Criticism of Facebook
Canadians will No Longer have Access to News on Facebook
Meta will soon discontinue news access on its Facebook and Instagram platforms in Canada. By the next few weeks, all Canadian users will no longer have news content on these platforms. Previously, in June, a test was conducted that restricted news for a small segment of users. Now, the company has moved beyond testing.
Facebook settles Cambridge Analytica privacy suit
Facebook has reached a preliminary agreement in a long-running lawsuit seeking damages from the social network for allowing third parties, including the company Cambridge Analytica, to access users' private data.
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Why Internet Broke?
Many of the world's largest apps and websites, including for banks and airlines, faced a cascade of outages within hours, causing panic among internet users, with some demanding to know who has "broken" the Internet.
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Facebook fights global outage and whistleblower revelations
Facebook battled dueling crises on Oct. 4 as potentially billions of users were impacted when its dominant social network went offline for seven hours, and the company fought against a whistleblower's damning revelations.
Facebook faces a global backlash over its bid to “bully” Australia
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has said his government will not be intimidated by Facebook blocking news feeds to users
Australia Woke up to Empty Facebook News Feeds
Australians woke to empty Facebook news feeds on Thursday, after the social media giant blocked all media content in a surprise escalation of a dispute with the government, which could be a test for the future of online publishing worldwide.
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Facebook Takes Axe to Pages Showing ‘Inauthentic Behaviour’
Facebook's April 2020 Coordinated Inauthentic Behaviour Report, published on May 5, said a total of eight networks of accounts, Pages and Groups were removed in the last month for violating the social media giant's policy against foreign and domestic interference.
Facebook Extends Political Ads Rules to Balkans Before Elections
Facebook has added Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, Moldova and Turkey to its updated list of countries that must adhere to its strict political advertising transparency regulations.
Facebook Receives Information about you Including when you are Offline
Facebook has announced that it is receiving information about its users, including through external sites.
The "Off-Facebook Activity" feature that allows you to manage information coming from other sites.
The new feature processes data that companies and organizations provide to Facebook on user activity, such as using apps or visits to different sites.
Facebook Deleted 5.4 Billion Fake Accounts
Since the beginning of the year, Facebook deleted 5.4 billion fake accounts, the company announced.
"We have improved our ability to detect and block attempts to create fake, abusive accounts," the internet firm said in its latest transparency report.
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