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Meta

February 24, 2025

UN chief Guterres warns social media rollbacks fuelling violence, hate

Mr Guterres warned that without moderation, social media risked becoming an arena for heated conflicts and blatant ignorance.

António Guterres
January 25, 2025

Meta to invest up to $65 billion in AI expansion in 2025

Meta plans to develop a massive data centre with a capacity of more than two gigawatts.

Meta
January 11, 2025

Mark Zuckerberg orders removal of menstrual pads from men’s bathrooms across Meta

In addition to this, Meta has reportedly removed transgender and non-binary “themes” on its Messenger chat app.

FACEBOOK; META; ZUCKERBERG
January 11, 2025

UN chief defends online regulation amid Meta’s ending of fact-checking programme

Mr Zuckerberg announced the cessation of Meta’s fact-checking programme last Tuesday, citing concerns over political bias.

Meta
January 8, 2025

Meta reviews hate speech guidelines, allowing labelling LGBTQ people as mentally sick

“We do allow allegations of mental illness or abnormality when based on gender or sexual orientation,” said Meta.

Meta; LGBTQ people
January 7, 2025

Facebook ends fact-checkers in major policy change, adopts community notes

Mr Zuckerberg said, “We’re gonna get back to our roots and focus on reducing mistakes, simplifying our policies, and restoring free expression on our platforms.’’

Facebook/Meta CEO, Mark Zuckerberg
January 7, 2025

Facebook terminates fact-checkers in major policy change, adopts community notes

“We’re going to get rid of fact-checkers and replace them with community notes, similar to X,” Mr Zuckerberg said in a video on Tuesday.

FACEBOOK; META; ZUCKERBERG
January 7, 2025

Meta gets new board members ahead of Trump’s inauguration

The giant tech company Meta has announced the election of Dana White, John Elkann and Charlie Songhurst to the company’s board of directors.

Zuckerberg meeting Trump
October 4, 2024

EU top court to rule on Meta data protection case

The case was brought by Austrian data protection activist Max Schrems, who has already won two major legal disputes against Facebook.

Meta
August 6, 2024

Meta unveils grants to empower AI-driven organisations

Kojo Boakye, vice-president of public policy (Africa, the Middle East, and Turkiye) for Meta, said this in a statement on Tuesday.

Meta and AI