2025 has been the year of the social media detox as millions of users decide they're done with Facebook, or Meta, entirely. Along with deciding to change social media habits, users have been worried ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. Update, July 20, 2025: This story, originally published on ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. Meta has confirmed that every day criminals are using text ...

Facebook has long been criticized for collecting and selling our data. Also, it's easy to become hooked on the platform, wasting valuable time scrolling. If you wish to leave Facebook for these ...

In the wake of Meta’s decision to remove its third-party fact-checking system and loosen content moderation policies, Google searches on how to delete Facebook, Instagram, and Threads have been on the ...

Thousands of Facebook groups were suspended or deleted on June 24, 2025 due to a technical error. Meta acknowledged the issue and said it was working on a fix ...

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