AUSTIN, Tex. — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing Facebook owner, Meta. Paxton alleges that Meta illegally collected users’ biometric data, including facial recognition technology, without their consent. The lawsuit goes on to accuse Meta of ...

Social media giant Meta could be forced to sell off Instagram and WhatsApp as a legal battle begins in the US. Owned by billionaire Mark Zuckerberg, the tech business which also owns Facebook bought Instagram in 2012 and WhatsApp in 2014. An antitrust ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Sheryl Sandberg, the No. 2 executive at Facebook owner Meta, is stepping down, according to a post Wednesday on her Facebook page. Sandberg has served as chief operating officer at the social media giant for 14 years. She joined from ...

A day after the Winklevoss twins’ suit was thrown out, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg faces another legal challenge. An upstate New Yorker claims 50% ownership in Facebook and has hired prominent technology law firm DLA Piper and produced dozens of emails ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Facebook parent Meta Platforms bought up nascent rivals Instagram and WhatsApp after its attempts to compete had failed, an attorney for the U.S. Federal Trade Commission said at the beginning of a high-stakes trial in Washington on ...

Back in 2010, New Yorker Paul Ceglia fraudulently claimed he owned 84 percent of Facebook, and took founder Mark Zuckerberg to court in order to prove it. After the case was dismissed, you’d have thought the story would have ended. Nope, it’s now ...