Meta News & Updates
Last updated September 10, 2026
Meta scales back its employee tracking tool after staff backlash, adding privacy protections and a 30-minute pause option
Bluesky COO Rose Wang takes aim at X and Facebook at SXSW London, calling them “basically AI companies at this point”
Meta whistleblower Sarah Wynn-Williams forced to sit in silence at Hay festival, with her lawyer saying he too is barred from promoting her book
Meta hires Snap’s former content partnerships director Jim Shepherd to recruit celebrities and creators for its AI glasses push
OpenAI expands ChatGPT advertising to small and local businesses, competing with Google & Meta in the space
Meta plans AI pendant, expanded smart glasses lineup, and “Wearables for Work” service to reverse losses at Reality Labs
Redfin hit with class-action lawsuit alleging it shared users’ video-viewing history and mortgage data with Meta and TikTok via tracking pixels
Meta contractors at Dublin AI labeling firm Covalen protest layoffs of 700 staff, demanding better severance and end to cooldown clause
Meta commits additional $13M to keep Oversight Board running through 2028 despite Board’s criticism of its fact-checking overhaul
AWS in talks to add SpaceX’s Grok to Bedrock, joining Anthropic, Meta, Cohere, and OpenAI models on its flagship AI platform
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sues WhatsApp and Meta, claiming end-to-end encryption marketing misleads users about message privacy
Warner Music Group and Crumbl reach settlement in $24M copyright infringement lawsuit over TikTok and Instagram posts
Supreme Court lets Vermont’s lawsuit against Meta over harm to teens proceed, opening the door to a wave of state cases
FTC asks D.C. Circuit appeals court to revive its monopoly case against Meta over Instagram and WhatsApp acquisitions
Meta must face $4B class action accusing it of overcharging Facebook advertisers, federal judge rules
Meta launches Plus subscription plans for Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp, kicks off “Meta One” tier testing
OpenAI courts small and local advertisers with no-minimum ChatGPT ads, putting it in direct competition with Meta
Meta defeats class-action lawsuit alleging it collected Facebook users’ location data through tracking software in mobile apps
Meta settles first national lawsuit with a school district over harm to children’s mental health
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