Tag: Facebook
Death to Russian invaders: Facebook eases violent speech rule
The policy decision from Facebook and Instagram's parent Meta was met immediately with controversy, but the social media giant defended…
Google, Meta face penalties in Russia over reopening of local offices
Russian legislation signed by President Vladimir Putin has obliged foreign social media companies with more than 500,000 daily users to…
Russia disables Facebook, arrests 6,000 war resisters
The London-based internet monitor NetBlocks reports that Facebook’s network of content-distribution servers in Russia was so badly restricted Sunday that…
Why Facebook empire is crumbling
Facebook built this huge empire thanks to the laws of network economics — network effects, first-mover advantage, lock-in. And then…
France imposes fines on Google, Facebook for cookie infringements
Google and Facebook are facing fines of tens of millions of euros for requiring users to click more often to…
Facebook makes society worse: New poll
The poll conducted by SSRS found that 76% of Americans believe Facebook worsens society, with 11% saying the opposite.
Zuckerberg rebrands Facebook Inc. as Meta
"The names of the apps that we build—Facebook, Instagram, Messenger and WhatsApp—will remain the same", Facebook Inc. said
Facebook to settle U.S. employment discrimination claims with $14.25m
The case centred on Facebook’s use of the so-called permanent labour certification called the PERM programme.
Trump sues Facebook again
Facebook found that Trump violated its content moderation rules, prompting it to ban him.
Nigerian teacher Peter Ogudoro wins Facebook award
The award by Facebook makes Ogudoro a member of the company’s elite group of 131 outstanding community managers in the…
Facebook says no evidence of data compromise, explains outage
Facebook says it has no evidence that user data was compromised as a result of this downtime.
Facebook, Instagram, WhatsAPP return with apology
Facebook and its WhatsApp and Instagram apps went dark at around noon Eastern time, triggering a record 10.6 million problem…
Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp offline globally
The company did not say what might be causing the outage, which began around 10:45 CT. In Nigeria, the outage…
Court jails undergraduate for lottery scam
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ilorin Zonal Command on Wednesday, secured the conviction of Udoh Sunday Okon for offences…
Trump drags Twitter, Facebook, Google to Miami court
Former U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday filed lawsuits against Twitter, Facebook and Alphabet's Google, as well as their CEOs…