Meta
Meta is an American multinational technology conglomerate. Its legal name is Meta Platforms, Inc. The company was founded on February 4, 2004, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.
Leadership
Mark Zuckerberg, Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Mark Zuckerberg is the founder, chairman and chief executive officer of Meta.
Key facts
WYDE coverage of Meta
WYDE Newsroom has published 18 articles about Meta, from Mar 29, 2026 to Oct 17, 2026. Meta is the subject of 16 stories and a donor in 2 stories. The most recent is More Time to Apply: The $1 Million Clipping Fund Is Open to October 31.
More Time to Apply: The $1 Million Clipping Fund Is Open to October 31
WYDE Weekly: creators who applied or joined bring more than 45 million followers, and the $1 million clipping fund now takes applications through October 31. Plus $100 million for stillbirth prevention, $18.5 million for food banks and the week in giving, AI and health, by the numbers.
Oct 17, 2026 · 5 min read · Donor
AIMeta Donates 1,000 AI Glasses to Singapore's Disability Community
Meta gave 1,000 Ray-Ban Meta AI glasses to four Singapore organizations, and a US$30,000 grant for accessibility training to the Singapore Association of the Visually Handicapped.
Oct 12, 2026 · 3 min read · Donor
Crypto & DeFiCrypto Godfather Adam Iza Gets 78 Months for a $37 Million Meta Fraud and Deputy Scheme
Adam Iza, who styled himself The Godfather, was sentenced to 78 months and ordered to pay $23.4 million in restitution for defrauding Meta of more than $37 million and hiring off-duty Los Angeles sheriff's deputies.
Oct 6, 2026 · 3 min read · Subject of the story
AIMeta Will Pay Up to $16.68 Billion and Cap Teen Screen Time to Settle States' Social Media Case
Meta agreed to pay up to $16.68 billion over ten years and impose default two-hour daily limits and overnight blocks for users under 18, settling the 51-attorney-general social media addiction case mid-trial in Oakland.
Aug 27, 2026 · 2 min read · Subject of the story
WYDE WeeklyJPMorgan Warns Food Inflation Could Double, Citi Will Custody Bitcoin, and EAT Tops Charity Tokens. Over 65,000 Meals.
Record child hunger and food insecurity collide with a wall of institutional crypto money, from Citi custody to the SEC and Treasury rulebooks, plus $105 billion for one AI data center. This week in the WYDE Newsroom.
Aug 22, 2026 · 7 min read · Subject of the story
AIMeta's 29-State Social Media Addiction Trial Opens in Oakland Federal Court With Penalties That Could Reach $200 Billion
Opening statements in the Meta social media addiction trial began Tuesday in Oakland, with a bipartisan coalition of 29 state attorneys general arguing Facebook and Instagram were built to hook children.
Aug 18, 2026 · 2 min read · Subject of the story
WYDE WeeklyA Court Stripped Section 230, the FDA Killed Self-Certified Food Ingredients, and Wall Street Put $500 Billion Behind AI. Over 63,000 Meals.
WYDE Weekly: the SEC cancels its Regulation Crypto vote a day early, Colombia's earthquake toll reaches 273, a judge dismisses the Adani case with a rebuke, and Anthropic signs a $9.1 billion compute deal with a bitcoin miner.
Aug 15, 2026 · 5 min read · Subject of the story
AIThe Ninth Circuit Rules Section 230 Does Not Shield Social Media Companies From Youth Addiction Lawsuits
The Monday ruling lets thousands of cases against Google, Meta, Snap and TikTok move forward, and Meta goes to trial Wednesday over claims it illegally collected children's data.
Aug 12, 2026 · 2 min read · Subject of the story
WYDE WeeklyA Judge Ordered Meta to Pay $567 Million, Another Gave HHS Until Noon, and the Farm Bill Died by One Vote. Over 63,000 Meals.
WYDE Weekly: the CLARITY Act misses its Senate deadline, SNAP enrollment drops by 4 million, HHS moves to erase 1,400 Head Start rules, and researchers use AI to design 16 working viruses.
Aug 8, 2026 · 8 min read · Subject of the story
AIA New Mexico Judge Orders Meta to Pay $567 Million Into a Fund for Children Harmed by Its Apps
The Thursday order calls Meta a public nuisance, brings the state's total judgment against the company to $942 million, and forces Facebook and Instagram to strip Like counts and cap usage for New Mexico users under 18.
Aug 8, 2026 · 3 min read · Subject of the story
AIMeta Becomes the Third AI Lab in a Month to Say Its Model Broke Into Another Company's Systems
Meta's Muse Spark 1.1 compromised another company's system during a cyber evaluation by AI security firm Irregular, following similar disclosures from OpenAI and Anthropic, and researchers say containment is not keeping pace with capability.
Aug 6, 2026 · 2 min read · Subject of the story
HealthcareFTC Sues Hims and Hers for Sharing Patient Health Data With Meta and Snap
The Federal Trade Commission, California, and Utah sued telehealth company Hims and Hers on July 29, alleging it shared sensitive patient health data with Meta and Snap and charged consumers for prescriptions without consent.
Jul 31, 2026 · 3 min read · Subject of the story
WYDE WeeklySwift's banking network turned on its blockchain, Circle became a bank, and an XRP windfall gave away $154 million. Over 60,000 meals.
WYDE Weekly: Swift's live ledger with 17 banks, Circle and Sony's OCC charters, the $1.4 trillion Meta demand, a revived 45 million hunger warning, and Rippleworks' record $154 million grant year.
Jul 12, 2026 · 7 min read · Subject of the story
LegalFour States Want $1.4 Trillion From Meta Over Child Social Media Addiction
Meta disclosed the penalty demand from California, Colorado, Kentucky and New Jersey in a court filing ahead of an August youth safety trial in Oakland, calling a sanction of that size unprecedented in consumer protection enforcement.
Jul 7, 2026 · 3 min read · Subject of the story
WYDE WeeklyBig Tech moved $1.5B into giving. A judge saved SNAP. Roubini went onchain. 58,300 meals.
WYDE Weekly: Intercept's $500M fund, Evan Spiegel's $550M medical-debt erase, the US $800M WFP pledge, Project Pangea, and the EAT Card beta.
Jun 27, 2026 · 6 min read · Subject of the story
Crypto & DeFiMeta Builds Prediction Markets App Arena to Rival Polymarket and Kalshi
Mark Zuckerberg directed Meta to build a standalone prediction markets app called Arena to rival Polymarket and Kalshi, starting points-based with no real-money betting yet.
Jun 24, 2026 · 2 min read · Subject of the story
WYDE Weekly$381M verdict against Zuck. 90% SBA Financing for Food SMBs. $EAT at ATH. We signed our national partner.
Feed the Children signed, $EAT ATH, SBA financing for food infrastructure, tokenization, AI, hunger policy, and big tech accountability.
Mar 30, 2026 · 9 min read · Subject of the story
LegalJuries Find Meta and YouTube Liable in Back-to-Back Social Media Addiction Verdicts
Juries found Meta and YouTube liable in back-to-back trials for addictive platform design harming children, awarding $381 million combined in damages.
Mar 29, 2026 · 2 min read · Subject of the story
Reported alongside Meta
- Anthropic · in 5 stories with Meta
- OpenAI · in 5 stories with Meta
- U.S. Department of Justice · in 5 stories with Meta
- Google · in 4 stories with Meta
- Feed the Children · in 3 stories with Meta
- Securities and Exchange Commission · in 3 stories with Meta
- World Food Programme · in 3 stories with Meta
- Donald Trump · in 3 stories with Meta
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