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Meta executive warned Facebook Messenger encryption plan was 'so irresponsible', shows court filingMeta executives proceeded with a plan to encrypt the messaging services connected to its Facebook and Instagram apps despite internal warni...- Reddit takes legal action against Australia’s social media ban for users under 16; US-based firm claims barring U-16 teens would impede political discourse in the countryReddit has filed a lawsuit against Australia's new rule banning under-16s from social media. The company argues the law infringes on politi...
- Alternative apps gain momentum in Australia after social media ban on teens begins - Check which apps are working and which are bannedAustralia's new social media rules for teens are pushing young users to other apps. Platforms like Lemon8, Yope, and Coverstar are seeing a...
- Meta expands 'teen accounts' to Facebook, Messenger amid children's online safety regulatory pushMeta is introducing its "Teen Accounts" feature on Facebook and Messenger, expanding privacy and parental controls to protect young users. ...
- Meta pushes back on US FTC's bid to amend 2020 privacy settlementMeta disclosed the bugs in July 2019, the Facebook-parent said in a filing on Thursday, adding it had spent $5.5 billion on its privacy pro...
- US judge to hear Meta privacy dispute with FTC next monthThe agency proposed tightening a 2019 consent agreement, that had forced Facebook, which became Meta in 2021, to pay a $5 billion penalty.
- Meta asks appeals court to tell FTC it cannot reopen privacy caseThe dispute stretches back to May, when the FTC proposed tightening a 2019 consent agreement to prohibit Meta from making money off young u...
- Meta will appeal US judge's ruling in privacy fight with FTCThe fight is largely over whether an FTC judge or a district judge will decide whether the FTC can unilaterally tighten an earlier consent ...
- Meta-FTC privacy lawsuit: US federal judge rules against social media giantThe FTC proposed changing a settlement reached in 2019 which required Facebook to pay $5 billion. The FTC said it would tighten that to bar...
- Meta, US government spar in court over toughened privacy orderLawyers for Meta , which owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, and the U.S. government tangled on Tuesday over the U.S. Federal Trade Comm...
- Meta launches more parental supervision tools for Instagram. Is it enough?Many of the features require minors - and their parents - to opt in, raising questions about how effective the measures are. Instagram, for...
- Is social media a safe place for children? Tips for concerned parents to set limitsThe risks of social media use by children and teens are prompting US lawmakers to propose changes, including prohibiting children under 13 ...
- FTC seeks 'blanket' ban on Meta's use of young users' dataRegulators also said Meta had misled parents about their ability to control whom their children communicated with on its Messenger Kids app...
- FTC: Facebook misled parents, failed to guard kids' privacyFederal Trade Commision on Wednesday proposed sweeping changes to a 2020 privacy order with Facebook - now called Meta - that would prohibi...
- FTC proposes ban on Meta profiting from minors' dataThe FTC's proposed changes include barring Facebook from making money off data collected on users under age 18, including in its virtual re...
- Meta updates privacy policy, says Indian users can choose to not acceptUnder the updated privacy policy, Meta will also outline more clearly the way it processes the information it collects from users, includin...
- Instagram rolls out changes to make it safer for teenagersStarting this week, Instagram will default users below 16 years (or 18 years in certain regions like the European Union) to a private accou...
- Facebook to restrict advertisers from targeting young users based on their activity on other sitesInstagram users under 16 years old will also start to be defaulted into having a private account when they join the platform.
- Facebook is working on 'kid-friendly' Instagram for children under age 13Critics raised concerns, saying it is just a way for Facebook to expand its user base.
- Facebook launches Messenger Kids in 70 countries, including IndiaThe application was rolled out with additional parental controls for children under the age of 13.
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