Meta operates social media platforms (Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger, Threads) and runs an advertising network; advertising is the primary revenue source.
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Meta spends $26.3M on lobbying and funds Digital Childhood Alliance
Meta spent a record $26.3 million on federal lobbying in 2025, deploying 86+ lobbyists across 45 states. It funded the grassroots Digital Childhood Alliance to advocate for the App Store Accountability Act.
Meta spent a record $26.3 million on federal lobbying in 2025, deployed 86+ lobbyists across 45 states, and covertly funded a "grassroots" child safety group called the Digital Childhood Alliance (DCA) to advocate for the App Store Accountability Act (ASAA).
Penalized for worker-protection violations — 2 findings
Meta Platforms record lists current penalty $5,000.00
A public record entry for Meta Platforms lists current penalty as $5,000.00; standard cited as 342(A) (18B-CA) Work-Connected Fatality/Injury Reporting; citation type as Other.
Meta Platforms cited by OSHA for work-connected fatality/injury reporting
Meta Platforms, Inc. was cited by OSHA on March 30, 2023 for work-connected fatality/injury reporting under 342(A) (18B-CA). A final order dated April 17, 2023 imposed a $5,000 penalty.
Meta Platforms FHA housing-ad discrimination settlement approved by court
The court approved a settlement and entered a final judgment in United States v. Meta Platforms, Inc., resolving FHA discrimination claims that Meta's housing-advertising system discriminated against Facebook users based on race, color, religion, sex, disability, familial status, and national origin.
On June 27, 2022, the court approved the parties’ settlement agreement and entered a final judgment in United States v. Meta Platforms, Inc., f/k/a Facebook, Inc. (S.D.N.Y.). The complaint, which was filed on June 21, 2022, alleged that Meta’s housing advertising system discriminated against Facebook users based on their race, color, religion, sex, disability, familial status, and national origin, in violation of the Fair Housing Act (FHA).
Meta Found Liable for Misleading Consumers About Platform Safety
In a case brought by the New Mexico Department of Justice, a jury adjudicated Meta Platforms, Inc. liable for misleading consumers about the safety of its platforms and endangering children.
Santa Fe, NM – In a historic victory for the New Mexico Department of Justice, today the jury in the landmark State of New Mexico v. Meta Platforms, Inc. trial found Meta liable for misleading consumers about the safety of its platforms and endangering children.
Faces competition-law enforcement action or allegations — 2 findings
FTC files antitrust complaint against Meta Platforms
The FTC filed an antitrust complaint against Meta Platforms in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, on December 9, 2020, alleging anticompetitive conduct and unfair methods of competition, including the Instagram and WhatsApp acquisitions and access-conditions on the platform.
On December 9, 2020, the FTC filed a complaint (FTC v. Meta Platforms, Inc.) against us in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia alleging that we engaged in anticompetitive conduct and unfair methods of competition in violation of Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act and Section 2 of the Sherman Act, including by acquiring Instagram in 2012 and WhatsApp in 2014 and by maintaining conditions on access to our platform.
Meta must face antitrust lawsuit by Phhhoto over monopoly power
A federal judge ruled that Meta Platforms must defend against an antitrust suit filed by Phhhoto, accusing the social network of using monopoly power to drive Phhhoto out of business.
Meta Platforms (META.O) must face an antitrust lawsuit from photo-sharing app Phhhoto that claims the social media giant used its monopoly power to put it out of business, a federal judge ruled on Monday.
Builds or expands resource-intensive data centers — 3 findings
Meta Platforms is significantly expanding its data center project, increasing the facility’s planned capacity to 1 gigawatt and boosting its total investment to more than $10 billion.
Meta data center to use 400,000 gallons of water daily in El Paso
Meta Platforms is building a $1.5 billion data center on a 1,000-acre site in Northeast El Paso. Estimates project water use of about 400,000 gallons per day when the facility is operational.
The $1.5 billion data center that Meta Platforms is building on a 1,000-acre parcel in Northeast El Paso will likely use around 400,000 gallons of water per day on average when it’s up-and-running, according to estimates from El Paso Water.
Meta's new artificial intelligence data center, being built in northeast Louisiana, plans to use about 23 million gallons of water daily, the amount about 17,000 residents use each day, according to The Advocate.
Senators urge FTC and SEC to probe Meta over scam profits
Senators Hawley and Blumenthal urged the Federal Trade Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission to investigate Meta for alleged facilitation and profiting from criminal investment scams and related frauds, seeking enforcement actions if appropriate.
Last year, Senators Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) sent a letter to to Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Andrew Ferguson and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Paul Atkins to “investigate and, if appropriate, bring enforcement actions against Meta for its facilitation of and profiting from criminal investment scams, fake government benefits schemes, deepfake pornography, and other fraudulent activities.”
Meta accused in lawsuit of targeting workers with disabilities in layoffs
A lawsuit filed in US District Court in the Northern District of California by 26 employees alleges Meta used AI tools to select employees for layoffs, targeting workers with disabilities and those who took protected medical or family leaves.
Meta’s AI-fueled layoffs of 8,000 employees targeted workers with disabilities and those who took protected medical or family leaves, alleged a lawsuit filed by 26 employees who were selected for termination. Meta used internal AI tools to select employees for layoffs, according to the complaint filed yesterday by 26 “Doe” plaintiffs in US District Court for the Northern District of California.
Muslim man sues Meta over alleged religious firing
A Muslim man in Austin sued Meta Platforms Inc., alleging he was fired for expressing religious solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza. The claim is alleged and concerns employment discrimination.
A Muslim man in Austin has sued Meta Platforms Inc. after he was allegedly fired this year for expressing his "religious solidarity" with Palestinians in Gaza, according to a new lawsuit against the tech giant.
Meta Platforms has donated $1 million to president-elect Donald Trump ’s inaugural fund, the latest step by CEO Mark Zuckerberg to bolster his once-fraught relationship with the incoming president.
Meta Platforms, the tech giant helmed by Mark Zuckerberg, has donated $1 million to President-elect Donald Trump’s inaugural fund, according to newly released Federal Election Commission filings.
Meta, the parent company of Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp, said Thursday it had donated $1 million to President-elect Donald Trump’s inaugural fund.
Among the changes, Meta is ending the company’s “Diverse Slate Approach” of considering qualified candidates from underrepresented groups for its open roles.
Among the changes, Meta is ending the company’s “Diverse Slate Approach” of considering qualified candidates from underrepresented groups for its open roles.
Meta withdraws from RE100 after decade of membership
Meta Platforms withdrew from RE100, the corporate clean energy initiative it joined a decade ago, after the Climate Group confirmed the company can no longer meet the programme's technical criteria. The withdrawal was confirmed to TechCrunch.
Now Meta is no longer part of the RE100, a corporate renewable energy initiative, after a decade of membership, the company confirmed to TechCrunch today.
Meta has withdrawn from RE100, the global corporate clean energy initiative it joined a decade ago as Facebook, after the Climate Group confirmed the company can no longer meet the programme’s technical criteria.
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