Long-time Facebook executive Sheryl Sandberg steps down after 14 years
Sheryl Sandberg, the No 2 executive at Facebook owner Meta who helped turn its business from startup to digital advertising empire, is stepping down. Ms Sandberg has served as chief operating officer at the social media
Facebook owner Meta updates privacy policy
Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, has updated its privacy policies to make them “easier to understand”, with alerts about the changes to begin arriving on Thursday. The company said the changes “don’t allow
Facebook says levels of harmful content taken down remain ‘consistent’
The prevalence of harmful content on Facebook and Instagram remained “relatively consistent” during the first three months of this year, the platforms’ parent company Meta said, as it published its latest community standards enforcement report. According
Russian ‘court’ bans Facebook and Instagram on ‘extremism’ charges
A Moscow court has banned Facebook and Instagram for what it deemed extremist activity in a case against their parent company Meta. The Tverskoy District Court fulfilled a request from prosecutors to outlaw Meta Platforms and
Russia blocks access to Facebook for its 146 million citizens
Russia has blocked access to Facebook for its 146 million citizens amid the Ukraine invasion, a state regulator has said.The country’s communications watchdog, Roskomnadzor, said the social media platform was blocked on day nine of the
Facebook hopes to stay online in Russia ‘to offer counter-speech to propaganda’
Facebook will try to continue to operate in Russia to offer a platform for “counter-speech” to the “propaganda” coming from Russian-state controlled media, Nick Clegg has said.The former UK deputy prime minister, who is now the
