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In this Feb. 26, 2018, file photo, District of Columbia Attorney General Karl Racine, attends a news conference near the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

D.C. AG Racine sues Facebook’s Zuckerberg for abusing consumers in Cambridge Analytics data breach

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks at the Paley Center in New York, Oct. 25, 2019. The nonprofit that distributed most of the $350 million in donations from Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg to election offices in 2020 says it won't disburse similar donations this year. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

State AGs target tech as lawmakers’ efforts to hammer companies lack momentum

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

Law enforcement officers work at the scene of a deadly crash in Holtville, Calif., on Tuesday, March 2, 2021. Authorities say a semi-truck crashed into an SUV carrying 25 people on a Southern California highway, killing at least 13 people. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Arizona governor urges social media to block cartel ads seeking drivers to smuggle illegals

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Facebook slower than Twitch, other sites to yank Buffalo shooting videos

By Haleuya Hadero - Associated Press

Meta experience expert Askia Luna demonstrates the Ray Ban Stories smart glasses during a preview of the Meta Store in Burlingame, Calif., Wednesday, May 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

Meta opens first physical store

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Meta to open brick-and-mortar store

By Peter Santo - The Washington Times

In this photo provided by Outdoor Afro, Rue Mapp poses for a picture in California, in 2018. Mapp is the founder and CEO of Outdoor Afro. (Bethanie Hines/Courtesy of Outdoor Afro via AP)

Instagram adds fundraising to Reels to help nonprofits

By Glenn Gamboa - Associated Press

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks at the Paley Center in New York, Oct. 25, 2019. The nonprofit that distributed most of the $350 million in donations from Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg to election offices in 2020 says it won't disburse similar donations this year. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Groups with strong liberal ties funneled massive 2020 election grants to Democrat-rich districts

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks at the Paley Center in New York, Oct. 25, 2019. The nonprofit that distributed most of the $350 million in donations from Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg to election offices in 2020 says it won't disburse similar donations this year. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Zuckerberg won’t repeat 2020’s massive spending on elections offices, bows to conservative critics

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

Seventh District Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal, right, speaks at a union roundtable focusing on how to strengthen unions across the United States, as U.S. Secretary of Labor, Marty Walsh, left, and U.S. Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., center, look on Friday, March 25, 2022, in Seattle. (Greg Gilbert/The Seattle Times via AP) **FILE**

Democrats call for ban on stock trading for members of Congress

By Mica Soellner - The Washington Times

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks at Georgetown University, Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019, in Washington. Zuckerberg promises that the virtual-reality “metaverse” he’s planning to build will “let you do almost anything.” That might not be such a great idea. (AP Photo/Nick Wass, File)

Millions of dollars from anonymous donors swamped election officials in Dem-heavy counties in 2020

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

Facebook unveiled their new Meta sign outside the company headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif., Thursday, Oct. 28, 2021. Facebook Inc. is changing its name to Meta Platforms Inc., or Meta for short, to reflect what CEO Mark Zuckerberg says is its commitment to developing the new surround-yourself technology known as the “metaverse.” But the social network itself will still be called Facebook. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar) ** FILE **

Inside Meta’s Oversight Board: Complaints that review blocked for some Facebook censorship decisions

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

Russia court bans Facebook, Instagram on ‘extremism’ charges

Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, listens to Lebedinsky GOK Managing Director Oleg Mikhailov, left, as businessman and founder of USM Holdings, Alisher Usmanov, right, and Minister of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov stand behind him while visiting the Lebedinsky GOK JSC, in Gubkin, Belgorod Region, Russia, Friday, July 14, 2017. Usmanov is not on the sanctions list implemented in response to the 2022 invasion of Ukraine. The metals tycoon was an early investor in Facebook. His fortune is estimated at more than $14 billion. (Mikhail Klimentyev/Sputnik/Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

Russia slams Meta as ‘extremist’ after Facebook lifts rules on anti-Russian speech

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

Tourists visit the Supreme Court, Jan., 2022, in Washington, in this file photo. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, file) **FILE**

Supreme Court rejects case against Facebook over users’ sex trafficking of minors

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Former President Donald Trump, speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) Saturday, Feb. 26, 2022, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux) ** FILE **

EXCLUSIVE: Pro-Trump group launches interactive election-integrity map of states

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Oct. 25, 2019, file photo, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks at the Paley Center in New York. FILE - In this April 23, 2021, file photo, the Facebook app is shown in the app store on a smart phone in Surfside, Fla. Facebook on Wednesday, July 14 2021, is asking that the new head of the Federal Trade Commission step away from antitrust investigations into the social network giant, asserting that her past public criticism of the company’s market power makes it impossible for her to be impartial. ( (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, FIle)

Minnesota GOP moves to block Mark Zuckerberg cash from elections

By Mohamed Ibrahim - Associated Press

FILE - Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., left, and Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., right speak to former Facebook data scientist Frances Haugen, center, during a hearing of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Data Security, on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021, in Washington. Blumenthal, who heads the Senate Commerce subcommittee on consumer protection, called in a sharply worded letter Wednesday, Oct. 20, for Facebook founder, Mark Zuckerberg, to testify before the panel on Instagram’s effects on children. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Sens. Blumenthal, Blackburn propose to overhaul digital rules to protect kids from social media

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

In this Feb. 4, 2014, file photo, Rep. Richard Hudson, R-N.C., left, accompanied by House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Va., center, and House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

Facebook flags Rep. Richard Hudson’s post on Durham filing

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

Facebook unveiled their new Meta sign at the company headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif., on Oct. 28, 2021. Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc. has settled a decade-old class-action lawsuit, Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022, over the company’s use of “cookies” in 2010 and 2011 that tracked people online even after they logged off the Facebook platform. As part of the proposed settlement, which must still be approved by a judge, Meta has agreed to delete all the data it wrongfully collected during the period. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar) **FILE**

Facebook to pay $90 million to settle data privacy lawsuit

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times