Facebook-parent Meta Platforms

Facebook-parent Meta Platforms Inc said on Tuesday it had raised $10 billion in its first-ever bond offering, as it looks to fund share buybacks and investments to revamp its business.

Facebook-parent Meta Platforms said on Thursday it would make its first-ever bond offering, at a time when the social media company is making massive investments to fund its metaverse projects.

Facebook owner Meta Platforms briefly restricted hashtags related to civilian deaths in northern Ukraine, where bodies of people shot at close range were found in a town seized back from Russian forces, a company spokesman confirmed.

The Washington Post reported that Meta is using smear tactics to go after TikTok. Meta, the Post reported, hired a Republican consulting firm called Targeted Victory to “orchestrate a nationwide campaign” against TikTok.

WhatsApp is reportedly working on adding a new entry to the apps settings, as a yearly reminder of the WhatsApp Terms of Service, according to a feature tracker. The entry will only be accessible to users in India, in order to comply with the IT Rules, according to the feature tracker. WhatsApp has also disabled access to the Quick Reply feature th...

Facebook-parent Meta will restrict access to Russian state media outlets RT and Sputnik on its platforms across the European Union, the company's head of global affairs said.

Facebook-parent Meta said it has no plans to pull its services from Europe, after raising the possibility amid an ongoing row over transferring European data to the United States.

Multiple US states have begun investigating potential violations in how Facebook, now known as Meta Platforms, runs its virtual-reality Oculus business, according to three sources familiar with the matter.

Facebook owner Meta Platforms said it would "assess the feasibility" of commissioning an independent human rights assessment into its work in Ethiopia, after its oversight board recommended a review of how Facebook and Instagram have been used to spread content that heightens the risk of violence there.

Facebook-parent Meta Platforms Inc said on Tuesday it had raised $10 billion in its first-ever bond offering, as it looks to fund share buybacks and investments to revamp its business.

Facebook-parent Meta Platforms said on Thursday it would make its first-ever bond offering, at a time when the social media company is making massive investments to fund its metaverse projects.

Facebook owner Meta Platforms briefly restricted hashtags related to civilian deaths in northern Ukraine, where bodies of people shot at close range were found in a town seized back from Russian forces, a company spokesman confirmed.

The Washington Post reported that Meta is using smear tactics to go after TikTok. Meta, the Post reported, hired a Republican consulting firm called Targeted Victory to “orchestrate a nationwide campaign” against TikTok.

WhatsApp is reportedly working on adding a new entry to the apps settings, as a yearly reminder of the WhatsApp Terms of Service, according to a feature tracker. The entry will only be accessible to users in India, in order to comply with the IT Rules, according to the feature tracker. WhatsApp has also disabled access to the Quick Reply feature th...

Facebook-parent Meta will restrict access to Russian state media outlets RT and Sputnik on its platforms across the European Union, the company's head of global affairs said.

Facebook-parent Meta said it has no plans to pull its services from Europe, after raising the possibility amid an ongoing row over transferring European data to the United States.

Multiple US states have begun investigating potential violations in how Facebook, now known as Meta Platforms, runs its virtual-reality Oculus business, according to three sources familiar with the matter.

Facebook owner Meta Platforms said it would "assess the feasibility" of commissioning an independent human rights assessment into its work in Ethiopia, after its oversight board recommended a review of how Facebook and Instagram have been used to spread content that heightens the risk of violence there.