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• Sorry Bitche: Facebook restores French town’s page after vulgarity ban

  Facebook has apologized after its algorithm banned the historic town of Bitche, France.

  Trending

  Apr 13
• Facebook removes accounts tied to Iranian exile group from platform

  The accounts posted content critical of Iran's government and supportive of Mujahedeen-e-Khalq, a dissident group known as MEK.

  News

  Apr 6
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• Facebook acknowledges personal information of 500M users posted online, says data is ‘old’

  Facebook acknowledged the news in an emailed statement Saturday afternoon, but said the data was obtained during a breach in 2019.

  Tech

  Apr 3
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• Head of Facebook Canada warns news posts could be blocked as last resort

  ``It is never something we would ever want to do unless we really have no choice,'' Kevin Chan told a parliamentary committee hearing Monday.

  Canada

  Mar 29
• Teenage Head and The Killjoys drummer Gene Champagne in hospital with COVID-19

  The 52-year-old native of Stoney Creek was admitted to Joseph Brant Hospital on March 22 with pneumonia and tested positive for COVID-19.

  Health

  Mar 29
• Facebook freezes Venezuelan leader Maduro’s page over COVID-19 misinformation

  Maduro has described the thyme-based remedy Carvativir as a "miracle" medication that neutralizes the coronavirus with no side effects, which doctors say is not backed by science.

  World

  Mar 27
• Extremist groups tied to Qanon thriving on Facebook despite ban: report

  A new outside report found that Facebook has allowed groups, many tied to QAnon, to glorify violence during the weeks leading up to the deadly riots on the U.S. Capitol.

  World

  Mar 23
• Moncton councillor investigated by city for Facebook comments toward local activist

  The City of Moncton, N.B., has launched an investigation after a municipal councillor appeared to threaten an activist on Facebook last week.

  Canada

  Mar 22
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• Facebook fixes issue preventing global access to services including Whatsapp, Instagram

  The issues made #whatsappoutage trend on Twitter in many countries, including India.

  Tech

  Mar 19
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• Facebook to stop recommendations for political, social groups globally

  Facebook said it would show rule-breaking groups' content lower in members' news feeds and temporarily stop repeat rule-breaking members from being able to post.

  Canada

  Mar 17