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The senator leading a probe of Facebook’s Instagram and its impact on young people is asking Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to testify in the Senate

More than 3.5 billion people lost their connection to their social networks when Facebook’s portfolio of apps went down October 4, 2021. The combined reach of Facebook (2.797 billion people), WhatsApp (2 billion), Messenger (1.3 billion), and Instagram (1.287 billion) covers most of the global online population (4.72 billion). Facebook’s numbers alone account for 35% of all living humans while…

Facebook, in the aftermath of damning testimony that its platforms harm children, will be introducing several features including prompting teens using its photo sharing app Instagram to take a break, and nudging them if they repeatedly look at the same content that’s not conducive to their well-being.

When a 37-year-old data scientist went before Congress  to accuse Facebook of pursuing profit over safety, it was likely the most consequential choice of her life.

When whistleblower Frances Haugen on Tuesday revealed internal Facebook studies of the harms its Instagram service can cause, particularly for teenagers, she reinforced concerns about the popular photo-sharing app.

The Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp outage raised concerns for the millions of people who use social media as one of their main sources of communication and information.

The six-hour outage of Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp on Monday was a headache for many casual users

A massive global outage took down Facebook, along with its Instagram and WhatsApp platforms, for about six hours Monday. “I noticed I couldn’t get on Facebook at all, and I was trying to message my friend on Messenger and it was awful. I kept trying to connect and I thought it was my internet,” said Lia Papadopoulos. As Facebook...

Services are being restored after a massive global outage plunged Facebook, its Instagram and WhatsApp platforms and many people who rely heavily on these services — including Facebook’s own workforce — into chaos Monday.

What is a finsta and did Sen. Richard Blumental really misuse it?

On today’s show, CNBC’s Julia Boorstin breaks down the Senate subcommittee hearing on Capitol Hill that grilled Facebook over its strategy for teen users.

Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., and Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., questioned Facebook’s Global head of Safety Antigone Davis on Thursday about the harm Instagram does to children.

Senators have fired a barrage of criticism at a Facebook executive over the social-networking giant’s handling of internal research on how its Instagram photo-sharing platform can harm teens

Bowing — if only for a moment — to pressure from lawmakers, critics, the media and child development experts, Facebook said Monday it will “pause” its work on a kids’ version of its photo-oriented Instagram app

Instagram is putting a pause on its Instagram Kids platform, geared towards children under 13, so it can address concerns about accessability and content

Many people try to use social media as a source of “fitspiration,” but obsessing over how others look can make us feel bad about ourselves, and hurt our mental health. Clinical social worker and therapist Dr. Courtney Tracy talks about how we can use social media carefully, and explains researchers’ growing concerns about social media causing suicidal thoughts in teens.

Everything old is cool again — and a pair of Emerson College graduates know that firsthand. Chloe Jankowitz and Peter West are the creators of the Instagram account Thirty AF, which went from around 200,000 to over 1 million followers during the pandemic.

Facebook is on the defensive after The Wall Street Journal exposed how far the company has gone to prioritize profits over the health and safety of its users.

Facebook documents show how toxic Instagram is, especially for teen girls. Natalie Lizarraga spoke to Psychology Professor Charlotte Markey about the stress social media adds to teens, and what parents can try to do to help them.

Social media is all about sharing, but it’s what Facebook has not been sharing with the public about its photo-sharing app Instagram that is getting the attention of lawmakers. The Wall Street Journal reports that the social media giant has been tracking Instagram’s impact on its teen users and it’s not good. The newspaper says Instagram is hurting the...