2025-01-07

Instagram blocked LGBTQ hashtags and treated them as ‘sexually suggestive content’

Meta’s Instagram has been blocking LGBTQ-related hashtags for months, according to reporting by User Mag. This was done under the company’s “sensitive content” policy as an attempt to restrict [...]

2025-01-21

Instagram blocked searches for #democrats and other political hashtags

Instagram blocked searches related to a number of political hashtags, including #democrats, #democrat, #jan6th, #republicans and a number of other terms Tuesday. Users who searched for these hashtags [...]

2025-07-29

Oakley Meta glasses review: A familiar formula with some upgrades

If you're at all familiar with Meta's Ray-Ban-branded smart glasses, there won't be many surprises when it comes to its latest Oakley frames. The Oakley Meta glasses rely heavily on wha [...]

2025-05-06

What we’ve learned from FTC v. Meta antitrust trial

Meta is facing its biggest existential threat in its history. Years after the Federal Trade Commission first sued the social network in an attempt to unwind its acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp, [...]

2025-10-01

Ray-Ban Meta (2nd Gen) review: Smart glasses are finally getting useful

In a lot of ways, Meta's hasn't changed much with its second-gen Ray-Ban glasses. The latest model has the same design and largely the same specs as the originals, with two important upgrade [...]

2025-08-16

How to use (or turn off) your Instagram Map

Instagram Map, the new Instagram feature copying Snapchat's Snap Map, makes it simple to share your location with friends. So simple you might not understand who you're sharing it without di [...]

2025-01-08

Threads and Instagram will recommend political content after all

Meta is continuing to overhaul its moderation and content rules. Instagram head Adam Mosseri posted today that Instagram and Threads will start including political content in recommendations. It' [...]

2025-09-18

Everything Meta announced at Connect 2025: Second-gen Ray-Ban Meta, Oakley Meta Vanguard and Meta Ray-Ban Display

At Meta Connect 2025's kickoff event, Mark Zuckerberg unveiled a trio of new smart eyewear, including its first model with augmented reality. Meta's boss also announced the second generation [...]

2025-01-07

Meta is ditching third-party fact checkers on Facebook, Instagram

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced a big shift in the company's approach to moderation and speech. Meta will be suspending its fact-checking program and will move to an X-style Community Notes mo [...]