Meta will begin removing monetization privileges and stop recommending content from accounts that repeatedly post unoriginal content, many times aided by AI.

Like YouTube, Meta says it won't penalize users who are engaging with other people's content, doing things like making reaction videos, joining a trend, or adding their own takes.

WILMINGTON, Delaware, July 17 (Reuters) - A lawyer for Meta Platforms (META.O) shareholders who were suing Mark Zuckerberg and other company leaders told a Delaware judge on Thursday that the parties had reached a settlement agreement, ending a $8 billion trial over Facebook’s user privacy violations.

The trial against Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and other former and current leaders, over Facebook privacy violations, has officially begun.

Threads is testing letting you sign up with a Facebook account rather than an Instagram account. The new option, spotted by Social Media Today, doesn't appear to be widely available yet, but is already mentioned in a Meta support article.

Tech giant Meta bans and then reinstates an Australian woman's Instagram account, wrongly accusing her business page of posting child exploitation material.

Mixed options sentiment in Meta Platforms (Facebook) (META), with shares down $5.51 near $704.88. Options volume roughly in line with average with

Meta just wiped out over 10 million fake accounts — and that’s only in the first half of 2025. Most were impersonating big creators, gaming the algorithm, and flooding feeds with AI-generated junk.