Facebook to end facial-recognition system for more than 1B users

More than a third of Facebook’s daily active users have opted in to have their faces recognized by the social network’s system.

Takeaways from Facebook's decision to change its company name
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Chris Rodgers from Colorado SEO Pros joins Good Day Chicago to talk about why Facebook changed its company name and what that means for their plans for the future.

Facebook changes company name to Meta to emphasize its ‘metaverse’ vision

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says his company is rebranding itself as Meta, an effort to encompass its virtual-reality vision for the future.

Facebook to change name to reflect the 'metaverse'
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Mana Ionescu, founder of Lightspan Digital, talks about the timing behind Facebook's potential name change and what the company hopes to accomplish with their rebranding.

Protesters demand CEO Mark Zuckerberg leave Facebook

A group gathered outside of the home of Mark Zuckerberg demanding he resign as CEO of the social media company.

What to make of whistleblower's claims about Facebook
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Andrew Stoltmann of Stoltmann Law Offices joins Good Day Chicago to talk about the allegations made against Facebook and the ensuing legal battle they could find themselves in.

After bombshell whistleblower interview, Facebook outage lasts hours

The whistleblower brought forth documents indicating the company knowingly puts profits ahead of public safety — an allegation the company hasn't flat-out denied.

Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp go down in apparent major outage
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Facebook and its apps Instagram and WhatsApp were all down on Monday in an apparent widespread outage, according to the company. Carl Prouty from Abt Electronics in Glenview talks about it.

Facebook pauses development of Instagram for Kids app
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Dr. Colleen Stiles-Shields from Rush University Medical Center shares her thoughts on Facebook's about-face on the Instagram for Kids app and how social media can shape the minds of children.

Instagram leads to mental health, body image troubles for teen girls: report

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Facebook has known its app, Instagram, leads to mental health and body image trouble for teenage girls. 

Instagram is damaging to teen girls: report
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The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Facebook has known its app, Instagram, leads to mental health and body image trouble for teenage girls.

Report: Instagram toxic for young girls
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Popular social media sites are proving to be toxic for young girls, according to a report. Dr. Tali Raviv, a psychologist at Lurie Children's Hospital weighs in on the topic.