Behind-the-scenes details of an agreement between Facebook and US privacy regulators in 2019 emerged in a Delaware court Wednesday, during a trial on investor claims the settlement cost them at least $7 billion.

Facebook's board was not trying to protect founder Mark Zuckerberg in 2019 when it agreed to pay a $5 billion regulatory fine to resolve claims over its privacy practices, but was instead focused on growth,

Meta will begin removing monetization privileges and stop recommending content from accounts that repeatedly post unoriginal content, many times aided by AI.

Like YouTube, Meta says it won't penalize users who are engaging with other people's content, doing things like making reaction videos, joining a trend, or adding their own takes.

Meta is going after creators who rip off other users' content as part of a broader effort to fix Facebook's feed. In its latest update, the company laid out new steps it's taking to penalize accounts that lift work from others.

Meta on Monday said it has removed about 10 million Facebook profiles for impersonating large content producers so far in 2025, in an effort to reduce spam.

Meta is working on ways to credit original creators and tackle spammy, repetitive content.

Threads is testing letting you sign up with a Facebook account rather than an Instagram account. The new option, spotted by Social Media Today, doesn't appear to be widely available yet, but is already mentioned in a Meta support article.