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Far-right group Britain First banned from Facebook

The far-right group shot to international attention after Donald Trump retweeted its anti-Islamic posts. Now it’s been banned from Facebook.

France

France to sue Google and Apple for 'unfair business practices'

French Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire says it's "unacceptable" that Google and Apple unilaterally impose prices and other contractual terms on software developers, and that this is hurting France's startups.

United Kingdom

London mayor shares racist hate mail in viral video

Muslim mayor Sadiq Khan reads out expletive-laden hate speech in the video, which Has so far attracted 170,000 views on Facebook.

Austria

Facebook 'sorry' after banning picture of nude figurine

A picture of a nude, prehistoric figurine was banned from Facebook and called a "dangerous pornographic image". Now the social media giant has apologised.

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Italy

‘Will they send me back to Africa?’ – child’s fear of Italy’s far-righ

Gabriella Nobile recounted on Facebook the racist abuse her young adopted children suffered in Milan in the run-up to the Italian elections, blaming Matteo Salvini of the ex-Northern League for whipping up hatred. He has invited her for coffee.

World

Facebook launches European digital hubs

Facebook launches European digital hubs in a bid to boost its community credentials. The centres, based in Poland, Spain and Italy, will be dedicated to teaching digital skills to underrepresented members of the population.

Brazil

Brazil's biggest paper stops publishing articles on Facebook

One of Brazil's major national newspapers, Folha de S.Paulo, has stopped publishing articles on their Facebook page because it believes the social media platform does not "value professional journalism".

USA

Facebook bans cryptocurrency ads amid 'fear of scams or deception'

Adverts that promote cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin and ICOs, will be banned on all Facebook platforms including the Audience Network and Instagram.

Europe News

Brussels tackles fake news

Facebook, Twitter and Google - the internet giants were all at the table in Brussels on Monday to discuss the problem of fake news and online disinformation.

USA

Facebook to overhaul news feed to promote “meaningful” posts

Content published by businesses, brands and media will become less visible in favour of posts from users’ friends and family.

World News

Facebook: can its new features improve mental wellbeing?

Facebook has introduced several new features in a bid to combat the detrimental impact the platform can have on users' mental health. What are they and what will their effect be?

Economy

Facebook caves under pressure from governments to change tax structure

Public criticism of the company has mounted in the UK after it was revealed to have paid just over £4,000 in tax in 2014

USA

Facebook trials asking users for nude photos to combat revenge porn

Technology being piloted in Australia will require users to send the images to themselves via messenger

USA

Russia, the US election and the tech companies: What we know so far

What Facebook, Twitter and Google have revealed about the extent of Russian meddling in the US election

Israel

Erroneous translation of Palestinian man's Facebook post gets him arrested

A Palestinian man was arrested by mistake last week after Facebook’s automatic translation software wrongly translated a post on his page.

USA

Social media giants called to testify by US Congress

Google, Facebook & Twitter gave been called to testify by the Congressional Investigation into alleged Russian interference in the 2016 US presidential election.

World News

Internauts experiencing problems accessing social media network Facebook

United Kingdom

UK crackdown on social media hate crime

The Crown Prosecution Service says online hate crime must be dealt with just as seriously as face to face abuse.

Cult

'Sunflowers' reunited: Van Gogh works get virtual reality treatment

A virtual exhibition and Facebook Live link-up have given global art lovers a fresh look at the artist's 'Sunflowers' series

World News

Euroviews. Social Media: the Faustian deal

Social media are not one phenomenon. They raise issues for privacy, for freedom of expression, innovation, competition and, for all of these reasons, for democracy.