European Union regulators hit Facebook parent Meta with a fine of nearly 800 million euros on Thursday for what it calls “abusive practices” involving its Marketplace online classified ads business.

Facebook and Instagram users in Europe will get the option to see less personalized ads if they don’t want to pay for an ad-free subscription.

Just weeks before the U.S. presidential election, TikTok still approved advertisements that contained election disinformation even though it has a ban on political ads.

A congressional candidate who says he was tricked by Democrats into running as a spoiler in a competitive House race in Minnesota is suspending his campaign and endorsing his Republican rival.

Social media users across the European Union will soon have a new forum to challenge decisions by platforms to remove posts and videos for breaking their rules or leave up others that may violate them.

The European Union’s top court has said that social media company Meta can’t use public information about a user’s sexual orientation obtained outside its platforms for personalized advertising under the bloc’s strict data privacy rules.

Meta, Facebook’s parent company, has lost an appeal in a Kenyan labor court.

Several little-known pro-Trump candidates are running for Congress in key races as independents, and an Associated Press review finds they were recruited and backed by the same shadowy group.

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Meta's new security features include the ability to see how much time their teen spends on Facebook and Messenger, set time limits and whether or not their teen can make payments on certain listed products.

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Bryan Fire Department crews stepped in with lifesaving measures for a dog they first thought was dead, after an apartment fire.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg says senior Biden administration officials pressured Facebook to “censor” some COVID-19 content during the pandemic.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg says senior Biden administration officials pressured Facebook to “censor” some COVID-19 content during the pandemic.

One driver was trapped inside their vehicle but was safely extricated by Fire and EMS teams. The other driver sustained life-threatening injuries and was rushed to a local hospital.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has reached a settlement of over $1.4 billion with the social media company Meta (formerly known as Facebook).

Officials say Meta has agreed to a $1.4 billion settlement with Texas in a privacy lawsuit over allegations that the tech giant used biometric data of users without their permission.

Several major universities in Bangladesh have agreed to shut their doors after at least six people died in violent campus protests.

Social media, particularly Facebook, has become a crucial tool in the search for missing people but is also exploited by scammers who post fake missing child alerts using recycled photos.

Facebook has lifted restrictions imposed on Donald Trump after the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.

A deep dive into political ads on Facebook by researchers at Syracuse University has revealed a sprawling web of advertisements that contain misleading information or scams.

An up-and-coming political star in Fort Bend County is facing additional allegations of pretending to be someone else on the internet.

We all say things in bad taste we later regret, and sadly our Mayor fell victim to that when he jokingly said in a deleted comment about Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo's fiance that he "looks like a nerd."

A law that was passed by the Texas Legislature in 2009 has helped play a roll in the arrest of Democrat Taral Patel, who is accused of portraying himself as someone he is not over the internet.

The city of Galveston is giving residents a heads-up after some have reportedly experienced discoloration in their drinking water.

The Supreme Court has agreed to consider shutting down a multibillion-dollar class action investors’ lawsuit against Facebook parent Meta stemming from the privacy scandal involving the Cambridge Analytica political consulting firm.

Spain’s government has proposed a law to protect children from online threats that includes virtual restraining orders for felons and a higher age for opening social media accounts.

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A spokesperson for the families of a young missionary couple from the U.S. says their bodies are going to be transported to Missouri this week.

The artist who created the Precious Moments figurines depicting angelic teardrop-eyed children has died.

The European Union opened fresh investigations into Facebook and Instagram over suspicions that they’re failing to protect children online, in violation of the bloc’s strict digital regulations for social media platforms.

Several Democrats serving as their state’s top election officials have sent a letter to the parent company of Facebook, asking it to stop allowing ads that claim the 2020 presidential election was stolen.

The European Union says it’s investigating Facebook and Instagram for suspected violations of the bloc’s digital rulebook, including not doing enough to protect users from foreign disinformation ahead of EU-wide elections.

In this Arcola City Council race, candidate Chris De Los Santos alleges that the Mayor has threatened him.

Facebook and Instagram parent company Meta says its first-quarter profit more than doubled, boosted by higher advertising revenue and a 6% increase on the average price of ads on its platforms.

Generative AI is advancing so quickly that the latest chatbots available today could be out of date tomorrow.

Two tribal nations are accusing social media companies of contributing to high rates of suicides that disproportionately affect Native American youth.

Meta will be sunsetting Facebook News in early April for users in the U.S. and Australia as the platform further deemphasizes news and politics.

Reddit will enter a new era as a publicly traded company with a market value of $6.4 billion.

The Supreme Court is taking up a dispute between Republican-led states and the Biden administration over how far the federal government can go to combat controversial social media posts on topics like COVID-19 and election security.

House Republicans are moving ahead with a bill that would require Chinese company ByteDance to sell TikTok or face a ban in the United States even as former President Donald Trump is voicing opposition to the effort.

Nearly three-quarters of U.S. teens say they feel happy or peaceful when they don’t have their phones with them, according to a new report from the Pew Research Center.

A group of 40 state attorneys general have sent a letter to Instagram and Facebook parent company Meta expressing concern over what they say is dramatic uptick of consumer complaints about account takeovers and lockouts.

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A technical issue had caused widespread login issues for more than an hour across Meta’s Facebook, Instagram, Threads and Messenger platforms on Tuesday.

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Texarkana police officers got the surprise of their lives while responding to a call from a concerned citizen.

Running into a really terrible ex-partner can be the worst sometimes, especially on Valentine’s Day. That’s why the Brazoria County Constable’s Office made a post on Facebook asking for those terrible exes to be turned into authorities.

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An oversight board is criticizing Facebook owner Meta's policies on manipulated media as “incoherent” and insufficient to address online disinformation in a major election year.

Bellaire Police stated via Facebook they were part of the team investigating a suspected illegal marijuana operation and that arrests were pending.

Mark Zuckerberg has accumulated a long history of public apologies, often issued in the wake of crisis or when Facebook users rose up against unannounced — and frequently unappreciated — changes in its service.

Do you know how many users there are a month around the world? How many people over 65 use the platform? Which country has the most users?

While a student at Harvard in 2003, Mark Zuckerberg developed what was then known as Facemash, an online platform intended to judge the attractiveness of students at the university.

Which groups on Facebook do you benefit from the most and why? Are there any interesting stories about how a particular group has enriched your life for the better?

A man suspected of shooting and killing eight people in suburban Chicago fatally shot himself after a confrontation at a gas station with law enforcement officials in Texas.

Houston Life welcomes Jennifer Lopez-Fuller! She started "Bay Area Houston Food Lovers" to connect hundreds of local businesses to the community. Now, over 60-thousand people are part of the movement. We caught up with her on how this venture started and how you too can shop, eat and save.

Newly unredacted documents from New Mexico’s lawsuit against Meta underscore the company’s historical reluctance to keep children safe on its platforms.

Meta says it will start hiding inappropriate content from teenagers’ accounts on Instagram and Facebook.

A federal judge has temporarily halted enforcement of an Ohio law that would require children under 16 to get parental consent to use social media apps.

A trade group representing TikTok, Snapchat, Meta and other major tech companies has sued Ohio over a pending law that requires children to get parental consent to use social media apps.

Harris County Precinct 3 will be using a new method to de-ice roadways this winter.

A study from Harvard says social media companies collectively made over $11 billion in U.S. advertising revenue from minors last year.

A quasi-independent review board has ruled that Facebook parent company Meta should overturn two decisions it made this fall to remove posts “informing the world about human suffering on both sides” of the Israel-Hamas war.

Teen usage of social media hasn’t dropped much, despite rising concerns about its effects on the mental health of adolescents.

Meta is rolling out end-to-end encryption for calls and messages across its Facebook and Messenger platforms, the company announced Thursday.

Chinese naval vessels have become the first ships to dock at a new pier at a Cambodian naval base that the United States and some international security experts say is destined to serve as a strategic outpost for Beijing’s navy.

New Mexico's attorney general is suing the parent company of Facebook and Instagram claiming it failed to protect underage users from exposure to child sexual abuse material and let adults solicit pornographic imagery from them.

A Spanish association representing more than 80 newspapers has filed a lawsuit against Facebook parent Meta accusing it of unfair competition in online advertising by allegedly ignoring European Union rules on data protection.

The parent company of Instagram and Facebook has sued the Federal Trade Commission in an attempt to stop the agency from reopening a 2020 privacy settlement with the company that would prohibit it from profiting from data it collects on users under 18.

Meta says it has found and disabled thousands of fake Facebook accounts linked to China that were used to spread politically partisan content in the United States before next year’s election.

Dozens of families say their Thanksgiving was ruined because a caterer they hired didn’t deliver, and despite pre-paying, many of them still haven’t seen their turkey.

TikTok and Meta are filing legal challenges against new European Union rules designed to counter the dominance of digital giants and make online competition fairer by giving consumers more choice.

Facebook and Instagram users in Europe are getting the option to pay for ad-free versions of the social media platforms as a way to comply with the continent’s strict data privacy rules.

Facebook parent Meta has posted sharply higher earnings for the third quarter, boosted by an increase in advertising revenue and lower expenses after it laid off thousands of workers.

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The lawyer representing 184 former Facebook content moderators based in Kenya who have sued the site's parent company, Meta, over working conditions and pay has told the judge that Meta was not sincere in trying to reach an out-of-court settlement as agreed in the last court session.

Meta plans to give Facebook and Instagram users in Europe the option of paying for ad-free versions of the social media platforms as a way to comply with the continent’s strict data privacy rules.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg kicked off the tech giant’s Connect developer conference on Wednesday with a focus on virtual and augmented reality and artificial intelligence.

British lawmakers have approved an ambitious but controversial new internet safety law with wide-ranging powers to crack down on digital and social media companies like TikTok, Google and Facebook and Instagram parent Meta.

A Florida reptile park has taken in an alligator that lost its nose and upper jaw to a fight or boat propeller.

Three men accused of stealing commercial generators and then reselling them on Facebook Marketplace have been arrested and charged, according to the Liberty County Sheriff’s Office.

The Supreme Court has temporarily blocked enforcement of a lower court order curbing Biden administration efforts to combat controversial social media posts.

A man’s trip to the movies ends with his sweet ride being stolen.

A non-profit equine welfare organization is asking for help to care for a large number of horses the organization has taken in related to an animal cruelty case in Brazoria County.

The European Union is targeting six Big Tech companies including Amazon, Apple and Microsoft under new digital rules aimed at reining in the market power of online companies.

A pup named Storm snuck into a Metallica concert in California Thursday.

Elon Musk says his social network X, formerly known as Twitter, will give users the ability to make voice and video calls on the platform.

Starting Friday, Europeans will see their online life change.

Are you tired of your kids spending too much time on social media? A Houston area psychiatrist is handing out some healthy tips and explaining how the use of social media could be beneficial to some kids.

A Thai Cabinet minister is threatening to try to shut down Facebook in the country, saying the social media platform does not do enough to screen the advertisements it runs, leaving people vulnerable to costly scams.

Google, Facebook, TikTok and other Big Tech companies operating in Europe must comply with one of the most far-reaching efforts to clean up what people see online.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is accusing Facebook of putting profits over people’s safety during Canada’s wildfire emergencies.

Needville Little League defeated their first opponent Wednesday to advance in the Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pennsylvania.

Threads, the simple, bare-bones text-based social network created by Facebook owner Meta, burst onto the scene during a particularly bad week for the rival then still known as Twitter.

A lot of us love sharing stories and content on social media. But we’ve got a warning: you may be sharing scams with your friends without even knowing it. Fraudsters are tricking people into sharing their suspicious links and scams.

An Ohio mayor is excited about Buc-ee’s moving into Ohio.

The Needville Little League baseball team punched their ticket to Williamsport, Pennsylvania on Tuesday, and are crowned the Southwest Regional champions.

Children in Georgia would need their parents' permission to create social media accounts if some top Republicans in the state get their way next year.

The grudge match between the titans of U.S. social media may be headed for the real world as both men say they've been training for victory.