Meta decided to block hashtags related to images showing dead civilians in Ukraine, on Facebook and Instagram. The automated systems scan for violent images of civilians shot at close range and remove them. Afterwards, the company revised those Restricted hashtags A…
Facebook and Instagram were banned by a Russian court
March 21, 2022
A Russian court banned Facebook and Instagram in the country. Thus, the decision comes after the judges named Meta “extremist,” according to the TASS news agency. Court announced the ban short time ago. The decision comes after Russia banned Facebook, arguing…
Facebook, Ukraine: Users can lock their social profiles
February 24, 2022
Meta took some fast action on Facebook: Ukraine users can now lock their profiles. Also, it will to monitor the conflict. Moreover, Twitter came with tips for users to secure their accounts, so that they can guard against any hacking. The reaction of Facebook, Ukraine…
Scams on Facebook: Meta sues two people for attacks
February 9, 2022
Meta announced it filed a lawsuit against two individuals from Nigeria, for scams on Facebook. The suit is a joint action with the Chime, a digital banking company. The first joint action against scams on Facebook This is the first joint complaint that Meta files with…
The fight for a major antitrust lawsuit against Facebook
November 18, 2021
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission asks the court to allow its antitrust lawsuit against Facebook. FTC says that that the company’s had an “exclusionary conduct”, shutting out new competition. The monopolistic position brought the antitrust lawsuit In…
Antitrust violations: Facebook is facing new problems
November 5, 2021
Phhhoto, a defunct photo app, is suing Meta for antitrust violations. The company claims that the social media site copied its features and hid its name from search results. Phhhoto’s technology enabled users to capture five frames in a single point-and-shoot burst. They…
Facebook in trouble, again. UK fines it record £50m
October 20, 2021
The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) puts Facebook in trouble again, as it fined the company £50.5m ($70m), for its Giphy acquisition. The company is being investigated for breaking rules, and ignoring many warnings from the CMA. Its own actions put…
A Twitter glitch was triggered by the Facebook outage
October 5, 2021
A Twitter glitch occurred after most of the Facebook users migrated while Zuckerberg’s platform was down. Since the start of the outage, everything looked just like a domino game. Massive migration determined the Twitter glitch Soon after Facebook went down…
Watchdog: Facebook escapes European ban for WhatsApp
July 15, 2021
A privacy watchdog rejected a call from Germany’s data protection regulator for an European ban on Facebook’s WhatsApp messaging service. The European Commission said that it will examine whether Ireland’s Facebook subsidiary is complying with the…
Facebook AI will spot and stop fights in the groups
June 17, 2021
The company announced the use Facebook AI in order to identify and stop fights in the groups around the platform. Thus, the system will alert administrators, in order to take action and calm things down. Facebook AI will send “conflict allerts” According to an…