Mark Zuckerberg’s Instagram platform used automated algorithms that suggested children for groomers and predators to follow on the app, according to a 2019 internal company document presented by the FTC during the ongoing Meta antitrust trial.
Breitbart News is in the top ten publishers on social media giants Facebook and X, according to NewsWhip’s analysis for the first quarter of 2025.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said he would like to see people have AI-generated friends, insisting it can be “rational” and “actually add value” to people’s lives. The Facebook founder believes that most people have far less friends that they would like to have, and his AI bots will fill the gap.
A Wall Street Journal investigation has revealed that Meta’s AI chatbots on Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp are empowered to engage in “romantic role-play” with users that can turn sexually explicit, even with accounts belonging to children. In a statement to Breitbart News, the social media giant says it has “taken additional measures”
Instagram co-founder Kevin Systrom testified as part of the FTC’s antitrust case against Meta, saying Mark Zuckerberg saw Instagram as a threat to Facebook and therefore starved his photo-sharing app of resources after acquiring it more than a decade ago.
Former Meta COO Sheryl Sandberg took the stand to face intense questioning by the FTC on Wednesday as the agency seeks to break up Mark Zuckerberg’s social media giant.
The Iran ties of MTN, the telecommunications firm chaired by South Africa’s new envoy to the U.S., Mcebisi Jonas, could have damaging reputational effects on Meta and other firms as MTN comes under scrutiny.
During the ongoing antitrust trial against Meta, an email revealed that CEO Mark Zuckerberg contemplated separating Instagram from the company in 2018 due to the “non-trivial” risk the government would move to break up his social media empire.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg took the stand in federal court on Monday to defend his company against the FTC’s allegations that it acquired Instagram and WhatsApp to create a social media monopoly.
The FTC’s high-stakes antitrust lawsuit against Meta kicked off today with opening arguments in Washington, DC. Mark Zuckerberg is expected to take the stand to defend his company against the federal government’s claims that the acquisition of Instagram and WhatsApp should never have been approved.
Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta, the tech giant formerly known as Facebook, is gearing up for a historic antitrust fight with the FTC set to begin on Monday. The lawsuit, filed during Donald Trump’s first term in office, will determine if Facebook’s acquisition of Instagram and WhatsApp were designed to put a stranglehold on the social media market.
Sarah Wynn-Williams, a whistleblower at Facebook, testifies before the Senate Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism about alleged dealings between Meta and the Chinese Communist Party on Wednesday, April 9.
Sarah Wynn-Williams, a former Facebook executive, is set to testify before a Senate Judiciary subcommittee today, claiming that Meta executives undermined U.S. national security and briefed Chinese officials on emerging technologies like AI.
Mark Zuckerberg is reportedly lobbying the Trump administration to drop a pivotal FTC case against the company, in what would amount to a major political favor for Meta. Despite Zuckerberg’s multiple olive branches to the Turmp administration, a number of high-profile, pro-MAGA voices are still banned on Meta’s Facebook and Instagram platforms.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is pressing U.S. trade officials and the Trump administration to push back against an expected EU antitrust ruling that could undermine the company’s ad-based business model.
Meta continues to roll out its community notes program, as some have vented frustration with the tech platform’s still active fact-checking program.
The EU is poised to hit Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, with a massive fine of $1 billion or more for allegedly violating its strict antitrust regulations, according to sources close to the situation.
Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta will launch its Community Notes feature on it Facebook, Instagram, and Threads in the United States next week. The community-driven feature replaced the company’s biased left-wing “fact checking” system that was used to censor conservatives over the past 10 years.
Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta went to great lengths, including developing a censorship system and potentially sharing user data, in an unsuccessful bid to bring Facebook to China, according to a whistleblower complaint.
Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta is investing heavily in AI technology as it attempts to catch up to industry players like OpenAI. Now, the social media giant hopes that “hundreds of millions” of small businesses will embrace its agentic AI to reach new customers.
Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, has terminated approximately 20 employees for sharing internal confidential information outside the organization, according to a company spokesperson. Meta’s ultra-woke employee base is not adjusting well to the Trump-friendly “Zuck 2.0” era of their employer.
Alexis Ohanian, co-founder of leftist echo chamber Reddit, has expressed his support for Mark Zuckerberg’s recent decision to terminate Meta’s biased third-party “fact-checking” program, calling it a “very pragmatic change.”
Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta, the parent company of Instagram, has issued an apology after users reported a flood of violent and sexual content appearing in their Instagram Reels feed. Some of horrific content suggested by the company’s algorithm should never have been allowed on the platform, let alone recommended to unsuspecting users.
Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta has announced that social media users can now sign up for the Community Notes system on Facebook, Instagram, and Threads. The company scrapped its third-party “fact checking” system due to its overwhelming leftist bias after the election of Donald Trump.
Breitbart News dominated the establishment media on Facebook in the first two weeks of President Donald Trump’s second term, according to data from the analytics giant NewsWhip.
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI), Chairman of Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, is demanding accountability from Facebook over allegations of censoring posts and groups related to those who claim to have injuries from coronavirus vaccines, Breitbart News first learned exclusively.
Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta is offering TikTok creators up to $50,000 a month to post exclusive content on Instagram Reels. Zuckerberg views the uncertain future of China’s TikTok as the perfect opportunity to tighten his grip on the social media landscape.
According to a leaked conversation, during a recent all-hands meeting at Meta, CEO Mark Zuckerberg expressed his frustration with internal leaks, stating that “everything I say leaks. And it sucks, right?” The social media titan may be facing a hostile workforce based on his “Zuck 2.0” makeover as a masculine leader extending an olive branch to President Donald Trump and the MAGA movement.
President Trump has signed settlement papers that will require Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta to pay roughly $25 million to resolve a 2021 lawsuit Trump filed after the company suspended his accounts on Facebook and Instagram.
Some employees of Meta, the parent company of Facebook, are so discouraged by the removal of tampons from the men’s bathroom that they are engaging in their own form of protest by bringing their own.
Breitbart News crushed the establishment media on Facebook in the first week of President Donald Trump’s second term as Commander-in-Chief.
A man in West Palm Beach, Florida, is accused of making threats against President Trump via social media.
Recent data from multiple analytics firms suggests that calls for a boycott of Meta’s platforms have had little impact on user engagement, despite Mark Zuckerberg’s decision to cut biased left-wing “fact checking” programs and the Silicon Valley giant’s DEI initiatives.
Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta has responded to leftists claiming that Facebook and Instagram are forcing them to follow the accounts of Donald Trump, JD Vance, and First Lady Melania Trump. According to the company, these users are confused as the official White House accounts are transitioned to the new administration.
In an opinion piece, former Facebook diversity executive Bärí A. Williams criticizes Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s decision to disband the company’s diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs, signaling a shift in priorities as he aligns with the incoming Trump administration.
On MSNBC on Monday, Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) argued that democracy is unraveling and one example was Facebook ending fact-checking and argued that people kill democracy by controlling the media and Democrats have “logistical work to do to make sure
The most influential tech platforms have are attending President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration after donating millions of dollars to his inauguration committee.
In a fiery interview on ABC’s This Week, former Trump adviser Steve Bannon accused Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg of being a criminal and called for his prosecution over the infamous “Zuckerbuck” donations made during the 2020 presidential election.
A New York Times profile on Stephen Miller and his rise to one of the most influential unelected officials in the Trump administration including a revealing glimpse into Mark Zuckerberg’s attempt to build bridges to Donald Trump and the MAGA movement.
In a show of support for the incoming administration, four of the world’s most powerful tech titans will be in attendance at Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration on Monday.
