About 29 million claims were filed, 18 million of which were “validated” as of September 2023, Meta said in a court document Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Those who have been approved for a ...

Millions of Facebook users are finally receiving payments from the platform’s historic $725 million privacy settlement, marking the resolution of a yearslong legal battle over data misuse. The ...

If you filed a claim in Facebook's $725 million privacy settlement, you could soon get a payment, according to the settlement's administrator. Millions of consumers who used Facebook over a 15-year ...

Facebook users who filed a claim in parent company Meta’s $725 million settlement related to the Cambridge Analytica scandal may soon get a payment. Meta was accused of allowing Cambridge Analytica ...

(WXYZ) — Watch out for unsolicited messages about your Facebook account. It could be how scammers hijack your page and lock you out, in order to post heartfelt ...

Over a billion people use Facebook, which means a lot of bad actors are also on the platform trying to exploit users. They use fake accounts, bots, and other tactics to target people, which has led ...

Threads is testing letting you sign up with a Facebook account rather than an Instagram account. The new option, spotted by Social Media Today, doesn't appear to be widely available yet, but is ...

There's no shortage of reasons to stay off the Meta ecosystem, which includes Facebook and Instagram, but there are some places where WhatsApp remains the main form of text-based communication. The ...

Unless you fly strictly under the radar, your Facebook account has valuable data about you—like who you speak with the most and what you talk about. It can also be a treasure trove of other personal ...

While there are already plenty of other social media platforms available today, you still keep your Facebook account around for a variety of reasons. Perhaps it's where you connect with friends and ...

Meta is testing facial recognition as a way of letting you instantly recover your Instagram or Facebook account if you find yourself locked out. The process of submitting a video selfie looks much the ...

Discovering that your Facebook account has been hacked can be a devastating experience. Luckily, though, it's usually easy to recover your account and keep it safe in future by taking a few simple ...