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Meta paid neo-Nazi-linked creators through Facebook, probe finds

Meta is facing renewed scrutiny after an investigation by Australian public broadcaster ABC News Verify found that Facebook's invitation-only Content Monetisation programme has been paying advertising revenue to creators linked to neo-Nazi groups and anti-vaccine activism.

Meta launches free Facebook Verified badge for users

Meta announced on Thursday the launch of Facebook Verified, a free badge designed to confirm that a real person is behind a Facebook profile, using a video selfie checked against existing profile photos. The move marks a new front in…

Facebook, Instagram hit by major global outage

Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, and WhatsApp went down for users around the world on Friday morning, with more than 100,000 people reporting problems on outage-tracking site Downdetector as Meta scrambled to restore service.