Meta will let kids under 13 use WhatsApp with parent-managed accounts The new privacy features will roll out gradually. By Matt Tate March 11, 2026 1:20 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Meta has announced that it's introducing parent-managed accounts on WhatsApp. …
… Meta paid out billions of dollars to settle biometric privacy lawsuits in Illinois and Texas and another $5 billion to the FTC for a separate privacy case partially tied to facial recognition software. Update, April 13 2026, 4:45PM ET: This story was updated after publish with comment from Meta.
… Internal documents that have surfaced as part of the trial show Meta executives and researchers debating the trade-offs between safety and privacy as it relates to encryption. …
UK Meta employee reportedly downloaded 30,000 private photos from Facebook users The Metropolitan police are currently handling the investigation into the privacy violation. …
… Already this year, Meta removed the tech from Instagram DMs and TikTok revealed that it wouldn't be offering it in DMs either. But other brands are on the same side as Discord. Notably, Apple is finally encrypting RCS messages, adding more privacy when iOS and Android users are chatting.
… NetChoice members include Google, YouTube, Meta, Reddit, Discord, TikTok and X. …
… Meta's terms and conditions require users to be at least 13 years of age to access Facebook and Instagram, but the EU's investigation found multiple issues with Meta's current approach to getting underage users out. …
… In the cloud, where they get routed through a company's servers and likely partially logged in metadata, and on the local storage of the phone where they're received. …
… But even if the new AirPods will have a low-resolution view of the world, they'll still technically be yet another surveillance device, and that alone may turn off privacy-focused users who've already written off Meta's smart glasses. …
… NetChoice, a trade group whose members include Meta and other platforms, has said the measure would enable censorship without making kids safer online. Privacy and digital rights groups, like the Electronic Frontier Foundation, also oppose the bill. …