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Philippine police and military denied links to Facebook accounts taken down that had interferred in Asian and American politics. Read more…

Thailand’s digital ministry will start legal action against Facebook, Twitter and Google for ignoring some requests to take down content. Read more…

Social media used to be nice. It used to be where you found stories of your cousins’ holiday and pictures of adorable cats. Read more…

Facebook will be ‘weakened’ if it stops Australians from sharing news so the company can avoid paying for content under proposed laws. Read more…

Opposition lawmakers in India accuse Facebook of favouring the ruling party (BJP) during a meeting to quizzing its content regulation. Read more…

Australia says it will pass a law saying that Facebook, and others, cannot block publishers from sharing news on their sites. Read more…

Facebook preparing for Myanmar’s general election in November by improving the detection and removal of hate speech and content. Read more…

Facebook will block news sharing in Australia if the government goes ahead with a law to force it and Google to pay local media outlets. Read more…

Facebook blocked access within Thailand to a group with 1 million members that has criticised the country’s king. Read more…

An Indian parliamentary committee will question Facebook executives on how the social media giant regulates content in the country. Read more…