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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan on Tuesday announced the birth of their first child, a daughter named Max, as well as their pledge to donate most of their wealth. The couple is shown here at the White House in September.

An LLC? It Gives Facebook Founder More Freedom To Meet Philanthropic Goals

Creating a for-profit company to manage his $45 billion pledge means Mark Zuckerberg is giving himself flexibility in deciding the best way of tackling the social issues he cares about.

Meta will start labeling AI-generated images on Instagram and Facebook

Meta will start labeling images created with leading artificial intelligence tools in the coming months, amid growing worries about the potential for AI to mislead.

With a mobile phone, Kenyans can send and receive money via a service called M-PESA. Now Facebook is entering the digital currency realm. The social media giant has helped develop a digital currency called Libra that plans to launch in 2020.

Does Facebook Need A Humanitarian Partner For Its New Digital Currency?

The aid group Mercy Corps believes that the new Libra currency could help funnel aid to the poor. But critics wonder why the charity has teamed up with a controversial company.

Facebook said it has taken down Trump campaign ads on the social network that contained a symbol used by Nazis to designate political prisoners.

Facebook Removes Trump Ads With Symbol Used By Nazis. Campaign Calls It An 'Emoji'

Facebook says the campaign advertisements violated the social network's ban on hate group symbols. The Anti-Defamation League's CEO said that "ignorance is no excuse for using Nazi-related symbols."

"To an extraordinary degree, Mark Zuckerberg is Facebook ... so if you're going to understand Facebook in any meaningful way, the conversation really has to start with him and end with him," journalist Evan Osnos says.

The Central Question Behind Facebook: 'What Does Mark Zuckerberg Believe In?'

Facebook and its CEO have come up against "a growing and really serious decline of public trust, both among politicians and among the general public," New Yorker staff writer Evan Osnos says.

Facebook changes company name to Meta as it shifts focus to building its 'metaverse'

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has announced the company is shifting its focus toward the metaverse, part of a bid for younger users who now prefer TikTok to Facebook or Instagram.

In this photo taken Tuesday Feb. 3, 2015, Facebook chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg answers questions during an interview at Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. Sandberg is in Washington on Capitol Hill this week meeting with lawmakers and investigators.

Investigators Chase Missing Pieces Of Facebook, Twitter Role In Russian Meddling

Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg is the latest Big Tech emissary to visit Washington, D.C., as scrutiny grows over Russia's online disinformation scheme.

A month after Katy McCaffrey's iPhone was stolen, photographs began streaming from the phone to her "cloud" account. She used them to create a photo album on Facebook; she called it "Stolen iPhone Adventures."

Stolen Phone Beams Photos To Owner, Who Puts Them On Facebook

When Katy McCaffrey's stolen iPhone began beaming her photos from a cruise ship, she posted a batch of photos from the purloined iPhone on her Facebook page, in an album called "Stolen iPhone Adventures."

North Carolina Law Makes Facebook A Felony For Former Sex Offenders

North Carolina has a law banning sex offenders from social media. The state says sex offenders use sites to find future child victims. The court will decide if this is constitutional.

Facebook Plans To Add 3,000 Workers To Monitor, Remove Violent Content

"If we're going to build a safe community, we need to respond quickly," Mark Zuckerberg wrote Wednesday. The hiring spree comes amid a spate of violent videos uploaded to the site by users.

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