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Facebook · 30 May 2018 Papua New Guinea to ban facebook Papua New Guinea's communications minister has said the government will ban Facebook for a month to weigh its impact on the population.… European · 26 May 2018 First complaints against Social Media platforms following GDPR law changes The Financial Times report that Facebook and Google became the first large tech groups to be accused of breaking the EU’s far-reaching… European Parliament · 22 May 2018 Facebook’s Zuckerberg and his European Parliament grilling At the end the much anticipated grilling ended up with more questions than answers. The pertinent points raised by various MEPs, were… European Affairs · 17 May 2018 Tajani announces that Zuckerberg is to be grilled at European Parliament Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg will face MEPs’ questions following the Cambridge Analytica scandal in the European Parliament, its president said on Wednesday.… Facebook · 16 May 2018 FBI investigating Cambridge Analytica The U.S. Justice Department and the FBI are investigating Cambridge Analytica, over its handling of Facebook Inc user information, the New York… Facebook · 16 May 2018 Over 583 million fake Facebook profiles deactivated In the first quarter of 2018, Facebook deactivated about 583 million fake profiles and 837 million spam content. Still in the same… Ireland · 9 May 2018 Foreign groups banned from buying Facebook ads in Irish referendum on abortion Facebook is banning foreign groups from buying advertisements related to Ireland's abortion referendum, the company announced Tuesday. The May 25 referendum will… USA · 9 May 2018 USA: Facebook to require extra checks from people buying ads on politics The Financial Times reports that Facebook will require extra checks from people buying advertisements on political issues ranging from abortion and guns,… Digital Media · 30 Apr 2018 Facebook to introduce the dislike button Ever felt the need to express the dislike towards someone's post or comment, but you just couldn't? At a time where the… EU Commission · 27 Apr 2018 EU proposes measures to tackle online disinformation The European Commission is proposing measures to tackle disinformation online, including an EU-wide Code of Practice on Disinformation, support for an independent… UK · 26 Apr 2018 Political adverts to be clearly labelled as such on Facebook Reuters reports that Micke Schroepfer, the Facebook's chief technical officer announced that the company will introduce new measures with the aim of… 15 Apr 2018 The Big Data Boom With one of the top spots retained for the request of Facebook personal data per capita by the Maltese government, it is…