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
The Solomon Islands Cabinet passes a ban on the use of social media platform Facebook in the country, citing public misuse of the platform, and a need for stricter cybercrime legislation and regulation. Communications Minister Peter Shannel Agovaka says the ban does not require parliament's approval, and will be enforced once operators "establish a firewall" to block Facebook. 2020-11-17
WhatsApp hits two billion users, becoming the second largest social media platform in terms of userbase behind Facebook. 2020-02-12
The European Parliament approves two revisions to the controversial Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market. One resolution includes new requirements aimed at making companies pay licensing fees to publications such as newspapers whose work gets aggregated by online services. The second revision makes online platforms such as Google, Facebook and YouTube liable for the content posted on their services, meaning that all content providers must get permission from rights holders before uploading copyrighted material of any kind. 2019-03-26
A Cambodian opposition senator is sentenced to 7 years in prison for a post on Facebook. 2016-11-7
Bradford West MP Naz Shah is suspended from the opposition Labour Party over comments she made on Facebook about Israel. 2016-04-27
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
Authorities in Tajikistan close access to Facebook and sites with material critical of President Emomali Rakhmon. 2012-03-3
Greenpeace sends Facebook a letter containing half a million signatures asking the company to cut its ties to coal based electricity.2010-10-12
Social networking site Facebook closes down spontaneous support groups for a pilot who crashed his plane in Austin, United States. (Wikinews) 2010-02-19