A man was sentenced to eight years in prison on Tuesday in Vietnam for “anti-state” posts made on his Facebook account. "Opposing the state" According to the country’s security ministry, the man, Nguyen Quoc Duc Vuong, 29, is facing the charges of “making, storing, spreading, information, materials, items for the purpose of opposing the state”.

'Danger to society': Vietnam jails man for 8 years citing Facebook posts critical of government

TikTok says it will stop offering its social video app in Hong Kong after the region adopted a new national security law granting expanded powers to the mainland Chinese government.

TikTok pulls out of Hong Kong due to new security law

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) and Facebook have partnered to launch curriculum on digital safety and online well-being and Augmented Reality for students and educators, Union HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ announced on Sunday.

CBSE partners with Facebook for curriculum on digital safety

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has agreed to a new meeting with activists on the social media giant's content policies while vowing to resist pressure from an advertiser boycott, the company said Thursday.

Facebook's Zuckerberg to meet activists, won't act on boycott

Canada`s biggest lenders confirmed on Friday they had joined a widespread boycott of Facebook Inc begun by U.S. civil rights groups seeking to pressure the world`s largest social media platform to take concrete steps to block hate speech.

Canada's biggest banks join boycott of Facebook platforms

In the wake of the latest surge in the coronavirus cases in the United States, Facebook said it will remind users to wear masks to contain the spread of coronavirus.

Facebook, Twitter encourage people to wear masks

Top American brands join boycott Facebook ads campaign!

Facebook is now being accused of promoting hateful content taking money through misleading political advertisements and overall having a very week policy regarding combating hate. Watch report.

Facebook's CEO Zuckerberg accused of promoting hate

Organizers of a Facebook Inc advertising boycott campaign that has drawn support from a list of major companies are now preparing to take the battle global to increase pressure on the social media company to remove hate speech, reported news agency Reuters.

Facebook ad boycott campaign to go global, Pepsi to stop ads on social media platform

After a series of controversies regarding hate speech and delivering misinformation, Facebook has announced that the social media giant will flag all "newsworthy" posts from politicians that break its rules, including those from the President Donald Trump.

Facebook to flag all 'newsworthy' posts from politicians that break rules

Twitter & Facebook seem to have united in regulating political speech in the United States. The biggest target is U.S President Donald Trump. Is their policing biased? Are they calling out both sides? Who are they answerable to? WION's Executive Editor Palki Sharma Upadhyay gets you a report.

Gravitas: Are Facebook & Twitter uniting against Trump?

Social media companies are increasingly regulating political speech in the United States and their biggest and common target is President Donald Trump. On Thursday, Trump tweeted a video, showing two toddlers, one black and one white, running around.

Social media companies must ensure unbiased policing

Facebook has removed a number of posts and ads run by Donald Trump’s re-election campaign that featured a symbol used by the Nazis for violating its “policy against organised hate”.

Facebook takes down Trump ads for violating its policy against 'organised hate'

Facebook Inc said on Thursday it has filed lawsuits against individuals in Europe and the United States for abusing its platforms to offer automated tools for scraping users’ personal data and gathering likes.

Facebook sues individuals for offering to extract data, gather likes

Facebook on Monday rejected calls from the Australian government and news companies that it shares advertising revenue with the media, suggesting it would rather cut news content from its platform.

Facebook rejects call to share revenue with Australian media

Facebook, Google and Twitter should provide monthly reports on their fight against disinformation, two senior EU officials said on Wednesday as they called out Russia and China for their roles in the spread of fake news.

EU asks Facebook, Twitter, Google to report monthly on fake news fight

Social media giant Facebook recently removed over 200 accounts with links to white supremacy groups in the United States. People using these accounts encouraged people to join the protests across the country, but many asked them to carry weapons and firearms to the protests.

Facebook bans around 200 accounts linked to white supremacist groups for inciting violence

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has announced that the company will review its policies after facing widespread backlash, including from its own employees, over the decision to leave up controversial posts from Donald Trump.

Facebook will review policies, says Zuckerberg after backlash over Trump posts

Facebook Inc is set to start labelling Russian, Chinese and other state-controlled media organisations. It also plans to block any ads from such outlets that target US users later this summer.

Facebook to place state media labels on Russian, Chinese outlets

There is an internal protest on Facebook. Employees are unhappy with CEO Mark Zuckerberg's decision to not remove a post by U.S. President Donald Trump. Facebook employees are tweeting against their CEO, some are even staging virtual walkouts. WION's Palki Sharma gets you the details.

Gravitas: Facebook is facing a mutiny

Over 30 former employees from Facebook's early days have blasted CEO Mark Zuckerberg's decision to not act against inflammatory posts by US President Donald Trump as "cowardly" and a "betrayal" of company ideals.

Facebook employees from early days denounce Zuckerberg stance on Trump posts

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has told his employees that he stands by his decision to not challenge inflammatory posts by US President Donald Trump in the wake of his employees staging a rare public protest.

After staff walkout, Facebook CEO Zuckerberg defends no action on Trump posts

Facebook employees walked away from their work-from-home desks on Monday and took to Twitter to accuse Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg of inadequately policing US President Donald Trump's posts as strictly as the rival platform has done.

Facebook employees walk out after accusing Zuckerberg of 'inadequate policing'

Facebook employees critical of CEO Mark Zuckerberg's decision not to remove an inflammatory comment from U.S. President Donald Trump took their dissent public over the weekend on Twitter, praising the rival social media firm for taking action and rebuking their own employer.

Facebook's Zuckerberg faces employee blowback over ruling on Trump comments

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