Meta built a global fact-checking operation. Will it survive?
The company's policy reversal comes as the U.S. is diverging sharply from other countries over regulating social media.
Instagram reel roundup: School for dads, COVID conundrum, skateboarders in skirts
The most popular Instagram reels from our Goats and Soda team: Bolivia's bold women skateboarders, ponytail-making lessons, a perplexing COVID situation, fog harvesting.
Instagram makes all teen accounts private, in a highly scrutinized push for child safety
The social media app unveiled a new product for young users of the app that is intended to make the service safer for teenagers. The tools include making all teen accounts private and allowing parents to supervise activity.
Meta shutters tool used to fight disinformation, despite outcry
The social media company discontinues its CrowdTangle tool, which researchers have used to track misinformation. Amid fears of election interference, lawmakers have urged Meta to keep it running.
These dreamy photos of historical Cairo will transport you to another time
Photographer Nour El Massry captures ethereal images of Egyptian landscapes, interiors and architecture in one of the world's largest megacities.
TikTok and others change platforms to protect kids. Advocates say it's just a start
A new report by Children and Screens rounds up the changes spurred by the U.K.'s Age Appropriate Design Code, which went into effect in 2020. Similar laws are being considered in the U.S.
'This is garbage': Step aside, influencers — we're now in the era of de-influencing
A new movement has emerged in recent years: de-influencing. What started as a backlash to advertising could now have a surprising and real-world impact on the environment.
'You have blood on your hands,' Senator tells Mark Zuckerberg for failing kids online
The top tech executives from Meta, X, TikTok, Snap and Discord get the fifth degree from the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Meta failed to address harm to teens, whistleblower testifies as Senators vow action
Former engineer Arturo Bejar says he repeatedly raised the alarm to company execs about Instagram's harm to teens and they failed to act. Senators vow to pass a social media law this year.
New study shows just how Facebook's algorithm shapes conservative and liberal bubbles
Research conducted at the height of the 2020 election reveals new details about how Facebook's algorithms handle political content. But it suggests there are no easy fixes to political polarization.