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The Associated Press confirms that approximately 600 people died in the Mariupol theatre airstrike.
2022-05-4

Facebook blocks the account of Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro for spreading fake news related to the COVID-19 pandemic as well as alleged miraculous remedies to combat the disease.
2021-03-27

A court in Russia orders the arrest of Alexei Navalny's ally Leonid Volkov for "appealing to minors to join illegal protests". Volkov, who lives in the European Union and who will not be extradited, said on Facebook that he will "ignore the charges".
2021-02-10

American technology company Facebook, Inc. reports that multiple Internet service providers in Myanmar have restricted access to its social networking services, including Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. The company has urged authorities to restore connectivity.
2021-02-4

The Associated Press and Snopes say they are no longer providing fact-checking services for Facebook.
2019-02-1

Facebook announces that it has suspended 32 accounts it believes intended to influence the 2018 mid-term elections in the United States. The company says while it is uncertain who operated these accounts, at least one is linked to the Russian-based Internet Research Agency.
2018-07-31

Associated Press reports that coup leader General Gilbert Diendéré has been formally charged.
2015-10-6

A Facebook page called "My Stealthy Freedom", in which women across Iran are posting photos of themselves without the hijab, has garnered more than 130,000 likes, a week after it was created.
2014-05-12

Facebook recognises civil unions and domestic partnerships as relationship statuses in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, France and Australia.
2011-02-18

The Pope encounters thousands of Facebook protesters after a seven-week online campaign against his views on contraception and HIV-AIDS.
2010-05-11