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Facebook locks President Trump's account for 24 hours in response to the violence in Washington, D.C.. In a blog post, the social media site says today's events are an "emergency" for the platform and will be rolling out new rules in response. 2021-01-6
Facebook announces that it will remove misinformation related to COVID-19 vaccines as countries prepare to distribute them. 2020-12-3
In what is seen as an increase in arrests of political activists, a court in Vietnam sentences a 29-year-old Facebook user to eight years in prison for making anti-government posts, including several criticizing communist leader Ho Chi Minh. The man was also sentenced to serve three years of house arrest after finishing his prison term. 2020-07-7
Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey launches an investigation into alleged harvesting of Facebook profiles by Cambridge Analytica, a firm employed by Donald Trump's 2016 election campaign. 2018-03-17
Business leaders from various U.S. companies, including Facebook, Marriott International, JPMorgan Chase, and Microsoft, lobby to members of Congress to work on a permanent solution for DREAMers to stay legally in the country, many of whom are their employees. 2017-09-6
A Syrian refugee is suing Facebook after the company failed to remove posts with his image that accuse him of being a terrorist. 2017-01-14
The United States Federal Communications Commission rejects privacy advocacy group Consumer Watchdog's petition to make it illegal for Internet companies like Google, Facebook and ad providers to ignore "Do Not Track" browser settings. 2015-11-6
Facebook makes major changes to its social networking interface, updating its profile page, adding an app store, and amending its news feed with a "timeline" feature. 2011-09-22
Facebook launches a new feature for iPhone in Canada, allowing users to automatically update their location. 2010-09-24
The Pope encounters thousands of Facebook protesters after a seven-week online campaign against his views on contraception and HIV-AIDS. 2010-05-11