Sources: The Guardian
Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Oculus experience an extended global outage that began at 15:39 UTC. Some experts believe that the outage was caused by a BGP update from Facebook. 2021-10-4
Facebook takes down the main page of the military of Myanmar a day after two protesters were killed. The social media site said that the account violated its policies of "incitement to violence and coordinating harm". Earlier, the military had blocked Internet access in many parts of the country. 2021-02-21
Facebook announces that it will ban ads that discourage people from getting vaccinations. 2020-10-13
Facebook reports an error in privacy settings that has affected 14 million users. 2018-06-7
United States senators question Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg about the various controversies the social network is dealing with, including recent disclosures concerning Cambridge Analytica's use of Facebook data. 2018-04-10
Senior General Min Aung Hlaing posts on Facebook that Myanmar Army troops and Rakhine State villagers killed 10 Rohingya Muslims whose bodies were found in a mass grave in Inn Din village. This is the first time Myanmar's military has officially acknowledged extrajudicial actions against the Rohingya. Fortify Rights chief executive officer Matthew Smith says the two Reuters journalists who have been jailed since December 12, 2017, were investigating the same mass grave referenced by Min Aung Hlaing. 2018-01-10
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
Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg announces the plan to donate 99 percent of the company stock he and his wife Priscilla Chan own over their lifetimes, shares today worth about $45 billion, to "advance human potential and promote equality for all children." 2015-12-1
Facebook buys photo sharing application Instagram for $1 billion. 2012-04-9
Facebook launches a new feature for iPhone in Canada, allowing users to automatically update their location. 2010-09-24