Sources: The Guardian
Meta deletes Al Jazeera Arabic presenter Tamer Almisshal's Facebook profile a day after a programme aired an investigation into Meta’s censorship of Palestinian content. 2023-09-10
In a report by "The Intercept", leaked documents reveal that the United States Department of Homeland Security and the FBI have conducted extensive efforts to influence big tech platforms such as Twitter, Facebook, Reddit, Discord, Microsoft, and Wikipedia in order to censor online information or posts considered by the U.S. government to be disinformation. 2022-11-1
Pio Tikoduadua, a member of Fiji's National Federation Party, is arrested after he uploaded a video to Facebook denouncing police brutality. His party demands his immediate release. 2020-04-21
A court in Multan, Punjab, Pakistan, sentences university professor Junaid Hafeez to death for blasphemy – verbal and on Facebook. 2019-12-21
Facebook uncovers a security flaw, impacting 50 million user accounts which may have been compromised. 2018-09-28
Facebook reports an error in privacy settings that has affected 14 million users. 2018-06-7
At least four Buddhist temples and fifteen homes are burnt by hundreds of Muslims in Bangladesh, angry about a picture allegedly posted on Facebook by a Buddhist man that had allegedly insulted Islam. 2012-09-30
Investments in Facebook totaling US$500 million lead to speculation that its value could be as high as US$50 billion. 2011-01-3
The Palestinian Authority arrests Walid Husayin for heresy, a charge carrying a potential life prison sentence, after he claims to be God and insults the Prophet Muhammad on Facebook and his blog. 2010-11-11
A court in Pakistan lifts a ban on Facebook imposed two weeks ago after an "Everybody Draw Mohammed Day" group appeared on the site. 2010-05-31