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. ...
09 Apr, 2025, 09.31 AM IST
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...
05 Apr, 2024, 08.18 AM IST
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.
12 Dec, 2023, 12.05 AM IST
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...
30 Nov, 2023, 08.26 PM IST
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 ...
29 Nov, 2023, 08.33 AM IST
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...
28 Nov, 2023, 08.28 AM IST
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...
17 Oct, 2023, 11.06 PM IST
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...
27 Jun, 2023, 03.32 PM IST
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 ...
06 May, 2023, 06.44 PM IST
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...
03 May, 2023, 11.26 PM IST
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...
03 May, 2023, 11.21 PM IST
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...
03 May, 2023, 11.06 PM IST
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...
26 May, 2022, 07.27 PM IST
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...
28 Jul, 2021, 12.03 PM IST
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.
28 Jul, 2021, 09.10 AM IST
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.
20 Mar, 2021, 03.02 PM IST
Facebook launches Messenger Kids in 70 countries, including IndiaThe application was rolled out with additional parental controls for children under the age of 13.
24 Apr, 2020, 09.01 PM IST