The Supreme Court is allowing a multibillion-dollar class action investors’ lawsuit to proceed against Facebook parent Meta stemming from the privacy scandal involving the Cambridge Analytica political consulting firm.

European Union regulators hit Facebook parent Meta with a fine of nearly 800 million euros on Thursday for what it calls “abusive practices” involving its Marketplace online classified ads business.

Facebook and Instagram users in Europe will get the option to see less personalized ads if they don’t want to pay for an ad-free subscription.

Meta Platforms Inc. has posted stronger-than-expected third-quarter results fueled by its advertising revenue growth and its push to incorporate artificial intelligence.

Just weeks before the U.S. presidential election, TikTok still approved advertisements that contained election disinformation even though it has a ban on political ads.

A congressional candidate who says he was tricked by Democrats into running as a spoiler in a competitive House race in Minnesota is suspending his campaign and endorsing his Republican rival.

Social media users across the European Union will soon have a new forum to challenge decisions by platforms to remove posts and videos for breaking their rules or leave up others that may violate them.

The European Union’s top court has said that social media company Meta can’t use public information about a user’s sexual orientation obtained outside its platforms for personalized advertising under the bloc’s strict data privacy rules.

Meta, Facebook’s parent company, has lost an appeal in a Kenyan labor court.

Several little-known pro-Trump candidates are running for Congress in key races as independents, and an Associated Press review finds they were recruited and backed by the same shadowy group.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg says senior Biden administration officials pressured Facebook to “censor” some COVID-19 content during the pandemic.

911 phone lines are working again after an overnight outage in Wythe County.

Officials say Meta has agreed to a $1.4 billion settlement with Texas in a privacy lawsuit over allegations that the tech giant used biometric data of users without their permission.

Several major universities in Bangladesh have agreed to shut their doors after at least six people died in violent campus protests.

Facebook has lifted restrictions imposed on Donald Trump after the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.

A deep dive into political ads on Facebook by researchers at Syracuse University has revealed a sprawling web of advertisements that contain misleading information or scams.

According to Washington and Lee, the bomb threat has been cleared.

The Salem Fair is closing Friday night due to inclement weather.

A before-school program for middle schoolers is coming to local YMCA’s, according to a Facebook post by Roanoke City Public Schools.

A car ran off the road in the 8300 block of Pipers Gap Road Monday, the driver and a dog in the vehicle were unharmed.

The Supreme Court has agreed to consider shutting down a multibillion-dollar class action investors’ lawsuit against Facebook parent Meta stemming from the privacy scandal involving the Cambridge Analytica political consulting firm.

Spain’s government has proposed a law to protect children from online threats that includes virtual restraining orders for felons and a higher age for opening social media accounts.

The American side isn’t far behind, with 104 cables installed.

A spokesperson for the families of a young missionary couple from the U.S. says their bodies are going to be transported to Missouri this week.

The European Union opened fresh investigations into Facebook and Instagram over suspicions that they’re failing to protect children online, in violation of the bloc’s strict digital regulations for social media platforms.

Local first responders are proving that their life-saving skills are needed in all kinds of situations, like rescues involving our pets.

Several Democrats serving as their state’s top election officials have sent a letter to the parent company of Facebook, asking it to stop allowing ads that claim the 2020 presidential election was stolen.

The European Union is scrutinizing Facebook and Instagram over a range of suspected violations of the bloc’s digital rulebook, including not doing enough to protect users from foreign disinformation ahead of EU-wide elections.

Facebook and Instagram parent company Meta says its first-quarter profit more than doubled, boosted by higher advertising revenue and a 6% increase on the average price of ads on its platforms.

Generative AI is advancing so quickly that the latest chatbots available today could be out of date tomorrow.

It’s that time of year when yard sales and flea markets spring up or at least they used to.

Two tribal nations are accusing social media companies of contributing to high rates of suicides that disproportionately affect Native American youth.

Meta will be sunsetting Facebook News in early April for users in the U.S. and Australia as the platform further deemphasizes news and politics.

Hearts are heavy in Bedford County after the passing of a local firefighter.

Reddit will enter a new era as a publicly traded company with a market value of $6.4 billion.

A new Our Daily Bread location is set to open in Downtown Roanoke this April.

The Supreme Court is taking up a dispute between Republican-led states and the Biden administration over how far the federal government can go to combat controversial social media posts on topics like COVID-19 and election security.

House Republicans are moving ahead with a bill that would require Chinese company ByteDance to sell TikTok or face a ban in the United States even as former President Donald Trump is voicing opposition to the effort.

Nearly three-quarters of U.S. teens say they feel happy or peaceful when they don’t have their phones with them, according to a new report from the Pew Research Center.

A group of 40 state attorneys general have sent a letter to Instagram and Facebook parent company Meta expressing concern over what they say is dramatic uptick of consumer complaints about account takeovers and lockouts.

If you’re having trouble logging into Facebook or Instagram, you’re not alone.

A technical issue had caused widespread login issues for more than an hour across Meta’s Facebook, Instagram, Threads and Messenger platforms on Tuesday.

A home is deemed a total loss after a fire in Woodlawn Friday.

Rockbridge County school leaders are taking legal action against popular social media sites, with plans to join a lawsuit alongside over 400 school divisions nationwide.

As legislative discussions are underway involving social media, Meta invited us to discuss youth safety on their popular platforms, Instagram and Facebook.

An oversight board is criticizing Facebook owner Meta's policies on manipulated media as “incoherent” and insufficient to address online disinformation in a major election year.

Mark Zuckerberg has accumulated a long history of public apologies, often issued in the wake of crisis or when Facebook users rose up against unannounced — and frequently unappreciated — changes in its service.

Do you know how many users there are a month around the world? How many people over 65 use the platform? Which country has the most users?

While a student at Harvard in 2003, Mark Zuckerberg developed what was then known as Facemash, an online platform intended to judge the attractiveness of students at the university.

Which groups on Facebook do you benefit from the most and why? Are there any interesting stories about how a particular group has enriched your life for the better?

A man suspected of shooting and killing eight people in suburban Chicago fatally shot himself after a confrontation at a gas station with law enforcement officials in Texas.

Newly unredacted documents from New Mexico’s lawsuit against Meta underscore the company’s historical reluctance to keep children safe on its platforms.

Meta says it will start hiding inappropriate content from teenagers’ accounts on Instagram and Facebook.

A federal judge has temporarily halted enforcement of an Ohio law that would require children under 16 to get parental consent to use social media apps.

A trade group representing TikTok, Snapchat, Meta and other major tech companies has sued Ohio over a pending law that requires children to get parental consent to use social media apps.

If you watch 10 News at 6 and 11 on the weekends, you may recognize Sydney from behind the anchor desk. Or, you may know this familiar face as a 10 News reporter throughout the week.

A study from Harvard says social media companies collectively made over $11 billion in U.S. advertising revenue from minors last year.

According to the Rockbridge County Sheriff’s Office, the dog has been found.

You probably recognize her face, but if you can’t quite put a name to it, meet Kelly Marsh!

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There’s nothing like looking back at old photo albums and seeing your loved ones, lots of smiling faces, and of course, plenty of embarrassing shots, too!

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A quasi-independent review board has ruled that Facebook parent company Meta should overturn two decisions it made this fall to remove posts “informing the world about human suffering on both sides” of the Israel-Hamas war.

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Teen usage of social media hasn’t dropped much, despite rising concerns about its effects on the mental health of adolescents.

The Fries Volunteer Fire Department announced the cancellation of their Fiddler’s Convention after 56 years due to quote “unforeseen circumstances.”

A boy is in custody after a “disturbing” social media post involving a gun was made Friday.

Meta is rolling out end-to-end encryption for calls and messages across its Facebook and Messenger platforms, the company announced Thursday.

Chinese naval vessels have become the first ships to dock at a new pier at a Cambodian naval base that the United States and some international security experts say is destined to serve as a strategic outpost for Beijing’s navy.

New Mexico's attorney general is suing the parent company of Facebook and Instagram claiming it failed to protect underage users from exposure to child sexual abuse material and let adults solicit pornographic imagery from them.

A Spanish association representing more than 80 newspapers has filed a lawsuit against Facebook parent Meta accusing it of unfair competition in online advertising by allegedly ignoring European Union rules on data protection.

The parent company of Instagram and Facebook has sued the Federal Trade Commission in an attempt to stop the agency from reopening a 2020 privacy settlement with the company that would prohibit it from profiting from data it collects on users under 18.

Meta says it has found and disabled thousands of fake Facebook accounts linked to China that were used to spread politically partisan content in the United States before next year’s election.

TikTok and Meta are filing legal challenges against new European Union rules designed to counter the dominance of digital giants and make online competition fairer by giving consumers more choice.

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A stable auroral arc was photographed over parts of Virginia Sunday night

Pok-E-Joe’s Lynchburg location is set to close permanently on Dec. 1.

Facebook and Instagram users in Europe are getting the option to pay for ad-free versions of the social media platforms as a way to comply with the continent’s strict data privacy rules.

Facebook parent Meta has posted sharply higher earnings for the third quarter, boosted by an increase in advertising revenue and lower expenses after it laid off thousands of workers.

Almost 60 dogs are being treated for a respiratory illness at the Regional Center for Animal Care and Protection in Roanoke, according to a Facebook post on Thursday.

The lawyer representing 184 former Facebook content moderators based in Kenya who have sued the site's parent company, Meta, over working conditions and pay has told the judge that Meta was not sincere in trying to reach an out-of-court settlement as agreed in the last court session.

Pulaski County Middle School will be closed on Thursday, October 5, as authorities investigate threats made on social media, school officials posted on Facebook Wednesday night.

Meta plans to give Facebook and Instagram users in Europe the option of paying for ad-free versions of the social media platforms as a way to comply with the continent’s strict data privacy rules.

A barbecue restaurant in the Star City has closed its doors for good.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg kicked off the tech giant’s Connect developer conference on Wednesday with a focus on virtual and augmented reality and artificial intelligence.

British lawmakers have approved an ambitious but controversial new internet safety law with wide-ranging powers to crack down on digital and social media companies like TikTok, Google and Facebook and Instagram parent Meta.

New details in the fallout of a local gynecologist who stepped down following accusations of incidents ranging from harassment to sexual assault.

A Florida reptile park has taken in an alligator that lost its nose and upper jaw to a fight or boat propeller.

The Supreme Court has temporarily blocked enforcement of a lower court order curbing Biden administration efforts to combat controversial social media posts.

The Blue Ridge Rock Festival has announced the cancellation of the Saturday and Sunday’s programming, the final days of this year’s festival.

The European Union is targeting six Big Tech companies including Amazon, Apple and Microsoft under new digital rules aimed at reining in the market power of online companies.

Elon Musk says his social network X, formerly known as Twitter, will give users the ability to make voice and video calls on the platform.

Starting Friday, Europeans will see their online life change.

A Thai Cabinet minister is threatening to try to shut down Facebook in the country, saying the social media platform does not do enough to screen the advertisements it runs, leaving people vulnerable to costly scams.

Google, Facebook, TikTok and other Big Tech companies operating in Europe must comply with one of the most far-reaching efforts to clean up what people see online.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is accusing Facebook of putting profits over people’s safety during Canada’s wildfire emergencies.

Race lovers in the New River Valley heads up. Staff with the 'Rusty Wallace Racing Group' did not renew the lease at 'Pulaski County Motorsports Park' to continue sporting events.

Threads, the simple, bare-bones text-based social network created by Facebook owner Meta, burst onto the scene during a particularly bad week for the rival then still known as Twitter.

Children in Georgia would need their parents' permission to create social media accounts if some top Republicans in the state get their way next year.