Sources: The Guardian
Facebook announces that it has extended the lock of Donald Trump's official account for at least the remainder of his term due to the heightened risk of political violence. Snapchat also bans Trump from posting on the app until further notice. 2021-01-7
Twitter and Facebook announce they are limiting the distribution of the article until it is fact-checked. 2020-10-14
A Texas man is arrested for making death threats to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other Democrats on Facebook. 2020-03-26
Facebook and Instagram ban political figures Alex Jones, Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, Milo Yiannopoulos, Paul Joseph Watson, Paul Nehlen, David Duke and Laura Loomer, from their platforms and remove their pages for allegedly engaging in "violence and hate". 2019-05-2
The suspension of Facebook remains in place until the riots end. 2018-03-11
Facebook tells congressional investigators an operation, traced to a Russian company seeking to target voters, spent $100,000 on thousands of U.S. ads promoting divisive social and political messages during the 2016 U.S. election. 2017-09-6
The Norwegian newspaper "Aftenposten" accuses Facebook of censorship because of the website's decision to remove the iconic Vietnam War–era photo "napalm girl" as child pornography. 2016-09-9
A Palestinian man from eastern Jerusalem, Muhammad Abu Kaf, is indicted by Israeli prosecutors on eight counts of incitement to violence or terror for posting a video on Facebook calling on people to stab Jews. 2015-12-14
Internet portal company Yahoo warns social network company Facebook that it believes Facebook has infringed on several Yahoo patents, between 10 and 20. 2012-02-27
Greenpeace sends Facebook a letter containing half a million signatures asking the company to cut its ties to coal based electricity.2010-10-12