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Dozens of Facebook groups bill themselves as Kamala Harris fan pages but mount racist attacks, criticize her record on immigration and promote her rival Donald Trump, in what disinformation researchers call a "bait-and-switch" tactic aimed at deceiving voters in a tight US election race.

Ads that look as though they're from the Harris campaign, but completely misrepresent Vice President Kamala Harris' stances and policies, have begun circulating on social media after being published by a "dark money network" funded by Elon Musk.

The California Highway Patrol reminded Halloween enthusiasts that carpool lane companions must have a heartbeat in a hilarious Facebook post.

The advocacy group Global Witness submitted eight ads containing false election claims to the Chinese-owned video-sharing app TikTok, the Meta-owned Facebook, and Google-owned YouTube to test their ad systems in the final stretch of the November 5 election.

Meta, a company valued at 1.2 trillion, has allegedly fired employees over their reported misuse of the company's $25 meal credit system.

The Washington County Sheriff's Office said the drugs were discovered while deputies were helping clear off Highway 231 by Washington State Prison.

The woman alleged that the beautician was using a "portable phlegm sucking dental machine" purchased from AliExpress.

An Illinois man who called himself "Benjamin Franklin" was arrested in connection to multiple reports of robberies on Facebook Marketplace.

The Texas judge is out on bond after an investigation revealed he used a fake Facebook profile to garner voters' sympathy during his reelection campaign.

The man told police that he had been teaching himself about silicone injections and pearl implants since he was 14, but had no real medical license.

The suspect was apprehended one event short of a triathlon.

One father claimed that he had received a message from the day care saying that his 2-year-old had been left alone and "was told to clean up his own urine."

It also condemned Meta's handling of suspended Facebook and Instagram accounts.

The probe is under a mammoth law known as the Digital Services Act (DSA) that forces the world's largest tech firms to do more to protect European users online and clamp down on illegal content.

Meta Platforms, the parent company of Facebook, has contested the US Federal Trade Commission's attempt to modify its 2020 privacy settlement, saying it had voluntarily disclosed issues in its Messenger Kids app and received no complaints from parents.

That is according to Downdetector, which compiles reports from users at a national and global level

The lawsuit claims that social media companies use algorithms to generate feeds to manipulate and addict children and teens, promoting compulsive use.

Latinos also represent a significant portion of Snapchat usage

The Oversight Board said in a Monday statement that Meta's Manipulated Media policy needs to be reconsidered after a review of an edited video of President Joe Biden.

Key chapters in the history of Facebook, the world's biggest social media application, launched 20 years ago.

Meta's independent oversight board on Tuesday criticized the social media titan of removing posts that showed human suffering in the Middle East conflict.

The US state of New Mexico filed a lawsuit Wednesday accusing Facebook and Instagram of being a "breeding ground" for predators who target children.

The Silicon Valley tech giant, known as Facebook when the $5 billion settlement was made, said that aspects of the Federal Trade Commission's very structure violate the US Constitution, making its proceeding against Meta unlawful.

Meta on Wednesday said that advertisers will soon have to disclose when artificial intelligence (AI) or other software is used to create or alter imagery or audio in political ads.

Facebook and Instagram users in Europe will be able to buy subscriptions to use the social networks without being tracked for targeted advertising from next month, Meta announced Monday, to comply with tougher EU rules.

The probe by the University of Oxford's Internet Institute, which analysed data from nearly 1 million people across 72 countries over 12 years, instead found "positive correlations" between adopting the social media platform and so-called well-being indicators.

The app, Threads is scheduled to launch on Thursday and is already available for pre-order on the Apple App Store.

A woman allegedly killed her husband to unite with her Facebook lover.

The suspect in the attack on Paul Pelosi, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband, was described by acquaintances as "odd" and "out of touch with reality" as social media activity revealed that the alleged attacker posted memes and a wide range of conspiracy theories.

A man who posed as a female gynecologist to fool women into sending photos of their genitalia has been sentenced.