Facebook and Whatsapp owner Meta is failing to stop a Jan. 6-style movement gaining traction on the platforms in Brazil, a rights group warns ...

More than 30 million informal workers in Brazil rely on WhatsApp to book clients — so when the Facebook network went down on October 4, they had nowhere else to turn.

“Unearth all the rats that have seized power and shoot them,” read an ad approved by Facebook just days after a mob violently stormed government buildings in Brazil’s capital.. That violence ...

Facebook has passed Google's Orkut in Brazil to become the most popular social network in the country. Next on Facebook's list are Japan, Poland, Russia, and South Korea.

"Our Facebook pages were crucial during the past 3 years," he adds. "When our movement, the Free Brazil Movement, had its greatest moment of growth, we reached a range of 40 million people weekly.

Facebook is ramping up its efforts to cut down on misinformation ahead of Brazil’s election this fall — and a right-wing movement is protesting. On Wednesday, the technology company announced ...

LONDON, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Facebook approved a series of online ads promoting violence in Brazil, days after protesters ransacked government buildings, according to a new report.

Attorneys for former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro say he had only accidentally created a Facebook post questioning the results of 2022’s presidental elections – a post that has come ...

WhatsApp is again rolling out its payments service in Brazil, after the service was suspended by Brazil’s Central Bank in June of 2020 a few days after it launched there. Facebook CEO Mark ...