Meta is expanding teen accounts to Facebook and Messenger. The company said the move is part of its ongoing effort to keep kids safer online.

The update expands the safeguards that currently apply to "teen accounts," which are default settings for users under the age of 18. According to Meta, parents ...

The Department of Defense (DOD) faced a tough welcome on Bluesky when it launched a "Department of War" account on the social ...

An Elgin police officer was put on leave after posting a Facebook message about immigration enforcement, Police Chief Ana ...

For those who use Messenger without a Facebook account, there’s still good news. After the desktop app is retired, you can ...

If deleting your account entirely is too much, you could start with the app. Apple has already made a change that stops apps such as Facebook from collecting data in the background as it moves to try ...

You do not need a Facebook account to use Portal video-chat devices, though using a Portal without Facebook will limit some ...

You can unlink multiple Instagram accounts, or unlink Instagram from Facebook, through the Settings menu in the Instagram app ...

A court in the Netherlands has ordered Meta to change Facebook and Instagram's timelines, after finding that the element ran afoul of the European Union's Digital Services Act (DSA). As reported by ...

Meta is starting to move more teens on Facebook and Messenger into dedicated "teen accounts" that have added parental controls and other protections for younger users.

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INVESTIGATOR BRIAN ROACH EXPLAINS THIS WHOLE CASE DATES BACK TO 2023. THE SETTLEMENT FOLLOWED A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT THAT ALLEGED THAT FACEBOOK MADE USER DATA AVAILABLE TO THIRD PARTIES WITHOUT THE ...