Apple threatened to pull Facebook and Instagram from its app store two years ago over concerns about the platform being used as a tool to trade and sell maids in the Middle East, documents show.

The problems plaguing Facebook’s content moderation are systemic, internal company documents from a whistleblower suggest.

California-based Facebook is also planning to introduce new controls for adults of teenagers on an optional basis so that parents or guardians can supervise what their youngsters are doing online.

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The move is part of efforts by the Public Appointments Service to 'further enhance its assurance procedures with regard to candidate suitability and qualification'.

The company said it was “an outage caused not by malicious activity, but an error of our own making”

Frances Haugen: 'The company intentionally hides vital information from the public, from the US government and from governments around the world'

Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg apologised for the “disruption” caused by the outage

Billions of users were unable to access Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp for hours while the social media giant scrambled to restore services

The whistleblower, former Facebook product manager Frances Haugen, said this contributed to the invasion of the US Capitol on January 6.

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Facebook’s response described the CMA’s complete divestiture remedy as “grossly unreasonable and disproportionate”, and questioned the watchdog’s authority to enforce such action.

US regulator the Federal Trade Commission has refiled its competition case against Facebook, accusing it of illegally maintaining monopoly power and again asking for it to sell off both Instagram and  WhatsApp

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A network of 65 Facebook accounts and 243 Instagram accounts was traced back to the advertising and marketing firm

Leo Varadkar sent letters to Facebook, Twitter, Google, and TikTok in the wake of violent protests on the streets of Dublin earlier this year.

US District Judge James Boasberg ruled the lawsuits were “legally insufficient” and did not provide enough evidence to prove that Facebook was a monopoly

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Facebook is launching podcasts and live audio streams in the US to keep users engaged on its platform and to compete with emerging rivals.

Europe's top court has backed individual national privacy watchdogs to pursue Facebook and other tech giants, meaning they could face scrutiny and sanctions from other member states

As well as Facebook’s advertising services, Facebook Login, a feature that allows people to sign into other websites and apps, will also form part of the probe

A month ago, Telegram was also ordered to pay 5 million rubles (£49,000) for not taking down calls to protest

Facebook also plans to end a contentious policy championed by CEO Mark Zuckerberg that automatically exempted politicians from certain moderation rules on its site.

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Facebook is taking aim at individual user accounts in its latest attempt to stem the flow of misinformation shared across the social network.

A non-disclosure agreement given to Facebook content moderators requires them to keep information confidential from friends and family members even after they have left their role.

Facebook said it is simply “exploring” Instagram for children and would make every effort to protect them and would not show advertising on such a platform

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Facebook’s stock jumped into record territory on Wednesday after the social media giant reported stronger-than-expected results for the first quarter thanks to soaring ad revenue.

The breach has affected 533m people around the world, including about 1.5m Irish users

Instagram, which Facebook owns, will soon allow a small group of random users to decide whether or not they want to see the number of likes their posts and those of others receive

Facebook France said an incorrect analysis by its algorithms resulted in the page's suspension. 

In response, Facebook said personal data taken from the social network was “scraped” using a now-fixed flaw rather than hacked from their systems.

Facebook users sharing posts publicly have been granted the ability to restrict who comments in a move to “limit potentially unwanted interactions”, the social network has announced.

The social media giant urged lawmakers to hold off on the Electoral Reform Bill until the forthcoming Digital Services Act is introduced at EU level

The party, in response to calls from Fine Gael, has confirmed its Facebook accounts are primarily managed in Ireland, but that supporters based abroad 'help out' with its online messaging

Mr Schrems has accused the Data Protection Commission of 'kicking the can down the road' but the Court of Justice of the European Union said the commission had been fully entitled to refer the complaint onward

I’m embarrassed about a lot of things in my life but when I realised how much time I was spending on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram I felt a surge of shame

Facebook’s bullying and harassment policy allows public figures to be targeted online in ways that are otherwise banned on the site, the Guardian has reported.

Facebook acknowledged that its policy enforcement “isn’t perfect” but said the report distorts its work against violent extremism and misinformation

News Corp and Facebook have announced new pay deals for news in Australia three weeks after the government passed laws that would make digital giants help cover the costs of journalism.

Mark Byrne targeted an impressionable young teen with his “predatory behaviour” over a period of eight months when he pretended to be Killian Scott and Robert Sheehan

The social media giant has joined with the World Health Organisation and its European fact-checking partners

Facebook has launched an online campaign to help users spot misinformation, offering tips on how to scrutinise content and avoid being taken in by misleading claims.