You might already know that Facebook’s biggest strength isn’t the social media platform itself, but the user data it collects. The data we hand over without thinking twice is what this ...

If a strange photo has recently stopped you in your tracks while scrolling your Facebook feed, you’re not alone. Users who once came to Facebook to connect with friends and family are increasingly ...

Update (03/07): Facebook and Meta have been back online and stable for a day now, following the massive outage earlier in the week. A Meta spokesperson has gone on record as saying the downtime was ...

People aren’t friending each other as much on Facebook these days. The iPhone might not feel necessary in a decade. And Google searches on one of the world’s most popular smartphones are declining.

Facebook is introducing a new, full-screen video player on Wednesday, which offers a more consistent design and experience for all types of video lengths, including short-form Reels, long-form videos ...

Facebook doesn’t like this feature anymore. Meta is doing away with two of Facebook’s external social plugins at the beginning of next year, By February 10, 2026, the social media platform will ...

If you’ve ever been locked out of your Facebook account, you know the frustration of trying to regain access. Meta, Facebook’s parent company, is now rolling out a new solution that uses facial ...

In 2016, Facebook launched a secret project designed to intercept and decrypt the network traffic between people using Snapchat’s app and its servers. The goal was to understand users’ behavior and ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...