Meta faces potential redesign mandates and significant EU fines as regulators identify features like infinite scrolling and autoplay as harmful to user health.

Meta Platforms plans to construct a one-gigawatt AI data centre in Alberta, supported by a new natural gas-fired power facility. The project is expected to create over 3,000 construction jobs and 300 permanent positions.

Four US states are seeking $1.4 trillion in penalties in an upcoming trial examining allegations that Meta designed its platforms to be addictive to minors. The company has dismissed the proposed sum as legally unprecedented while maintaining that its previous public statements were not misleading.

The Indian government has directed Meta to pause its WhatsApp username rollout, warning the feature could facilitate impersonation scams and complicate cybercrime investigations.