Facebook Exec Explains Trump Ban: Public Figures Will Be Booted For Fomenting Violence, Not Spreading Lies
Topline A top Facebook executive on Sunday outlined the new guidelines that led to this week’s decision to block former President Donald Trump from the platform for two years, explaining public figures will be booted for encouraging acts of violence, but not for spreading lies. NEW YORK, NEW YORK – MAY 18: (EXCLUSIVE COVERAGE) Former…
Facebook suspending Trump until at least 2023
Facebook announced Friday that it is suspending former President Donald Trump until Jan. 7, 2023, a full two years after he was first barred from the platform....
Facebook Oversight Board upholds former President Trump’s suspension from the social media site
Former President Donald Trump won’t return to Facebook — for now. The social network’s quasi-independent Oversight Board voted to uphold his ban from the platform...
Facebook updates hate speech policy to ban Holocaust denial
Source: UPI Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Monday that the company will update its hate speech policy to ban Holocaust denial. "We've taken down posts that...
Facebook bans QAnon across its platforms
Source: NBC News Facebook said Tuesday that it is banning all QAnon accounts from its platforms, a significant escalation over its previous action and one of...
Facebook will ban new political ads in week before election as social media giant acts to prevent manipulation
Source: NBC News Facebook will ban new political ads for the week leading up to Election Day, Nov. 3, and will remove posts that try to...
Facebook removes GOP lawmaker’s post for inciting violence
Source: The Hill Rep. Clay Higgins (R-La.) suggested in a Facebook post on Tuesday that armed demonstrators in his state should be met with force, leading the social...
QAnon groups have millions of members on Facebook, documents show
Source: NBC News An internal investigation by Facebook has uncovered thousands of groups and pages, with millions of members and followers, that support the QAnon conspiracy...
Facebook Shuts Down Romania-Linked Accounts Posing As Trump Supporters
Source: Forbes Facebook has removed over 100 fake accounts based in Romania over suspected interference in the U.S. presidential election, the company said Thursday amid criticism...
Twitter and Facebook become targets in Trump and Biden ads
Source: Associated Press Democratic challenger Joe Biden has spent thousands of dollars advertising on Facebook with a message of his own: In dozens of ads on...
Facebook takes down accounts and pages of Trump ally Roger Stone
Source: Reuters Facebook Inc on Wednesday removed 50 personal and professional pages connected to U.S. President Donald Trump's longtime adviser Roger Stone, who is due to...
Facebook to label all rule-breaking posts – even Trump’s
Source: Associated Press Facebook said Friday that it will flag all “newsworthy” posts from politicians that break its rules, including those from President Donald Trump. Separately,...
Facebook just lost one of the biggest advertisers in the world for the rest of 2020
Source: NBC News Global consumer packaged goods company Unilever, whose brands include Lipton tea and Dove beauty products, announced Friday that it will halt its advertising...
Facebook removes nearly 200 accounts tied to hate groups
Source: Associated Press Facebook has removed nearly 200 social media accounts linked to white supremacy groups that planned to encourage members to attend protests over police...
Facebook takes down white nationalist and fake antifa accounts
Source: Reuters Facebook Inc said Tuesday it has suspended accounts associated with white nationalist groups after some advocated bringing weapons to the current wave of anti-racist...
Facebook employees go public with disagreement over Zuckerberg’s handling of Trump
Source: NBC News Facebook employees are speaking out on social media in opposing the company's decision not to take down posts from President Donald Trump that have...
Facebook removes accounts linked to QAnon conspiracy theory
Source: Associated Press Facebook says it has removed several groups, accounts and pages linked to QAnon, taking action for the first time against the far-right U.S....