Meta just dropped a bombshell on developers and nostalgic web surfers: the classic Facebook “Like” and “Comment” plugins for third-party sites are toast. Come February 10, 2026, these relics from the ...

It was summer 2007. Facebook was three years old and growing at a heady pace. Originally for college students, it had opened to the public the previous fall. Now it had 30 million users. What it ...

Facebook is killing off two external social plugins, the FB Like button and the FB Comment button. Credit: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/GettyImages It's the end of a major ...

Illustration of the social plugins from Facebook ahead of their discontinuation. (Meta) Next year will see the end arrive for two of Facebook's external social plugins. The platform's Like button and ...

Meta to Retire Its Iconic ‘Like’ and ‘Comment’ Plugins from Websites by February 2026 Your email has been sent The internet’s most recognizable thumbs-up is about to disappear from everywhere but ...

The internet wouldn’t be the same without the Like button, the thumbs-up icon that Facebook and other online services turned into digital catnip. Like it or not, the button has served as a creative ...

How the Facebook ‘like’ button ruined the internet – and why it’s time to ditch the algorithm - IN FOCUS: With social media ...

(NEXSTAR) – Check your Venmo, email and mailbox: A payment from a years-old class action lawsuit against Facebook may be on its way this week. Facebook’s parent company, Meta, agreed to settle the ...