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Thousands of Instagram and Facebook users in Chicago and across the country Wednesday afternoon reported outages with the platforms, with parent company Meta saying “technical issues” were impacting some users.

Thousands of social media users across the country Wednesday reported some technical problems when trying to access Facebook and Instagram, according to the website Down Detector.

In this week’s Tech Trends, Kate Ross from Meta discusses new limitations and policies related to accounts held by teens on the social media platforms, and how the company aims to keep children from skirting the rules.

Meta’s efforts to scale back political content on its platforms could limit the reach of people’s expressions of dissent or awareness during crises, including Venezuela’s post-election crisis. That’s according to a decision issued Thursday by the company’s oversight panel after reviewing two videos taken after the July election in the South American country. The quasi-independent Oversight Board urged the social...

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg says senior Biden administration officials pressured Facebook to “censor” some COVID-19 content during the pandemic.

Meta said it would remove a dedicated section for news articles in April that will affect Facebook users in the United States and Australia.

If you’ve been on Facebook recently you might have noticed an unexptected sound: a repeated chirping that just won’t stop.

Facebook has a new sound that appears while scrolling on the app. The social media giant’s parent company, Meta, says the sound is part of a technical error.

Facebook says a technical error has caused the app to make a sound when scrolling through the app on your cell phone. While a fix is in the works, here’s how your can turn it off.

A quasi-independent review board is recommending that Facebook parent company Meta overturn two decisions it made this fall to remove posts “informing the world about human suffering on both sides” of the Israel-Hamas war.

Guard credits assistant coach Chris Fleming, Zach LaVine for belief as he finds his voice

The Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether state laws seeking to regulate Facebook, TikTok, X and other social media platforms violate the Constitution.

Facebook users, the clock is ticking.

A woman was found dead in her own home, face down in a pool of blood, after she posted a cryptic Facebook Live video in which she implied she might be in danger, according to senior law enforcement sources.

The deadline to file a claim in a class-action Facebook privacy settlement arrives Friday, and only eligible users who file a claim will be among those to receive a portion of the multi-million dollar payment.

Meta’s Twitter clone called Threads is now available on the web for people to access via their desktop computers.

Recalled baby products linked to more than 100 infant deaths, including Boppy pillows, are still being sold on Facebook Marketplace, lawmakers said.

Earlier this year, the guidelines for the $725 million Facebook settlement were expanded to include even more users. But how much you could receive, and what you’ll need in order to file a claim depends on several factors.

If you were looking to file a claim in the nationwide class-action Facebook privacy settlement, the deadline to do so is this week.

You may be eligible for a payout as part of a $725 million class-action settlement against Facebook’s parent company Meta. But time is running out to file a claim — and you’ll need a few details on hand in order to do so correctly.