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Facebook began sending payments to consumers earlier this month as part of a $90 million class action settlement made to end claims the company ...  » Read More

Facebook's antitrust trial in Washington D.C. is into its second week. And along with the usual reams of impenetrable legalese that dominate such proceedings, a few enlightening gems have emerged from the mountain of paperwork released by the U.S Federal Trade Commission. How about the fact that Meta and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg floated the idea of deleting every Facebook user's friends list? Yes, really.During a series of emails starting in 2022 and collated from court documents by TechCrunch, Zuckerberg discussed his fears concerning Facebook's declining relevance. "Even though the FB app’s engagement is steady in many places, it feels like its cultural relevance is decreasing quickly," Zuckerberg fretted.His solution? Delete your friends list and introduce a new structure around following rather than friending. "Friending feels out of vogue right now for at least a few reasons. First, a lot of people’s friend graphs are stale and not filled with the people they want to hear from or connect with," he said."One potentially crazy idea is to consider wiping everyone’s graphs and having them start again.  » Read More

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MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - This weekend marks an important anniversary in Mobile and along the Gulf Coast.The Mobile Bay National Estuary Program posted on its Facebook page a reminder that the Deepwater Horizon oil spill happened on this weekend 15 years ago.Here is the post:On this weekend 15 years ago, the Gulf Coast was rocked by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. In the years since the Mobile Bay National Estuary Program has leveraged more than $50 million of funding from the NFWF Gulf Environmental Benefit Fund to directly benefit coastal Alabama. As we reflect on the disaster and its impact on the Gulf Coast, we remember the lives lost and the toll on our ecosystem, and we are grateful to our partners and the hard work accomplished to help restore our waters.Copyright 2025 WALA. All rights reserved.  » Read More

Image Credits:Mateusz Slodkowski/SOPA Images/LightRocket / Getty Images 7:00 AM PDT · April 20, 2025 With the first week of Meta’s antitrust trial behind us, documents shared by the U.S Federal Trade Commission (FTC) offered more insight into Meta’s internal struggles to keep Facebook relevant. In emails from 2022, Meta executives mulled different visions for Facebook’s future to boost its success, acknowledging that its cultural relevance was decreasing.  Fast-forward to 2025, and Meta is still grappling with this issue. Mark Zuckerberg said during the company’s Q4 earnings call in January that the company wants to restore Facebook’s cultural relevance this year with a return to “OG Facebook.” Part of its solution for this problem is the recent launch of a revamped Friends tab.  In a series of messages from April 2022 that were shared as evidence during the trial, Zuckerberg discussed concerns about Facebook’s “Friends” structure and format being outdated as every other major platform focused on “Following.” He considered ditching the Friends format and even suggested deleting everyone’s Facebook friends and having them start again.  » Read More

Image Credits:Jens Büttner/picture alliance / Getty Images 7:00 AM PDT · April 19, 2025 The first week of the Meta antitrust trial brought new revelations about how the company formerly known as Facebook approached the competitive threat posed by Instagram in the early 2010s. The U.S. government is accusing Meta of violating competition laws by acquiring companies like Instagram and WhatsApp that threatened the Facebook monopoly. If lawyers for the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) are successful, the government could force Meta to break up its business by selling off Instagram and WhatsApp. As part of the trial, the FTC shared compelling evidence to demonstrate that Facebook was very much aware of the risk Instagram created for its business as the photo-sharing app grew in popularity. In documents containing Facebook’s internal emails, Facebook execs fret over Instagram’s growth and discuss how much to pay for the app, if Facebook were to acquire it. The company execs also discuss other strategies for limiting Instagram’s growth, including copying its functionality and releasing an app of their own,  » Read More

A group of solar shoppers in the U.S. opts to buy them secondhand, often through listings on eBay, Craigslist and Facebook Marketplace.Getty Images—RyanJLane  » Read More

(Gray News) – You could soon be getting money from a years-old $90 million class action lawsuit filed against Facebook. The lawsuit was filed in 2022, accusing the company of improperly collecting and storing personal data from Facebook user who went to third-party websites with the Facebook “Like” button. Anyone in the United States who went to a non-Facebook website that displayed the “Like” button between April 22, 2010, and September 26, 2011, were eligible to submit a claim to receive payment. According to litigation documents, payments were issued April 10, 2025 to class members who submitted a valid claim form in this case. The final amount is the $90 million, minus attorney and court administration fees and service awards to class representatives, divided by the number of those who submitted a valid claim.Payments will be delivered via PayPal, Venmo, Zelle, virtual prepaid card or by check. Copyright 2025 Gray Local Media, Inc. All rights reserved.  » Read More

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- El Paso Constable deputies arrested David King Paiz, 31, today. Officials accuse Paiz of running an illegal bingo operation on Facebook. The Texas Office of the Attorney General had previously arrested Paiz on charges relating to the illegal bingo operation in May 2024. Paiz currently faces three counts of Money Laundering (less than $300,000), one count of Bingo Regulations, and one count of Engaging in Organized Criminal Activity. Constable deputies arrested Paiz on Saigon Drive in East El Paso and booked him into the El Paso County Jail on a $100,000 bond. BE PART OF THE CONVERSATIONKVIA ABC 7 is committed to providing a forum for civil and constructive conversation. Please keep your comments respectful and relevant. You can review our Community Guidelines by clicking here If you would like to share a story idea, please submit it here.  » Read More