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Meta has agreed to pay nearly $17 billion and add child-safety measures to its Facebook and Instagram platforms to end a landmark trial that's been playing out in Oakland over teen social media addiction and settle claims filed by 47 states, court records show.

A trial is set to begin Tuesday in federal court in Oakland, California as four states are pushing for Meta to pay $1.4 trillion over allegations that its platform is addictive for underage users. 

A crew who called for emergency maritime help after their boat ran out of fuel reportedly didn't receive a response from the crew of Mark Zuckerberg’s luxury yacht, who missed their call.

A New Mexico judge has ordered Facebook and Instagram parent company Meta to pay $567 million to confront the impact their platforms have had on young users. 

Meta's controversial Muse Image feature automatically opted public Instagram profiles into allowing their photos to be used as reference for AI image generation. Meta removed the feature after just three days.

Meta’s new Muse Image feature can use photos to create AI-generated images, even from public Instagram accounts.

More than 100 companies are set to layoff workers in 2026.

Thousands of users reported outages across Meta's platforms, including Facebook, Messenger and Instagram, according to Downdetector.

Facebook users who were part of the massive $725 million class-action settlement may be due for a second payment.

Corporate executive pay continued its upward movement last year, driven by a bump in total compensation. Organizations leveraged high stock performance and one-time financial incentives to maintain executive talent, pushing CEO payments to millions of dollars.

Peter Kastanes, the creator of the popular Vanished Chicagoland Facebook page, has died after a long battle with cancer.

According to a report, Meta is preparing to cut thousands of jobs as early as next month, with more layoffs expected later this year. Here's what to know.

City leaders are taking a new approach to stopping large teen gatherings by working directly with social media companies. 

Meta and YouTube were found liable in a landmark Los Angeles lawsuit for "engineered addiction" and harming a child's mental health through negligent platform design.

A New Mexico jury ruled Tuesday that social media giant Meta harms children’s mental health and violates state consumer protection laws.

A Chicago-area man who thought he’d found a real relationship through online dating instead lost $70,000 to an AI-powered romance scam, highlighting how fast-growing fraud schemes are exploiting people’s desire for connection.