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Facebook agrees to some policy changes in response to Oversight Board recommendations

February 25, 2021

Facebook has agreed to tweak some of its policies in response to recommendations from the Oversight Board. The board issued its first round of decisions of content moderation decisions last month, in a series of rulings that overturned some of Facebo…

Facebook bowed to demands from Turkey to block one of its military opponents

February 24, 2021

When Turkey launched its Afrin offensive in early 2018 to dislodge Kurdish minorities from Northern Syria, the country ordered Facebook to block the page of a prominent militia group in the area known as the People’s Protection Units or YPG. Forced t…

Facebook is testing more tools to combat child exploitation

February 23, 2021

Facebook says it is testing more tools to help the social network prevent people from sharing content that exploits children. One is a pop-up message that it plans to display across Facebook apps to people who use search terms linked to child explora…

Instagram adds more help to support those with eating disorders

February 22, 2021

Instagram is introducing new features to help point those struggling with an eating disorder in the right direction. When someone tries to search for content related to topics like eating disorder recovery, they'll first see links to resources th…

Google will lift its latest ban on political ads this Wednesday

February 22, 2021

Google will end its most recent ban on election-related ads on February 24th. In an email obtained by Axios, the company told advertisers it will start accepting all political ads on Wednesday, including those that reference specific elected official…

Facebook removes Myanmar military’s main page

February 21, 2021

Facebook is further clamping down on the Myanmar military following the coup that ousted its elected government. Reuters reports that Facebook has removed the main page (True News Information Team) for the military, known as the Tatmadaw, for "r…

Facebook is back to talking with Australian authorities over news block

February 20, 2021

Facebook hasn't completely unfriended Australia. According to Reuters, the social network is currently in negotiations with Australian authorities, a few days after it blocked users in the country from sharing news links. Australian Prime Ministe…

Facebook, Google and Twitter CEOs agree to testify about misinformation

February 18, 2021

The CEOs of Facebook, Twitter and Google will soon make another appearance in front of Congress. Mark Zuckerberg, Jack Dorsey and Sundar Pichai have agreed to testify at a House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing on March 25. The hearing will cove…

WhatsApp will re-introduce controversial new privacy policy

February 18, 2021

WhatsApp plans to re-introduce the updated privacy policy that ignited a massive backlash against the Facebook-owned messaging app. The company said it will notify users of the new privacy policy “in the coming weeks,” and provide more information ab…

Oculus rolls out support for multi-user accounts and app sharing

February 18, 2021

As it promised to do sometime this month, Oculus has started to roll out multi-user and app-sharing support. Facebook says they're experimental features and Oculus Quest 2 owners will be the first to gain access. The company plans to expand the f…