Meta reportedly abandoned an AI-focused restructuring plan that would have laid off thousands The problem with the AI restructuring is the AI wasn’t good enough. By Will Shanklin Aug. 26, 2026 Meta / YouTube Sometimes, AI-driven restructuring goes about as well as an AI-assisted legal brief. Reuters reports that Meta spent much of this … Continue reading Meta reportedly abandoned an AI-focused restructuring plan that would have laid off thousands
August 26, 2026 Meta reaches $17 billion settlement with states over landmark teen social media addiction claims
August 17, 2026 The upcoming California trial against Meta seeks financial damages that could soar to $1.4 trillion BY Associated Press Of the thousands of lawsuits Meta faces over child safety on its platforms, none may be more consequential than one going to trial this week in California. States are seeking extensive financial damages that could, … Continue reading The upcoming California trial against Meta seeks financial damages that could soar to $1.4 trillion
Court orders Meta to pay an additional $567 million in New Mexico child safety case Meta is a ‘public nuisance,’ the judge has ruled, and its effects migrate to the real world. By Mariella Moon Updated: Aug. 7, 2026 Bumble Dee/Shutterstock In March, a jury in New Mexico found Meta liable for violating the … Continue reading Court orders Meta to pay an additional $567 million in New Mexico child safety case
Meta has pulled out of a renewable energy initiative as it relies more on natural gas for data centers The company has comitted to 10 natural gas plants since last year. By Karissa Bell July 24, 2026 Tada Images/Shutterstock A decade ago, Meta joined RE100, a major renewable energy initiative aimed at helping large … Continue reading Meta has pulled out of a renewable energy initiative as it relies more on natural gas for data centers
July 24, 2026 Here’s how Meta decides who to lay off—and it claims to not use AI BY Pavithra Mohan Twenty-six employees at Meta who were recently laid off made a bold claim in a lawsuit last week: They alleged the company had used AI to select people for layoffs, disproportionately impacting people who had taken … Continue reading Here’s how Meta decides who to lay off—and it claims to not use AI
Meta will alert parents if their teens discuss self harm with Meta AI tools The company is also building the ability to contact emergency services if a user may be at imminent risk of harming themselves. By Mariella Moon July 16, 2026 Meta Meta is expanding its safeguards for teen users in an effort to … Continue reading Meta will alert parents is their teens discuss self harm
Meta Patent Tracks Emotions, Could Impact Ads by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer, July 9, 2026 Machines will know humans better than humans know themselves, and will use that knowledge to target ads and messages without fear of privacy concerns. Meta filed a patent in December 2025, and updated it in July 2026, for a … Continue reading Meta Patent Tracks Emotions, Could Change Advertising
Meta is ‘pausing’ employee tracking program after it let the whole company see sensitive data This won’t make the already-controversial AI training endeavor any more popular. By Anna Washenko June 22, 2026 PJ McDonnell/Shutterstock Meta has paused use of an AI training program that tracks its own employees’ keystrokes and mouse movements. The company has … Continue reading Meta is ‘pausing’ employee tracking program after it let the whole company see sensitive data
May 20, 2026 Here’s how Meta is justifying its layoffs to thousands of employees BY Pavithra Mohan Meta officially announced a sweeping round of layoffs today that will impact thousands of employees across the business, or about 10% of the company’s 78,000-person workforce. In a memo to employees today—obtained by Business Insider—Meta remained coy about the … Continue reading Here’s how Meta is justifying its layoffs to thousands of employees
