Australia has issued guidelines to ensure that technology companies do not lessen competition in media and advertising.
Amid humane tech movement, company is testing out functionality to make the social media platform feel less competitive.
Social media
The social network is under fire in the US state for giving third parties data access and not disclosing its practices.
Indonesia
Google, Facebook and Twitter are among the companies that will be invited to talks with the communications ministry.
The Bottom Line
Can the free flow of opinion and information be guaranteed on the Internet while clamping down on 'influence campaigns'?
Facebook
Victims are spread across at least 20 countries on five continents, sources close to the investigation told Reuters.
All Hail the Algorithm
Data empires: Is big tech colonising the internet?
Twitter
Platform's CEO says 'reach' of social media raises 'significant risks' to politics, raising pressure on Facebook to act.
United States
Shares of the world's largest social network rose on Wednesday but the company remains under pressure from regulators.
India
Campaign group accuses Facebook of failing to rein in hate speech inflaming ethnic tensions in India's Assam.
Africa
Company says accounts targeted people in Madagascar, CAR, Mozambique, DRC, Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Sudan and Libya.
Facebook
Social media giant launches a news section and announces plans to pay some media organisations for headlines.
Mark Zuckerberg
Zuckerberg tells US lawmakers Facebook won't back any move by Libra until it has satisfied all US regulatory concerns.
Facebook
Zuckerberg plans to tell the US Congress that he supports a delay to the launch of its planned Libra cryptocurrency.
Islamophobia
A Republican state senator posted a long-debunked photo that purports to show Omar at an al-Qaeda training camp.
Social media
Social media giant has also suspended networks of accounts from Russia and Iran that spread divisive political messages.
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