Category : Social Media

Combating Scraping by Malicious Browser Extensions

Facebook Inc. and Facebook Ireland have filed a legal action in Portugal against two people for scraping user-profiles and other data from Facebook’s website, in violation of our Terms of Service and Portugal’s Database Protection Law. Using the bu...

December 2020 Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior Report

We’re constantly working to find and stop coordinated campaigns that seek to manipulate public debate across our apps. The Purpose of This Report Over the past three years, we’ve shared our findings about coordinated inauthentic behavior we detect an...

Introducing the New Access Your Information

Over the years, we’ve developed tools to make it easier for people to view and download data on how they’ve used our services. We first launched Access Your Information in 2018 so that people could have a central place to access their information on...

Our Preparations Ahead of Inauguration Day

We began preparing for Inauguration Day last year. But our planning took on new urgency after last week’s violence in Washington, D.C., and we are treating the next two weeks as a major civic event. We’re taking additional steps and using the same te...

Roy Austin Joins Facebook as VP of Civil Rights

Facebook today announced that Roy L. Austin, Jr., a nationally renowned civil rights attorney and advocate, will join Facebook to establish the company’s new civil rights organization, an incredibly important role for Facebook and for the tech indust...

Our Response to the Violence in Washington

Update on January 7, 2021 at 8:05AM PT: We believe the risks of allowing President Trump to continue to use our service during this period are simply too great, so we are extending the block we have placed on his Facebook and Instagram accounts indef...

Introducing the New Pages Experience

Today, we’re rolling out the redesigned Facebook Pages experience that makes it simpler for public figures and creators to build community and achieve their business objectives. What’s New: Redesigned layout that’s simpler and more intuitive...

Facebook’s Apps Helped People Celebrate the New Year Together, Even When Apart

Like all of 2020, last night’s New Year’s Eve was different. There were fewer crowds celebrating in the streets around the world. Instead, more people spent a cozy night at home looking back on a difficult year and hoping for brighter days ahead. Des...

2020 Year in Review: Community Voices

2020 looked different from any other year, in more ways than one. Despite the challenges our world is facing we are inspired by one small but powerful thing — kindness. Time and time again we witness people selflessly seizing the opportunity to help...

Submitting Comments on Data Sharing for Social Science Research

Today, we submitted comments to the European Digital Media Observatory (EDMO) in response to its November 24th call for comments regarding Access to Data Held by Digital Platforms for the Purposes of Social Scientific Research. EDMO plans to form a w...

Changes to Facebook Messaging Services in Europe

Starting today, the data privacy and security protections in the 2002 Privacy and Electronic Communications Directive (ePrivacy Directive) will apply to more communications services across the EU. The laws implementing the ePrivacy Directive will app...

Keeping People Safe and Informed About the Coronavirus

Jump to latest news Summary Facebook is supporting the global public health community’s work to keep people safe and informed during the coronavirus public health crisis. We’re also working to address the long-term impacts by supporting industries in...

Introducing Privacy Conversations with Erin Egan

Today, Facebook’s Vice President and Chief Privacy Officer for Public Policy Erin Egan launched a video series called Privacy Conversations in which she invites leading privacy experts from around the world to discuss a range of pressing privacy poli...

Speaking Up for Small Businesses

Facebook is speaking up for small businesses. Apple’s new iOS 14 policy will have a harmful impact on many small businesses that are struggling to stay afloat and on the free internet that we all rely on more than ever. Here is an overview of what Ap...

Personalized Advertising and Privacy Are Not at Odds

When you take an action on Facebook, such as following a Page or liking a post, we use that information to personalize your experience, including the ads you see. Businesses can also choose to send us information about actions you take on their websi...