem.

If you are one of Meta’s almost 79,000 employees and cannot get hold of the boss, do not worry.

The European parliament has blocked the extension of a law that permits big tech firms to scan for child sexual exploitation on their platforms, creating a legal gap that child safety experts say will lead to crimes going undetected.

Meta blocked political advertisements on Facebook and Instagram in October, but misinformation researchers warn that the ban has pushed political ads by Orbán’s Fidesz underground.

Greece is set to ban under-15s from accessing social media under a new law that’s set to come into effect next year.

Tens of thousands of people have been paid by a company part-owned by Meta to train AI by combing Instagram accounts.

A former worker at Meta is being investigated by police over suspicions he downloaded about 30,000 private Facebook images.

Google’s UK boss has warned that a ban on social media for under-16s is not the "right approach" and risks driving children towards "more dangerous and unsupervised corners of the internet."

Addictive social media features should not be allowed, the Prime Minister has said, warning the next generation would not forgive the Government if it did not act.

Meta’s second major trial of 2026 over alleged harms to children begins on Monday.

A US district judge in Washington has ruled that Facebook-parent Meta Platforms did not violate antitrust laws with its acquisitions of photo-sharing app Instagram and messaging service WhatsApp more than a decade ago.

An LBC investigation has discovered that horrifying execution videos from Islamist terrorist organizations like the so-called Islamic State are available on Facebook.

Both platforms now have time to respond to the findings or face a penalty of up to 6% of their global annual revenue.

Google’s Ad Transparency tool no longer displays political online advertisements that have run on its platforms, past or present, from any countries in the European Union, making seven years of data from 27 different countries inaccessible.

An advertisement by a bar featuring Barney the Dinosaur that used the term "T-wrecked" has been banned for promoting excessive drinking by the advertising watchdog.

Facebook and Instagram users will soon be able to browse without ads, as Meta unveils a paid subscription service for mobile and desktop

Facebook and Instagram users in the UK will be offered ad-free versions of the social networks for up to £3.99 a month.

YouTube will offer creators a way to return to the streaming platform if they were banned for violating COVID-19 and election misinformation policies that are no longer in effect, its parent company Alphabet said Tuesday.