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Vox’s news and analysis on the state of Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, and its future as a player in Big Tech.


The decay of Google, Amazon, and Facebook are part of a larger trend.


What TV can teach us about Instagram.


Our unmoderated online reality bares its teeth.


We were promised flying cars. We got Instagram brain rot.


The flip phone returns with a few new tricks.


And that’s not even Apple’s biggest problem right now


Like it or not, the billionaire gets to decide how half the world uses technology.


It looks like Big Tech’s reckoning is finally here.


The Meta CEO’s commitment to free expression doesn’t apply to embarrassing memoirs.


But can the rest of us trust it?


Did you just send me an Instagram Reel? Are you trying to kill me?


The DeepSeek saga that’s transforming AI, explained


The real reason Musk, Zuckerberg, and Bezos are supporting Trump.


The collective freakout about the youth mental health crisis has reached a tipping point.


What to know about Meta’s new restrictions on young people’s social media use.


What does Nvidia’s massive stock sell-off tell us about the economy?


Online falsehoods are as bad as they‘ve ever been. Does anyone care?


AI is holding the internet hostage — and media is no exception.


What is the Kids’ Online Safety Act, and why should you care about it?


Former Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin is among those lining up to buy TikTok if Congress enacts a law that forces its Chinese owner to sell.


In two decades the behemoth social media platform has made a lot of money and brought in a lot of users — and made life worse for a lot of people.


The debate over the safety of democratizing AI is missing the point.


Meta knows its platforms are harming children, whistleblower Arturo Béjar says. What now?

Hungry for money, hackers in Vietnam have hacked into thousands of Meta accounts.


Canadian users of Facebook and Instagram will no longer be able to see or share news links because of a new law.


Companies like OpenAI and Google could make unthinkable profits from successful AI. Will they share the wealth?


The AI debate splitting the tech world, explained.


AI systems train on your data. What can you do about it?


A court has temporarily stopped a judge’s order forbidding the White House from contacting social media companies from taking effect.


A new congressional report about an internet privacy violation might actually lead to consequences.


With 100 million users, Mark Zuckerberg is already winning his fight against Elon Musk — at least in the cage match that is social media.


Mark Zuckerberg’s Twitter alternative is going live.


Google, Adobe, Microsoft, and other tech companies are trying new ways to label content made by AI.


After laying off nearly 10,600 people in recent months, the CEO said “this has been a particularly thrashy period” in a leaked Q&A.


Why Meta is cautiously following the hype.


Software engineers made up the biggest portion of tech layoffs in 2023.


The tech CEO addressed tough questions from employees a day after mass layoffs.


The company started notifying laid-off employees early Wednesday morning in the second recent round of mass cuts.


Rupert Murdoch’s company doesn’t like paying the $787 million settlement. But now it’s back to business as usual.

