Meta Platforms
American multinational technology conglomerate
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| 2025 | Following Donald Trump's election, sources noted potential censorship of Democratic Party-related content on Instagram and other Meta platforms. |
| 2025 | Following Donald Trump's election, sources noted potential censorship of Democratic Party-related content on Instagram and other Meta platforms. |
| February 2025 | Meta announced plans to roll back its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, citing shifts in the legal and policy landscape. |
| February 2025 | Meta announced plans to roll back its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, citing shifts in the legal and policy landscape. |
| January 2025 | Meta agreed to pay $25 million to settle a 2021 lawsuit brought by Donald Trump for suspending his social media accounts after the January 6 riots. |
| January 2025 | Meta ended its use of third-party fact-checkers and replaced them with a user-run community notes system, despite criticism from fact-checking institutions. |
| January 2025 | Meta faced significant criticism for removing LGBTQ+ content from its platforms, with activists arguing that the content moderation policies inadvertently stifled LGBTQ+ visibility and expression. |
| January 2025 | Meta ended its use of third-party fact-checkers and replaced them with a user-run community notes system, despite criticism from fact-checking institutions. |
| January 2025 | Meta faced significant criticism for removing LGBTQ+ content from its platforms, with activists arguing that the content moderation policies inadvertently stifled LGBTQ+ visibility and expression. |
| January 2025 | Meta agreed to pay $25 million to settle a 2021 lawsuit brought by Donald Trump for suspending his social media accounts after the January 6 riots. |
| 2024 | Meta attracted criticism for continuing to disseminate a proven false video of US President Joe Biden. |
| 2024 | Meta attracted criticism for continuing to disseminate a proven false video of US President Joe Biden. |
| December 2024 | Meta donated $1 million to the inauguration fund for then-President-elect Donald Trump. |
| December 2024 | Meta donated $1 million to the inauguration fund for then-President-elect Donald Trump. |
| December 11 2024 | Meta experienced a global outage affecting all social media and messaging applications, with over 70,000 Instagram and 100,000 Facebook outage reports. |
| December 11 2024 | Meta experienced a global outage affecting all social media and messaging applications, with over 70,000 Instagram and 100,000 Facebook outage reports. |
| December 4 2024 | Meta announced a $10 billion investment in its largest AI data center in northeast Louisiana, to be powered by natural gas facilities. |
| December 4 2024 | Meta announced a $10 billion investment in its largest AI data center in northeast Louisiana, to be powered by natural gas facilities. |
| November 2024 | Meta closed 2 million accounts on Facebook and Instagram linked to scam centers in multiple countries performing 'pig butchering' scams. |
| November 2024 | Meta closed 2 million accounts on Facebook and Instagram linked to scam centers in multiple countries performing 'pig butchering' scams. |
| October 2024 | Meta faced lawsuits in Japan from 30 plaintiffs claiming they were defrauded by fake investment ads with false celebrity endorsements, seeking approximately 2.8 million dollars in damages. |
| October 2024 | Meta faced lawsuits in Japan from 30 plaintiffs claiming they were defrauded by fake investment ads with false celebrity endorsements, seeking approximately 2.8 million dollars in damages. |
| October 4 2024 | Meta announced Movie Gen, a new AI model capable of generating realistic video and audio clips, with plans to collaborate directly with content creators. |
| October 4 2024 | Meta announced Movie Gen, a new AI model capable of generating realistic video and audio clips, with plans to collaborate directly with content creators. |
| September 16 2024 | Meta banned Russian state media outlets worldwide due to concerns about 'foreign interference activity', following allegations of covert influence campaigns. |
| September 16 2024 | Meta banned Russian state media outlets worldwide due to concerns about 'foreign interference activity', following allegations of covert influence campaigns. |
| August 2024 | Mark Zuckerberg sent a letter to Jim Jordan revealing that the Biden administration repeatedly requested Meta to limit COVID-19 content, including humor and satire, on Facebook and Instagram during the pandemic. |
| August 2024 | Mark Zuckerberg sent a letter to Jim Jordan revealing that the Biden administration repeatedly requested Meta to limit COVID-19 content, including humor and satire, on Facebook and Instagram during the pandemic. |
| July 2024 | Meta agreed to pay Texas $1.4 billion to settle a lawsuit over collecting users' biometric data without consent, setting a record for the largest privacy-related state settlement. |
| July 2024 | Meta agreed to pay Texas $1.4 billion to settle a lawsuit over collecting users' biometric data without consent, setting a record for the largest privacy-related state settlement. |
| May 16 2024 | The European Commission initiated an investigation into Meta over child safety concerns. |
| May 16 2024 | The European Commission initiated an investigation into Meta over child safety concerns. |
| February 2024 | Meta removed the Facebook and Instagram accounts of Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, citing repeated violations of its Dangerous Organizations & Individuals policy. |
| February 2024 | Meta removed the Facebook and Instagram accounts of Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, citing repeated violations of its Dangerous Organizations & Individuals policy. |
| January 2024 | Meta's stock reached an all-time high, bringing the company within 2% of achieving a $1 trillion market capitalization. |
| January 2024 | Meta's stock reached an all-time high, bringing the company within 2% of achieving a $1 trillion market capitalization. |
| 2023 | Meta was ranked #31 on the Forbes Global 2000 ranking, highlighting its significant position among global technology corporations. |
| 2023 | Meta was ranked #31 on the Forbes Global 2000 ranking, highlighting its significant position among global technology corporations. |
| November 2023 | Meta Platforms launched an ad-free service in Europe, allowing subscribers to opt-out of personal data collection for targeted advertising. |
| November 2023 | Meta Platforms launched an ad-free service in Europe, allowing subscribers to opt-out of personal data collection for targeted advertising. |
| September 2023 | Meta paid £149m to British Land to break the lease on its Triton Square London office, with 18 years remaining on the original lease. |
| September 2023 | Meta paid £149m to British Land to break the lease on its Triton Square London office, with 18 years remaining on the original lease. |
| August 2023 | Meta permanently removed news content from Facebook and Instagram in Canada in response to the Online News Act, which requires compensation for news outlets. |
| August 2023 | Meta permanently removed news content from Facebook and Instagram in Canada in response to the Online News Act, which requires compensation for news outlets. |
| July 2023 | Meta unveiled its artificial intelligence model Llama 2, making it available for commercial use through partnerships with major cloud providers like Microsoft, marking the first project from its generative AI group. |
| July 2023 | Meta unveiled its artificial intelligence model Llama 2, making it available for commercial use through partnerships with major cloud providers like Microsoft, marking the first project from its generative AI group. |
| July 6 2023 | Meta launched Threads, a new social media app designed to compete directly with Twitter. |
| July 6 2023 | Meta launched Threads, a new social media app designed to compete directly with Twitter. |
| May 2023 | The European Data Protection Board fined Meta a record €1.2 billion for breaching EU data privacy laws by transferring Facebook users' personal data to U.S. servers. |
| May 2023 | Giphy was divested to Shutterstock for $53 million. |
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