Sources: The Guardian
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 removes a post condemning antifa by U.S. President Donald Trump's re-election campaign, stating the post's symbol for the group was similar to the one used by the Nazis to identify political prisoners. 2020-06-18
The Philippine Department of Justice probes the proliferation of sockpuppet Facebook accounts that have been using the identities of students and journalists involved in protests against the passage of an anti-terrorism bill. 2020-06-7
Facebook removes "pseudoscience" and "conspiracy theory" as options for targeted ads, as criticism mounts against social media for their role in spreading misinformation about the coronavirus. 2020-04-23
Facebook and Instagram amend their advertising policies so that politicians are allowed to use influencers to promote their campaigns, in response to U.S. presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg using them to advertise his candidacy without being subjected to both sites' regulations on political ads. 2020-02-14
Chicago Police arrest four African-American suspects after they stream a video on Facebook showing themselves torturing and scalping a bound and gagged, kidnapped, white man with a mental disorder. The four suspects will face elevated hate crime charges. 2017-01-4
Bradford West MP Naz Shah is suspended from the opposition Labour Party over comments she made on Facebook about Israel. 2016-04-27
Advertiser accuses Facebook of fraud after discovering that 80% of the clicks they're paying for are from bots, and not actual potential customers. 2012-07-31
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