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A group of 33 US states are suing Meta Platforms Inc. for contributing to the youth mental health crisis by knowingly designing features that addict children to its platforms.

The company wants to charge users about 10 euros ($16.60) a month to use Instagram or Facebook without ads on desktop browsers.

The technology billionaire talked in Virtual Reality using a photorealistic avatar.

Karen purchased four Taylor Swift tickets from a mutual friend after seeing a post on a local church's Facebook group - but ended up losing $1800 with nothing to show for it.

Meta has unveiled its new innovation for the digital age.

Australian users were among those caught up in the 'Spamouflage' operation, tech giant Meta said.

A NSW Police district has jokingly listed its last Holden Commodore for sale on Facebook marketplace after retiring it.

Aussies running hot with Matildas fever are ripe targets for opportunist scammers looking to exploit the team's World Cup run.

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When a post from a farmer selling free range eggs popped up in her local Facebook group, it seemed like perfect timing for Brisbane mum Hanna Mouhetta.

Social media giant Meta and subsidiaries have copped $20 million in fines after an app that claimed protect personal information was found to have collected user data for commercial benefit.

Threads is billed as a text-based version of Instagram that the company says provides "a new, separate space for real-time updates and public conversations".

Meta has good timing because Twitter users are growing frustrated with Musk's changes and looking for a viable alternative, an expert says.

Online behemoths have long struggled to combat misinformation, leading to all kinds of societal and political flash points and problems.

Posting photos of children online has become normal for the latest generation of parents but experts are increasingly warning of the dangers around the practice.

The two — who in the past jostled for a high spot on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index before Musk became the world's richest man — have clashed before.

A major bank warned today more people using websites such as Facebook Marketplace are at risk.

The European Union slapped Meta with a record $1.95 billion privacy fine and ordered it to stop transferring users' personal information across the Atlantic by October.

Instagram users across the world were met with error messages, indicating that the social media site was experiencing a worldwide outage.

Mark Zuckerberg has ditched his hydrofoil board for the world of martial arts.

"The company's recklessness has put young users at risk, and Facebook needs to answer for its failures."

Much of the focus in recent months has been on privacy concerns around popular social media app TikTok.

Prize-winning organisation's closure indicates "relationship between news publishers and social media is pretty much over".

Artificial intelligence imaging can be used to create art, try on clothes in virtual fitting rooms or help design advertising campaigns.

Thabo Bester was at large for a year after it was thought he died by setting himself on fire in his prison cell.

An Adelaide mother-of-four has been left with no money and no car after her car broke down days after she bought it.

With rental vacancies across the county dipping to just 1.47 per cent, and conditions showing no sign of slowing down, it's tough out there to be a renter right now.

Like other tech companies, including Facebook and Google, Amazon ramped up its hiring during the pandemic when there was a massive surge in online shopping.

"This will be tough and there's no way around that," CEO Mark Zuckerberg said.

Jenny Singe was left feeling "distressed" after receiving Facebook messages from her late-husband who passed away two years ago.

OnlyFans and Pornhub's parent company MindGeek are also adding the photo fingerprint technology into their services.

Scammers are taking to social media sites such as Facebook to rip off house hunters desperate to snare a rental amid near record low vacancy rates.

Users who want the blue badge need to provide ID which matches their profile name and picture.

The app has been described as "TikTok for text" and possibly "even a surprise attack on Twitter."

Platforms such as Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat, YouTube and Facebook will come under scrutiny by the ACCC.

The former US President will have his Facebook and Instagram accounts restored after a two-year ban by Meta expires.

The former president's campaign has called on Facebook parent company Meta to give them back the keys to his account.

For a mere $58,000, you could be the lucky new owner of a life-sized, "firs class" dinosaur model, over four metres tall.

Juliette Jones was pumped about going on family holiday in a caravan she'd put a deposit on. However, within minutes of paying she realised she had made a terrible mistake.

The Facebook parent company has vowed to fight the penalty.

Mark Zuckerberg's baby BlenderBot 3 had some startling theories about two of Australia's most baffling cases.

As Meta shares plunged by as much as 70 per cent this year, investors are worried about Mark Zuckerberg's colossal bet on the metaverse.

Twitter will ban links to other social media services and suspend accounts that try to direct Twitter users to alternative platforms.

Christchurch woman Summer Morrell admitted she was responsible for several Facebook group scams where she received money for goods that were never dispatched.

Facebook parent Meta says it will be “forced to consider” removing news content from its platform if the US follows Australia's lead with proposed legislation.

A huge axe is swinging mercilessly through Silicon Valley, and the world's most powerful tech companies are culling workers in their thousands.

Wednesday's move came just a week after widespread layoffs at Twitter under its new owner, billionaire Elon Musk.

You know there's something fishy going on when a respected martial arts coach suddenly posts child exploitation material on his Facebook page.

It all started with a simple friend request on Facebook in June last year.  

People around the world are reporting problems sending and receiving messages on the popular chat app WhatsApp.