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Facebook removes over 100 accounts linked to Ukraine's ruling party

The network has been removed for violating the policy against coordinated inauthentic behavior.

14:25, 07.05.2021

Massive breach as 533 million Facebook users' personal data leaked

Data was scraped due to a vulnerability that the company patched in 2019, as per Facebook spox.

23:00, 04.04.2021

Ukraine may slap VAT on e-services of Google, Facebook, Netflix – lawmaker

The relevant draft law is being developed in the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine's parliament.

17:59, 11.02.2021

Facebook removes dozens of accounts, groups associated with Poroshenko's party, NGOs

In particular, 27 Facebook accounts, 37 pages, 21 groups and 13 Instagram accounts that originated in Ukraine and focused on domestic audiences were removed.

15:50, 13.01.2021

Facebook: Trump posts misleading ad using Ukraine photo – BBC

The image is a photo from a pro-democracy protest in Ukraine in 2014.

21:59, 22.07.2020

Facebook removes accounts involved in coordinated inauthentic behavior in Ukraine

According to estimates, about US$1.93 million was spent for ads on Facebook and Instagram.

11:55, 09.07.2020

Facebook removes Russian accounts over Ukraine interference

The individuals behind the accounts posed as locals as part of what appears to be a military intelligence operation.

22:30, 12.02.2020

Facebook says it removed 3.2 billion fake accounts – CBS News

In addition to fighting fake accounts, Facebook has unveiled new safety and transparency protocols in order to better safeguard the U.S. election process and ensure the misinformation campaign that rocked the 2016 election is not repeated.

13:20, 14.11.2019

RFE/RL: Facebook removes over 160 Ukrainian accounts for 'inauthentic behavior'

Facebook also said that 4.2 million accounts joined at least one of the 79 Ukrainian groups that were deleted.

11:05, 18.09.2019

Sentsov shows his "only page on internet"

Sentsov says the account on Twitter posing as his is fake.

11:40, 09.09.2019

Facebook removes accounts from Russia, Ukraine, Thailand, Honduras

Across the four countries, a total of 294 accounts and 1,509 pages were closed, Facebook said.

16:50, 25.07.2019

Photo glitch hits Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp

Some Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp users cannot upload photos, videos and files.

09:00, 04.07.2019

Reuters: Facebook expands rules on political ads to Canada and Ukraine

Facebook said it was making its transparency tools available to advertisers in more than 190 countries.

09:00, 26.06.2019

Cat filter accidentally used in Pakistani minister’s live press conference: BBC

A cat filter on a live stream of Shaukat Yousafzai on Facebook gave him ears and whiskers.

12:20, 18.06.2019

Facebook appoints public policy manager for Ukraine

Facebook has never had a public policy manager for Ukraine.

01:25, 05.06.2019

"Hybrid war goes on": Chief of Ukraine's General Staff says his Facebook page hacked

The breach was used by perpetrators posing as General Muzhenko to post a provocative politically-charged statement.

18:40, 12.05.2019

Millions of Facebook user records exposed on Amazon cloud server

Facebook is under federal criminal investigation for deals it struck with electronics manufacturers to access user data, and it has been hit a series of security breaches over the past year.

13:10, 04.04.2019

Facebook removes hundreds of accounts from Russia, Iran, Macedonia, Kosovo – media

A total of 2,632 pages, groups, and accounts were removed from the Facebook and Instagram platforms for operations linked to these four countries.

14:52, 26.03.2019

Facebook sees most severe outage in history

Many shared jokes on Twitter about the outage leading to the collapse of society, as "nobody remembers how to reach loved ones or eat food without posting updates".

10:20, 14.03.2019

Facebook sues Ukrainian quiz-makers for stealing user data with malware plugins – media

The complaint says the hackers scraped public profile information and non-publicly viewable lists of friends, in addition to serving their own ads instead of official Facebook-approved ones.

11:54, 11.03.2019

Facebook prohibits foreign-funded ads for Ukraine election – media

The company said it had also prohibited foreign-funded advertisements for Indonesia and Nigeria's elections.

13:20, 05.03.2019

Facebook blocks Russia's major propaganda project targeting U.S.

In The Now’s reporting is calibrated based on youngers demographic and platforms and thus serves as an introduction to Russia’s disinformation narratives.

14:20, 18.02.2019

Facebook audience in Ukraine grows by 3 mln people in 2018 (Infographics)

Some 13 million Ukrainians used Facebook as of January 1, 2019.

15:46, 14.02.2019

RFE/RL: Facebook vows to curb outside electoral ads ahead of Ukraine vote

As part of the new measure, advertisers will need to be authorized to purchase political ads, and the company will give people additional information about advertisements related to politics and issues.

13:06, 29.01.2019

Facebook could face record-setting fine in U.S. for privacy violations – media

The penalty is expected to be much larger than the $22.5 million fine the agency imposed on Google in 2012.

10:40, 21.01.2019

Facebook removes pages, groups, accounts engaged in "coordinated inauthentic behavior"

In total, around $135,000 was spent on Facebook ads paid in euros, rubles, and U.S. dollars.

15:44, 17.01.2019

Facebook's stricter rules: Only local advertisers able to run electoral ads – media

In Ukraine, this policy will take effect in February.

09:25, 16.01.2019

Elections

Admins of some popular Ukrainian pages operate from Russia, new Facebook rules reveal

In order to get authorized, the manager of a Page with a large audience now has to complete the two-factor authentication process on Facebook and confirm their location on a mobile device.

20:00, 14.01.2019

SBU: Russia makes massive attempts to meddle in future elections in Ukraine through social media

The Security Service of Ukraine asks Ukrainian users to be cautious and report such cases.

18:45, 14.12.2018

Facebook down: Massive outage covers Europe, including Ukraine (Map)

People were thrown out of their accounts and unable to log back in.

18:00, 05.12.2018

Russian firm linked to alleged U.S. election meddling sues Facebook – media

Known as FAN, the St. Petersburg-based company appeared in a federal criminal complaint filed last month in Virginia that charged its accountant in connection with the 2016 election campaign meddling.

10:56, 21.11.2018

MEPs, experts urge Facebook to open office in Kyiv to counter disinformation during Ukraine election campaign

Participants in the international conference believe that Facebook should work with interested parties in Ukraine to identify and counter the spread of fake news.

23:30, 17.11.2018

Facebook boots 115 accounts on eve of U.S. election after tip – media

Some accounts "were focused on celebrities" and others on "political debate."

14:42, 06.11.2018

BBC finds private messages from 81,000 hacked Facebook accounts put up for sale

Hackers appear to have compromised and published private messages from at least 81,000 Facebook users' accounts.

16:00, 02.11.2018

Facebook looking for manager responsible for public policy in Ukraine

First of all, the manager will act in the interests of the company that pays him.

13:58, 19.10.2018

Facebook security breach allowed hackers to control accounts of up to 50 mln users – media

The company also reset tokens for an additional 40 million accounts who used the "View As" feature in the last year as a precautionary measure.

21:40, 28.09.2018

Facebook deletes more than 600 accounts linked to new influence campaigns led by Iran and Russia

Twitter deleted accounts after being tipped off as well.

15:40, 22.08.2018

Facebook uncovers active influence operation

The accounts which Facebook suspended appear to have been primed to take that approach, and, more explosively, to trigger standoffs between genuine Americans, bringing the risk of real-life violence from false stories.

22:40, 31.07.2018

A withering verdict: British MPs report on Zuckerberg, Russia and Cambridge Analytica

UK select committee criticises Facebook response and urges tighter internet regulation.

19:50, 30.07.2018

Facebook shares plunge more than 20 percent on warnings for future – media

The results marked a rare disappointing day for investors in Facebook, which for years has regularly beaten analysts' expectations.

13:00, 26.07.2018

Russia meddled in U.S. elections via Facebook, Zuckerberg confirms

The perpetrators were hackers of Russia's GRU, which is a military intelligence agency.

17:50, 19.07.2018

Facebook gave Russian internet giant special data extension - media

Recent concern over Russia's manipulation of social networks in the run-up to the 2016 election may cast the relationship between Facebook and Mail.ru in a new light.

10:20, 11.07.2018

"Glory to Ukraine!": Gazprom turns off review option on Facebook as rating plunges

The company's Facebook review rating fell to 1.5.

10:00, 11.07.2018

Ukraine's information policy ministry once again asks Facebook to block "LPR", "DPR" accounts

The ministry in its letter called unacceptable the restrictions on freedom of speech of Ukrainian users who are being blocked for allegedly violating community rules.

20:30, 06.07.2018

Facebook's Zuckerberg says 'sorry' to EU deputies – media

Zuckerberg said he was "committed" to making sweeping changes to the platform to make it safer and more reliable.

10:06, 23.05.2018

Justice Department and F.B.I. are investigating Cambridge Analytica – media

Prosecutors have questioned potential witnesses in recent weeks, telling them that there is an open investigation into Cambridge Analytica.

10:44, 16.05.2018

Facebook plans to create its own cryptocurrency – media

The social platform has experimented with virtual currency before.

16:04, 12.05.2018

BBC: Cambridge Analytica is shutting down

The firm was accused of improperly using data on behalf of political clients.

22:05, 02.05.2018

WhatsApp CEO Jan Koum quits Facebook due to privacy intrusions - media

The perceived invasion of WhatsApp user privacy drove a wedge between the Ukrainian-American billionaire and the parent company, Facebook, well before the Cambridge Analytica scandal broke.

13:35, 02.05.2018

Ukraine diplomat: Zuckerberg could change Facebook to prevent crisis

Kuleba said that today, a small number of companies control a large amount of our personal data.

15:20, 19.04.2018