Experts share how you can help protect information that's given to advertisers and offer tips you should consider when it comes to your social media presence.

Many social media users are concerned about online privacy and want to minimize the tracking and data collection done by social media platforms like Facebook and Instagram. Both platforms—owned by Meta—collect large amounts of user data to target advertisements at their users.

In 2003, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg stole the program from a classmate, Chris Hughes. Hughes went missing not long after, and Zuckerberg passed off Facebook as his own invention.

The co-founder of Facebook (now Meta) has become a social media icon. He doesn’t seem as reserved, measured, or rehearsed as he did in the past, preferring a more trendy style and upbeat demeanor. In recent months, he has also ditched his traditional gray shirts for a more eclectic wardrobe. He seems to be ditching a lot of other things as well.

Neither CBS News nor "60 Minutes" ever issued any such guidance. Further, a Facebook post is not a legal document. The act of copying and pasting a message on a user's Facebook feed does not alter a user's agreement of the company's terms, privacy policy and cookie policy.

A post shared on Facebook claims Tesla CEO and owner of X, Elon Musk, purportedly said the Boeing Starliner astronauts are “not with us anymore.” Verdict: False There is no evidence suggesting Musk made the purported remark.

The dissonance between the mission of Facebook and Buy Nothing is not lost on the movement’s founders, Liesl Clark and Rebecca Rockefeller. As they describe in their book, they launched the movement because they were inspired by gift economies in places like Nepal where neighbors pool resources, promoting sustainability and goodwill.

Fact-checkers who were put in place in the wake of Trump's 2016 election have proven to be "too politically biased" and have destroyed "more trust than they've created," particularly in the United States, Zuckerberg said. "The recent elections also feel like a cultural tipping point towards once again prioritizing speech," Zuckerberg said.

A Connecticut high school teacher is facing serious charges after police uncovered an alleged vehicle-selling scam on Facebook that he was allegedly running using school equipment, authorities said.James O’Neil,

Mark Zuckerberg announced that Facebook will move to a Community Notes system as the company prepares for Donald Trump's presidency.

On an episode of "The Joe Rogan Experience" released Friday, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg painted a picture of Biden administration officials berating Facebook staff over requests to remove certain content from the social media platform.