"We have seen growing movements that, while not directly organizing violence, have celebrated violent acts, shown that they have weapons and suggest they will use them, or have individual followers with patterns of violent behavior." Keep Reading
The page belonged to the Kenosha Guard, a self-identified local militia that had set up an event on Facebook calling for people to take to the streets with weapons during protests over the shooting of Jacob Blake by a police officer. Keep Reading
Despite public announcements of efforts to curb hateful speech and misinformation across its platform, Facebook still hosts many spaces in which this content propagates and thrives. Keep Reading
QAnon is a wide-ranging, unfounded conspiracy theory that a "deep state" network of powerful government, business and media figures are waging a secret war against Donald Trump. Keep Reading
In the last two years, Facebook’s transparency reporting shows the company detecting and deleting 99 per cent of terrorism-related posts — about 26 million pieces of content — before they were reported to the social network. Keep Reading
Facebook designates non-state actors under its Dangerous Individuals and Organizations policy after a rigorous process that takes into account both online and offline behavior. Keep Reading
Facebook has partnered with other industry leaders and academic experts last year to create the Deepfake Detection Challenge (DFDC) in order to accelerate development of new ways to detect deepfake videos. Keep Reading
The admins, none of whom appear to be who they say they are, post "announcements" with hateful memes and misinformation, while commenters share support for neo-Nazis. Many mock Floyd's appearance and background. Keep Reading
It was one in a flurry of videos posted by citizen journalist Abo Liath Aljazarawy to his Facebook page, chronicling a rapid reshaping of northern Syria’s political map. Keep Reading
The company doesn’t allow groups that “proclaim hateful and violent missions,” according to a statement on Wednesday from Brian Fishman, Facebook’s policy director for counter-terrorism and dangerous organizations. Keep Reading
The hard drives, which were unencrypted, contained payroll data like employee names, bank account numbers, social security numbers, salary details, bonus amounts, and equity details. Keep Reading
While the tech industry has fought bitterly with Washington for years over the issue, it’s gained new urgency as Facebook works to encrypt its megapopular messaging services. Keep Reading
Facebook removed more than seven million instances of hate speech in the third quarter of 2019, the company claimed, an increase of 59% against the previous quarter. Keep Reading
Sources familiar with WhatsApp’s internal investigation into the breach said a “significant” portion of the known victims are high-profile government. Keep Reading
The networks comprised pages and groups on Facebook and Instagram that were “engaging in inauthentic behavior” regarding elections. Keep Reading
Tinoco told HSToday that he hasn't received a reply from Facebook in the nearly two weeks since his page has been disabled and received no warnings. Keep Reading
The Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism (GIFCT), created in 2017, will change its focus towards increasing cooperation between companies, government agencies, and experts. Keep Reading
NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS MONTH: We can use the viral nature of social media and meme generation to advance public preparedness to make our society safer. Keep Reading
Eric Lin made multiple threatening communications via Facebook to injure and kill a South Florida resident and to kill all Hispanics in Miami and other places. Keep Reading
LionMobi and JediMobi generated unearned payouts from Facebook for misrepresenting that a real person had clicked on the ads. Keep Reading