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On Thursday, Instacart announced that Fidji Simo -- the former head of the Facebook app -- will start as Instacart’s chief executive officer on Aug. 2.

Facebook Inc., Twitter Inc., and Alphabet Inc.'s Google have privately warned the Hong Kong government that they could stop offering their services in the city if authorities proceed with planned changes to data-protection laws that could make them liable for the malicious sharing of individuals' information online.

Facebook Inc (FB.O) is starting to warn some users they might have seen "extremist content" on the social media site, the company said on Thursday.

U.S. District Judge James Boasberg wrote in an opinion Monday that the FTC complaint against Facebook was “legally insufficient,”

Dr. Priscilla Chan and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s technology initiative partnered with Gradient Learning, an education nonprofit, to create a new communication tool for teachers and students.

The Texas Supreme Court ruled Friday that Facebook can be held liable if sexual traffickers use the platform to prey on children.

As bipartisan lawmakers push antitrust bills targeting Big Tech companies, experts are warning that the legislation could potentially harm innovation and consumers.

Big Tech is under mounting pressure on Capitol Hill as lawmakers take up a series of sweeping new antitrust bills that could break up some of Silicon Valley's most powerful companies.

After the swift downturn of early 2020, shares of Facebook Inc., FB -2.04% Apple Inc., AAPL -1.01% Amazon.com Inc., AMZN -0.07% Netflix Inc. NFLX 0.49% and Google parent Alphabet Inc. GOOG -0.64% recovered more quickly than the broad stock market. Then they pushed higher, ultimately powering the S&P 500 to a 16% gain for 2020.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis slammed Big Tech during an exclusive interview on “Sunday Morning Futures,” arguing that their censorship is “doing damage to society.”