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Arcs in the news about Meta from the outlets we track, each followed from its first story to its last, with who covered it.

Organization · 516 stories · 3,690 articles · earliest story we hold Oct 3, 2023

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All arcs2 named arcs in 2024

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The social media addiction lawsuits against Meta, YouTube and TikTok

4 of 35 stories this year

TikTok, Facebook and YouTube sued by New York City for alleged harm to kids' mental health · 9 articles, Feb 15NYC sues social media companies, alleges contribution to 'youth mental health crisis' · 16 articles, Feb 154 Canadian school boards sue Snapchat, TikTok and Meta for disrupting students' education · 17 articles, Mar 2813 states, D.C. sue TikTok, accuse platform of harm to minors · 86 articles, Oct 8
The law forcing TikTok's sale or ban, from Congress to the 2025 deal · Feb 12, 2024 – Jul 20, 2026

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Stories before June 28, 2026 come from archived pages, so who covered them is limited to the outlets we recovered for that period.

Everything else87 stories in 2024 not part of any arc, newest first

Stories about Meta that are not part of any arc yet

  1. Dec 13Amazon to contribute $1 million to Trump’s inauguration fund. Meta is also donating $1M25 articles · 23 independent sources
    2 left, 7 center, 5 right
  2. Dec 12Meta Donates $1 Million To Trump’s Inaugural Fund Weeks After CEO Zuckerberg Met President-Elect22 articles · 22 independent sources
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  3. Dec 11– 12Meta says it has almost resolved outage on Facebook and Instagram apps31 articles · 18 independent sources
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  4. Nov 22Supreme Court allows multibillion-dollar class action to proceed against Meta10 articles · 10 independent sources
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  5. Nov 14Meta hit with $840 million EU fine for 'abusive' Facebook Marketplace ad practices13 articles · 12 independent sources
    0 left, 7 center, 1 right
  6. Nov 5South Korea fines Meta $15 million for illegally collecting information on Facebook users6 articles · 6 independent sources
    0 left, 2 center, 1 right
  7. Oct 22Meta bans jet-tracking accounts that post updates on Trump, Musk and Zuckerberg8 articles · 8 independent sources
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  8. Sep 25Meta reveals the budget-friendly Quest 3S VR headset7 articles · 7 independent sources
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  9. Sep 25Meta is bringing the voices of Judi Dench, John Cena and Keegan-Michael Key to its AI chatbot6 articles · 6 independent sources
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  10. Sep 25Meta unveiled a huge update to its Ray-Ban Smart Glasses7 articles · 6 independent sources
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Stories that name Meta

  1. Dec 31Trump calls Mar-a-Lago the ‘center of the universe’ and a magnet for those seeking influence11 articles · 10 independent sources
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  2. Dec 24Iran lifts ban on WhatsApp and Google Play, state media says8 articles · 8 independent sources
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  3. Dec 19Ireland embraced data centers that the AI boom needs. Now they're consuming too much of its energy9 articles · 8 independent sources
    0 left, 2 center, 1 right
  4. Dec 13OpenAI's Altman will donate $1 million to Trump's inaugural fund21 articles · 14 independent sources
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  5. Dec 6Killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO spotlights complex challenge companies face in protecting top brass14 articles · 13 independent sources
    0 left, 2 center, 2 right
  6. Nov 28– Dec 5Australia is banning social media for people under 16. Could this work elsewhere — or even there?65 articles · 40 independent sources
    11 left, 14 center, 7 right
  7. Nov 28Zuckerberg dines with Trump in Mar-a-Lago28 articles · 20 independent sources
    1 left, 7 center, 5 right
  8. Nov 25– 29Australian Senate passes a social media ban for young children58 articles · 36 independent sources
    4 left, 17 center, 3 right
  9. Nov 19Tired of your Instagram algorithm? You'll be able to reset it soon for a 'fresh start.'5 articles · 5 independent sources
    2 left, 0 center, 1 right
  10. Nov 18– 19Brendan Carr wrote the FCC chapter in ‘Project 2025.’ Now he’s Trump’s pick for the agency12 articles · 10 independent sources
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