Running Tally of Shitty Meta News

NOTE: I've stopped updating this page on a regular basis; it was too exhausting. I will continue updates with some of the more egregious stories. I'm sure you can find much more on your favourite news sites. Also see Criticism of Facebook on Wikipedia.

Shitty News from January 2025

2025-01-07 Meta eliminates fact-checking in latest bow to Trump
2025-01-07 Calling women 'household objects' now permitted on Facebook after Meta updated its guidelines
2025-01-09 Leaked Meta Rules: Users Are Free to Post "Mexican Immigrants Are Trash!" or "Trans People Are Immoral"
2025-01-13 Meta admits it deleted links to decentralized Instagram competitor Pixelfed
2025-01-14 Meta celebrates "freedom of expression" by censoring an LGBTQ group critical of Facebook.
2025-01-15 Lawyer Drops Meta Over Mark Zuckerberg's "Toxic Masculinity" Stanford professor Mark Lemley says the company and its founder have descended into "Neo-Nazi madness."
2025-01-17 Mark Zuckerberg is reportedly blaming former Meta exec Sheryl Sandberg for a company inclusivity initiative. Good ol' Mark throwing someone under the bus to avoid Trumpian attention.
2025-01-17 Meta's Community Notes Will Not Impact Paid Ads, Company Confirms. Sure. Just buy your way around any sort of pesky remaining "fact-checking".
2025-01-17 No fact-checking for Facebook and Instagram is driven by money, consequences will be harmful: MUN prof
2025-01-19 R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe calls for Facebook and Instagram blackout in protest against advance of American far right
2025-01-21 Meta Faces Backlash As Democrat-Related Terms Disappear From Instagram
2025-01-22 Meta Ex-COO Sheryl Sandberg Sanctioned For Deleting Emails
2025-01-22 Facebook removes, then reinstates, page of British anti-racism organisation
2025-01-22 Meta admits some people can't unfollow Donald Trump on Instagram
2025-01-23 Report: Meta's fact checking program failed to spot most disinformation
2025-01-24 (Opinion) Meta's new policy will only add to disinformation
2025-01-25 Meta platforms blocked posts by abortion pill providers
2025-01-27 Meta's "MAGA Makeover"
2025-01-27 Facebook's internal policy makers decided that Linux is malware and labelled groups associated with Linux as being "cybersecurity threats". The sad irony here is that Facebook runs much of its infrastructure on Linux and often posts job ads looking for Linux developers.
2025-01-29 Everything is Spam on Facebook Unless It is Paid Post (or Actual Spam)
2025-01-29 As an Autistic Man With Debilitating Social Anxiety, I'm Disturbed by Facebook's Intense Rightward Shift
2025-01-29 Facebook user disturbed after coming across bizarre ads on their feed: 'This is a peek of a weird future'
2025-01-30 Meta warns that it will fire leakers in leaked memo
2025-01-31 Meta Blocked News in Canada. Ads for Scams Are Taking Its Place
2025-01-31 "Mark must have the Facebook app installed": Internet explodes as Zuckerberg's meeting on leaks... leaks again
2025-01-31 Meta to pay $25 million to settle Donald Trump lawsuit, Zuckerberg hails administration

Shitty News from February 2025

2025-02-01 Meta's Safety Advisory Council Says It's Prioritizing Politics Over Safety
2025-02-04 Jesse Eisenberg no longer wants to be 'associated' with Mark Zuckerberg
2025-02-07 Meta prepares for layoffs on Monday
2025-02-07 Court documents show not only did Meta torrent terabytes of pirated books to train AI models, employees wouldn't stop emailing each other about it: 'Torrenting from a corporate laptop doesn't feel right'
2025-02-07 Facebook defends $725 million privacy settlement in US appeals court
2025-02-08 We didn't click 'consent' on any gambling website. So how did Facebook know where we'd been?
2025-02-08 Abandoning Facebook: It's Easy When You Know How
2025-02-08 Revealed: gambling firms secretly sharing user' data with Facebook without permission
2025-02-11 Click, Connect, Conspire: Unraveling Facebook's Global Misinformation Web
2025-02-21 Meta defends using pirated material, claims it's legal if you don't seed content
2025-02-24 John Oliver on Facebook: 'An absolute sewer of hatred and misinformation'
2025-02-24 As Facebook Abandons Fact-Checking, It's Also Offering Bonuses for Viral Content
2025-02-24 How new Facebook policies incentivize spreading misinformation
2025-02-24 I had only positive performance reviews during 2 years at Meta. I still got laid off as a 'low performer.'
2025-02-25 Facebook and Instagram publish graphic porn ads disguised as fake make-up tutorials

Shitty News from March 2025

2025-03-05 Meta keeps 'block' lists of ex-employees—and even help from a VP can't get you off them
2025-03-10 A Facebook Insider's Exposé Alleges Bad Behavior at the Top
2025-03-11 Facebook Employees Would Lose Board Games Against Zuckerberg on Purpose, Former Executive Claims
2025-03-11 Ex-Facebook COO Told Assistant To "Come To Bed" On Private Jet, Claims Book
2025-03-13 Meta stops ex-director from promoting critical memoir
2025-03-16 Careless People: A Story of Where I Used to Work by Sarah Wynn-Williams review – a former disciple unfriends Facebook This account of working life at Mark Zuckerberg's tech giant organisation describes a 'diabolical cult' able to swing elections and profit at the expense of the world's vulnerable.

Shitty News from April 2025

2025-04-17 Businesses face Meta account lockouts with devastating effects to their business. If your business is dependent on Meta, you run an extreme risk of losing it all if Meta capriciously decides to close your account.
2025-04-28 Meta AI Capable of Having Sexual Conversations With Minors

Shitty News from June 2025

2025-06-23 'A Black Hole of Energy Use': Meta's Massive AI Data Center Is Stressing Out a Louisiana Community

Shitty News from November 2025

2025-11-06 Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, documents show
2025-11-24 Meta buried 'causal' evidence of social media harm, US court filings allege

Shitty News from December 2025

2025-12-26 Meta tolerates rampant ad fraud from China to safeguard billions in revenue

Shitty News from January 2026

Shitty News from March 2026

2026-03-24 New Mexico jury says Meta harms children's mental health and safety, violating state law
2026-03-25 Meta and YouTube Found Negligent in Landmark Social Media Addiction Case

Shitty News from April 2026

2026-04-21 Meta to start capturing employee mouse movements, keystrokes for AI training data