Thousands of users report Meta's platforms are currently down.

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

Puerto Rican reggaeton singer Nicky Jam has withdrawn his endorsement of Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election a month after appearing at a rally for the candidate.

Spooky savings and fab freebies! Here are your deals around San Antonio for the week of October 28.

Google, Meta and TikTok have removed social media accounts belonging to an industrial plant in Russia’s Tatarstan region aimed at recruiting young foreign women to make drones for Moscow’s war in Ukraine.

A 14-year-old female ECISD student has been arrested and charged with terroristic threats, the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office said. The incident happened this past Tuesday, as the sheriff’s office assisted East Central ISD police with a reported terroristic threat that was posted on an Instagram post toward East Central High School.

The tropical-inspired bar La Ruina just east of downtown San Antonio is closing its doors this weekend.

A.B. Quintanilla is stopping rumors about his health before they spread. The musician and brother of the late Tejano star Selena had to be admitted to the hospital following a show in Bolivia earlier this week.

Worried about your teen’s Instagram use.

If you’ve been scrolling on Instagram, you’ve probably seen a post with text claiming the user must repost a statement or Meta can steal their personal data.

San Antonio Sports and L’Étape Texas announced Monday in an Instagram post that the Fiesta events were canceled so the organization can prepare for the 2025 NCAA Men’s Final Four.

Police on Friday arrested a 15-year old boy on charges related to threats on social media that prompted an increased police presence at multiple schools in the nation's capital.

Instagram is introducing separate teen accounts for those under 18 as it tries to make the platform safer for children amid growing backlash against how social media affects young people’s lives.

Music superstar Taylor Swift is officially in her Kamala Harris era after releasing a lengthy Instagram post supporting the Democratic presidential nominee.

Parents of Texas children under 18 can now monitor and restrict their child’s activity on digital platforms including Facebook and Instagram — but only if they know their child uses the service.

SA Live’s birthday week continues! Our show turns 10 this week, and we are celebrating with a ton of surprises.

Justin Bieber and Hailey Bieber have welcomed their first child.

San Antonio social media content creator Clarissa Briseño shares what books are trending and worth reading in this week’s Friday Finds!

On the 10th day, after creating the mountain goat, elephants, pelicans, a rhinoceros and a gorilla, among other animals, Banksy rested.

Ever wanted to create an AI version of yourself? Meta just made it easier, and you can share it with anyone.

Turkey has reinstated access to Instagram after more than a week of being blocked nationwide.

Emily Hill is a social media influencer based in Texas. Her Instagram page has thousands of followers, who want to know see her trendy finds.

Anyone who shops or uses the internet probably has encountered a TikTok trend, whether they know it or not.

European Union regulators have accused social media company Meta Platforms of breaching the bloc’s new digital competition rulebook by forcing Facebook and Instagram users to choose between seeing ads or paying to avoid them.

The 1975’s Matty Healy and model Gabbriette Bechtel are engaged, according to Healy’s mother.

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The lawsuit accuses Daniel Defense, the manufacturer of the shooter’s weapon, of marketing its products to young people.

The families of a group of victims of the Uvalde school shooting have announced new lawsuits against Instagram parent company Meta Platforms, the maker of the video game Call of Duty and the gun company that made the assault rifle used in the shooting.

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.

A San Antonio business owner facing backlash over a social media post wants you to hear him out.

Billie Eilish is hitting the road.

While a bill to ban TikTok if it doesn't change owners has received President Joe Biden's signature, it could still be years before the popular video-sharing app is actually blocked from U.S. app stores — if it is blocked at all.

David Elder talks with the Executive Director of the Poteet Strawberry Festival to learn more about his role as the 2024 Parade Grand Marshal

Instagram says it’s deploying new tools to protect young people and combat sexual extortion.

Billie Eilish announced that her highly anticipated third studio album, “Hit Me Hard and Soft,” will be released on May 17.

Japan’s imperial family has made an Instagram debut with a barrage of posts, hoping to shake off their reclusive image and reach out to younger people on social media.

Star couple Cameron Diaz and Benji Madden say they are “blessed and grateful” to have welcomed a baby boy.

Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, has returned to Instagram to tease a new brand that records show could feature jams, household items, cookbooks and cutlery.

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.

The Meta outage that affected Facebook, Messenger and Instagram for a few hours on Tuesday was an inconvenience for most.

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

Facebook, Instagram and Threads were down for many users Tuesday morning.

The European Union is expanding its strict digital rulebook to almost all online platforms in the bloc.

Florida children under the age of 16 would be banned from popular social media platforms regardless of parent approval under a bill passed by the House.

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

Iceland’s president says the country is battling “tremendous forces of nature” after molten lava from a volcano consumed several houses in the evacuated town of Grindavik.

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

Britney Spears is shooting down rumors of a new album, vowing to “never return to the music industry.”.

Thank you, next: Ariana Grande announced on Wednesday that her new album, titled “eternal sunshine,” will be released on March 8.

Congratulations to KSAT 12 sports editor Nick Mantas and his now fiancée Jini, who became engaged over the weekend!

The undulating clouds in the sky this morning are known as asperitas.

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.

The deaths of two people, muggings and a dangerous heat wave left legions of Taylor Swift's Brazilian fans angry and disappointed in the three-day Rio de Janeiro leg of the pop superstar’s Eras Tour.

Taylor Swift has postponed a concert in Rio de Janeiro after a 23-year-old fan died during her Friday night show.

On the same day whistleblower Frances Haugen was testifying before Congress about the harms of Facebook and Instagram to children in the fall of 2021, Arturo Béjar, then a contractor at the social media giant, sent an email to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg about the same topic.

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.

Dozens of U.S. states, including California, New York, Arizona and Indiana are suing Meta Platforms Inc. for harming young people’s mental health and contributing the youth mental health crisis by knowingly designing features on Instagram and Facebook that addict children to the platforms.

Dozens of US states, including California, New York, Arizona and Indiana are suing Meta Platforms Inc. for harming young people’s mental health and contributing the youth mental health crisis by knowingly designing features on Instagram and Facebook that addict children to the platforms.

It’s a Wild Wednesday! Plus, a frightening fashion show, Halloween goodie boxes and more.

New York is bidding to put new controls on social media platforms that state leaders say will protect the mental health of younger users.

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.

Apple is blaming a software bug and other issues tied to popular apps such as Instagram and Uber for causing its recently released iPhone 15 models to heat up and spark complaints about becoming too hot to handle.

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.

A large grass fire near South San Antonio High School has prompted all students and staff to evacuate the area on Thursday afternoon, according to school officials.

Starting Friday, Europeans will see their online life change.

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.

Thousands of Bosnians took to the streets to demand authorities act to curb violence against women after a man last week killed his ex-wife while streaming the slaying live on Instagram.

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.

Police and news outlets in Bosnia say a man shot and killed his ex-wife while streaming the slaying live on Instagram and then killed two other people before taking his own life.

Facebook and Instagram parent company Meta is keeping its promise to block news content in Canada on its platforms in response to a new law that requires tech giants to pay publishers for linking to or otherwise repurposing their content online.

A team of some of the world's leading social media researchers has published four studies looking at the relationship between the algorithms used by Facebook and Instagram and America's widening political divide.

Britney Spears is addressing the Spurs security smack allegations once again saying she did receive a private apology following the Las Vegas incident on July 5 but still hasn’t received a public apology.

Celebrities, lawmakers, brands and everyday social media users are flocking to Meta’s freshly minted app Threads to connect with their followers, including many Twitter refugees tired of the drama surrounding Elon Musk’s raucous oversight of that platform since acquiring it last year.

In a cease-and-desist letter earlier this week, Twitter threatened legal action against Instagram parent company Meta over the new text-based app, Threads.

Ever since Elon Must bought Twitter, millions of users have complained about.

Canada's government says it will stop advertising on Facebook and Instagram in response to Meta’s decision to block access to news content on their social platforms as part of a temporary test.

Instagram and Facebook are adding new parental supervision tools and privacy features beginning Tuesday, but critics say the steps don't go far enough.

Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg are ready to fight, offline.

The corporate parent of Facebook and Instagram plans to open a digital gateway for kids as young as 10 years old to enter virtual reality through the Meta Quest headset, despite rising concerns about children spending too much time on social media.

Is there someone you follow on social media because they produce content about your hometown?

Meta is preparing to block news for some Canadians on Facebook and Instagram in a temporary test that is expected to last through the end of June.

A bipartisan group of senators recently introduced legislation aiming to prohibit all children under the age of 13 from using social media.

Social media companies are once again in the spotlight after a bank employee in Louisville, Kentucky, killed five people in a mass shooting and livestreamed the attack on Instagram.

Hilary Swank has given birth to twins — a boy and a girl.

San Antonio’s Dawson Wayne advanced to the showstoppers round.

A popular insulated water bottle is recalled over lead levels. And, thousands of children's car seats are recalled.

TikTok says every account held by a user under the age of 18 will have a default 60-minute daily screen time limit in the coming weeks.

A San Antonio couple will be walking down the aisle Friday and you’re invited to the wedding.

Jonathan David Casanova Garcia, 19, is charged with bestiality.

Interior decorator Magdalena Mendez

The public school district in Seattle is suing the tech giants behind TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube and Snapchat, seeking to hold them accountable for the mental health crisis among youth.

A family member says rapper Theophilus London has been found safe after disappearing for months.

An 18-year-old man was arrested Wednesday for sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl he met on Instagram, Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar said.

Los Angeles authorities have given a little girl a license to own a unicorn — if she can find one.

Beyoncé has been crowned the most Grammy-nominated person in history — tying her husband and rapper Jay-Z with 88 nominations apiece.

From Nov. 3 through Nov. 9, fried chicken lovers can get a free chicken sandwich when they order a chicken sandwich combo.

Instagram says its working on an issue that left a seemingly large number of users locked out of their accounts.

The world was shocked to hear the news that beloved actor and comedian, Leslie Jordan, tragically died on Tuesday after reportedly crashing his car in Los Angeles.