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Facebook bans a large group called "Stop the Steal", which was used by supporters of President Donald Trump to organize protests against the election results.
2020-11-5

Facebook bans groups affiliated with the boogaloo movement, which was linked to a pair of attacks in California, US, that left two dead and three injured earlier this month and late last month.
2020-06-30

Following the attack, which was livestreamed on Facebook, the social network teams up with the Metropolitan Police of London. Facebook is providing bodycams to the force's firearms officers to help train its artificial intelligence systems, enabling it to automatically detect and remove live first-person footage of violent incidents. The company says it previously had insufficient footage for its software to suitably match fresh footage with, and has been criticised for its role in the shooting. Instagram say they will also participate.
2019-09-17

Facebook announced it is acquiring WhatsApp for US$19 billion in cash and stock.
2014-02-19

A 31-year-old Florida man kills his wife and posts a picture of her corpse with a confession onto Facebook. The picture is removed and the man is arrested.
2013-08-9

The social networking giant Facebook announces that it was the target of sophisticated hackers, who through a then-unknown bug from Oracle's Java on an infected website, managed to infiltrate employees' laptops, and then the internal networks. There was no user data collected, but certain code and corporate e-mails could have been exfiltrated.
2013-02-15

Russian social network VK announces that it will postpone its planned initial public offering indefinitely, following the recent botched float of Facebook.
2012-05-29

The Securities Division of the government of Massachusetts subpoenas financial services firm Morgan Stanley (MS), in connection with an MS analyst's talks with institutional investors prior to the Facebook initial public offering.
2012-05-22

The social network Facebook files for an initial public offering.
2012-02-1

Four members of the April 6 Youth Movement, an opposition group known for organising events on Facebook, are arrested by Egyptian authorities.
2011-02-3