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Facebook bans Australian news publishers from posting and Australian users from viewing and sharing news content in a preemptive retaliation move against the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission's (ACCC) proposed News Media Bargaining Code, which would require Facebook to pay to host Australian news content. A number of key government and charity organisations were also blocked for several hours.
2021-02-18

Facebook restricts the content posted by the Myanmar's Tatmadaw in order to stop the spread of "misinformation" in a wake of military coup.
2021-02-12

American social media service Facebook deletes pages associated with the Portland, Oregon-based far-right group Patriot Prayer and its founder, Joey Gibson, citing efforts to remove "violent social militias" from its platform.
2020-09-4

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 Federal Cartel Office in Germany announced that it will appeal a decision by a regional court that suspended its restrictions on Facebook's activities. The appeal will bring the dispute, over underlying privacy issues, to the attention of the country's highest court.
2019-08-26

The search for the suspect in the killing of an elderly man in Cleveland, whose murder was posted to Facebook, expands beyond Ohio, with the FBI urging residents in Indiana, Michigan, New York, and Pennsylvania to be on alert for the suspect.
2017-04-17

The United States Federal Communications Commission rejects privacy advocacy group Consumer Watchdog's petition to make it illegal for Internet companies like Google, Facebook and ad providers to ignore "Do Not Track" browser settings.
2015-11-6

Facebook users in the United States are now allowed to customize their gender.
2014-02-13

A U.S. District Court judge declines Facebook's $20 million offer to settle a lawsuit revolving around privacy, expressing among other concerns that up to half of that money would be paid to attorneys, and none to the victims.
2012-08-18

Queen Elizabeth II starts a Facebook page but one is not permitted to "poke" or "befriend" her.
2010-11-7