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PublishedOctober 4, 2021
Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram suffer worldwide outage
Facebook blames ‘a faulty configuration change’ and says there is ‘no evidence that user data was compromised’ because of the outage.
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PublishedSeptember 30, 2021
Senators accuse Facebook of concealing findings that Instagram can harm teens
Revelations in a report by The Wall Street Journal have set off a wave of anger from lawmakers, critics of Big Tech, child-development experts and parents.
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PublishedJune 4, 2021
Facebook suspends Trump for 2 years, then will reassess
The move is in response to recommendations from the company's quasi-independent oversight board and the finding that the former president stoked violence in the runup to the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
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PublishedMay 10, 2021
AGs urge Facebook to drop ‘Instagram for kids’ proposal
Attorneys general from across the U.S. have written to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg urging him to drop company plans for a version of Instagram for children under 13.
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PublishedApril 30, 2021
Instagram blocks account of celebrity Maine doctor who spreads vaccine disinformation
Dr. Christiane Northrup is one of the 'disinformation dozen' responsible for 65 percent of all COVID-19 vaccine disinformation on social media, according to a Senate report.
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PublishedApril 1, 2021
Supreme Court sides with Facebook in text message dispute
Critics say the unanimous decision opened a gaping hole in a law, the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, that would subject anyone with a cellphone to endless automated calls and messages.
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PublishedJanuary 21, 2021
Facebook’s oversight board to decide whether Trump gets to keep his account
The Oversight Board, made up of high-profile academics, lawyers and others from around the world, was established by Facebook last year to provide a check on the tech giant's power.
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PublishedJanuary 7, 2021
Facebook bans Trump through Biden inauguration, maybe longer
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg said the risk of allowing Trump to use the platform is too great, following his incitement of a mob that later touched off a deadly riot in the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday.
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PublishedDecember 19, 2020
Commentary: If Facebook broke up, would anyone notice?
It would be hard on the company’s managers, but not on consumers or society.
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PublishedDecember 13, 2020
Our View: Facebook’s free service comes at a high cost
Antitrust lawsuits filed last week detail how the platform’s monopolistic power harms its users.
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