Tag: Facebook

• Friday, February 19th 2021 - 07:45 UTC

  Canada determined to follow Australia and France, and make Facebook pay for news content

  

  Canada is following Australia and vowed on Thursday to make Facebook Inc pay for news content, seeking allies in the media battle with tech giants and pledging not to back down if the social media platform shuts off the country's news.

• Thursday, February 18th 2021 - 08:38 UTC

  Google agrees to pay Australian media news content, but Facebook blocks Aussie users

  

  Google apparently has struck deals with Australian media to pay for news content, but Facebook on Thursday blocked Australian users from sharing or viewing news content on the platform.

• Friday, February 12th 2021 - 09:18 UTC

  Australian landmark legislation for its dispute with Google and Facebook

  

  Landmark legislation to force Alphabet's Google and Facebook to pay publishers and broadcasters for content, will be introduced by Australia next week. The bill and its outcome is being closely watched around the world.

• Friday, January 8th 2021 - 01:02 UTC

  Facebook and Instagram block Trump's accounts “indefinitely” or at least until the presidential transition is over

  

  Facebook Inc said it would block U.S. President Donald Trump's accounts “indefinitely” and for at least the next two weeks until the presidential transition is completed.

• Thursday, December 10th 2020 - 09:43 UTC

  Facebook faces mass lawsuits and could be forced to sell WhatsApp and Instagram

  

  Facebook could be forced to sell its prized assets WhatsApp and Instagram after the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and nearly every US state filed lawsuits against the social media company, saying it used a “buy or bury” strategy to snap up rivals and keep smaller competitors at bay.

• Thursday, October 1st 2020 - 08:57 UTC

  Facebook bans ads claiming US widespread voting fraud and invalid election results

  

  Facebook Inc on Wednesday banned ads on its flagship website and Instagram photo and video sharing service that claim widespread voting fraud, suggest U.S. election results would be invalid, or which attack any method of voting.

• Monday, August 3rd 2020 - 10:02 UTC

  Facebook puts a global block on hate speech from Bolsonaro supporters, but will appeal jurisdiction to the Supreme Court

  

  Facebook said on Saturday it has put a global block on certain accounts controlled by supporters of Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro implicated in a fake news inquiry, a day after it was fined for not complying with a Supreme Court judge's order to do so.

• Thursday, July 30th 2020 - 09:44 UTC

  Big Tech CEOs grilled in US congress, Google and Facebook accused of abusing market power

  

  Google and Facebook took particularly sharp jabs for alleged abuse of their market power from Democrats and Republicans on Wednesday in a much-anticipated congressional hearing that put four of America’s most prominent tech CEOs in the hot seat.

• Wednesday, July 29th 2020 - 10:33 UTC

  Crucial antitrust hearing in US Congress with Facebook, Amazon, Google and Apple CEOs

  

  Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg will tell a major antitrust hearing on Wednesday that the internet giant would not have succeeded without US laws fostering competition, but that the rules of the internet now need updating.

• Tuesday, July 28th 2020 - 08:30 UTC

  Brazil's antitrust watchdog is asking Facebook to explain it fee structure

  

  Brazil's antitrust watchdog is asking Facebook Inc to explain the fee structure for its short-lived payments service launched in June in partnership with card processor Cielo SA, according to a document seen by Reuters.