A month after Papua New Guinea's government shut down Facebook, questions still linger ... It is reportedly the first time in PNG's half-century history that a government has shut down any form ...

The day-long shutdown of Facebook reveals the extensive powers given to police under the new Counter-Terrorism Act and the threat posed to basic democratic rights.

Opposition politicians, academics and the media council have voiced alarm over the Papua New Guinea government's move to ...

PNG – which has about 1.3 million Facebook users – has blocked access to the social media platform to limit hate speech, misinformation and pornography. It banned the platform under its Anti ...

PNG has long mulled banning Facebook for its citizens. In 2018, it was banned for a month as authorities attempted to root out fake profiles on the platform. Again in 2023, it launched an inquiry ...

Hyperpartisan and misleading content from popular right-wing pages such as Canada Proud is thriving on Facebook as the election nears. A campaign debate among Canada’s party leaders in Montreal ...

Earlier this year, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said one of his biggest priorities for the year was “to get back to some OG Facebook.” Starting today, we’re seeing the fruits of that thanks to a ...

Pope Francis, 88, died of a stroke and heart failure, the Vatican said. Francis was last seen Sunday when he gave the ...

Last year, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Tom Alison, one of his top lieutenants, were discussing how they wanted to reshape Facebook for the future of social networking. Zuckerberg, who had grown ...