Meta Platforms

U.S. Is Investigating Meta for Role in Drug Sales

Federal prosecutors are looking into whether platforms including Facebook facilitate and profit from illicit sale of drugs

Meta Staff Found Instagram Subscription Tool Enabled Child Exploitation. The Company Pressed Ahead Anyway.

Employees offered suggestions to reduce risks of misuse of subscription accounts featuring minors. Meta took another approach and says its programs are well monitored.

Instagram and Facebook Will Stop Treating Teens Like Adults

Efforts to curb harmful material and reduce unwanted interactions with teen social-media accounts come as states sue parent company Meta

A ‘Recipe for Disaster’: Insiders Warned Meta’s Privacy Push Would Shield Child Predators

The company’s own child-safety experts sounded the alarm about efforts to encrypt messages on Instagram and Facebook. This month, it started doing it anyway.

Meta Is Struggling to Boot Pedophiles Off Facebook and Instagram

The social-media company has stepped up enforcement, but its algorithms continue to promote problematic content