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We are announcing an agreement we have reached with a bipartisan group of 52 attorneys general across US states, territories, and the District of Columbia, building on our longstanding efforts to empower parents and support teens.

Our Agreement With US State Attorneys General Today, we are announcing an agreement with a bipartisan group of 52 attorneys general across US states, territories, and the District of Columbia, building on our longstanding efforts to empower parents and support teens. Over the years, we have consistently partnered with parents and experts — listening, learning, and building. That’s why we launched Teen Accounts in 2024, to bring automatic protections to teens, and more control for parents.

On WhatsApp, your conversations belong only to you and the people you’re talking to. It’s why we built end-to-end encryption by default, and it’s why we continue adding new ways to keep your account secure and in your hands. Here are a few we’ve been working on. Two-Step Verification Is Setting Stronger Two-step verification is an extra protection layer that helps prevent someone from taking over your account, even if they get a hold of your one-time passcode.

Today, we announce the launch of the Edits Film Festival — an initiative that invites content creators across India to showcase their creativity through Reels made on Edits, while spotlighting the many new features the app has introduced this year. The Edits Film Festival is a first-of-its-kind celebration that challenges creators to transform their everyday, unpolished footage into short, cinematic Reels using Edits, Instagram’s standalone video creation app.

India’s startup ecosystem continues to see businesses being built and scaled around digital-first customer acquisition. For early-stage consumers brands, however, moving from initial traction to sustainable growth requires more than access to capital. Understanding how to use digital platforms effectively, making informed marketing investments, and building the right capabilities can be critical to their journey.

The first class of America’s Workforce Academy (AWA) has graduated, and they’re headed to Meta construction sites to help build America’s future. Nearly every major industry in the US is desperate to hire more skilled workers. But what’s been missing is a pathway linking America’s workers to America’s needs. We designed AWA, Meta’s free training program, to bridge that gap. AWA provides four weeks of hands-on training and Meta covers travel and lodging expenses for participants.

“What I really like about the glasses is the speed at which I get the information I need – instead of waiting for someone to read a letter or waiting for someone to tell me what I have in the fridge, I’ll just do it on impulse. Now I’m doing things for myself independently, that maybe before I wouldn’t have done.” — Brian Manning, Vision Ireland Meta is donating 15,000 Ray-Ban Meta glasses to Vision Ireland, Ireland’s national sight loss charity.

Our enforcement to date As of 30 June 2026, we have removed access to more than 750,000 accounts on Facebook and Instagram in Australia that we assessed as belonging to people below the minimum age of 16. That figure includes over 500,000 Facebook and Instagram accounts we removed in the lead-up to the law taking effect, which we reported in January, and the accounts we have continued to remove in the months since. Enforcement is ongoing, and these numbers will continue to grow.

Meta and North America’s Building Trades Unions (NABTU) today announced a new partnership to support skilled trades workers across the country, with plans to grow their investment and scale their efforts together over time. “NABTU is proud to partner with Meta. The Future Is For Everyone Fund is exactly the kind of investment communities across America need and will value,” said Sean McGarvey, President of NABTU.

Meta commends Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s leadership and welcomes his continued efforts to protect ratepayers, conserve water, and promote responsible data center development in Texas. Whether it’s creating jobs, growing opportunities for local businesses, or improving energy and water infrastructure, we’re committed to strengthening communities and paying our own way: We pay the full costs for the energy used by our data centers, so they aren’t passed on to consumers.