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Thai Minister of Digital Economy and Society, Phutthipong Punnakan greets journalists ahead of a press conference to discuss the government's decision to request Facebook to block an account in Bangkok, Thailand, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020. Facebook bowed to pressure from the Thai government and blocked Facebook account belonging to a group whose members have an open discussion about the Thai monarchy. &quot;Royalist Marketplace,&quot; on Monday, Aug. 24, 2020. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)

Thailand vows to step up action vs ‘illegal’ online sites

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This Feb. 19, 2014, file photo shows the Facebook app icon on an iPhone in New York. Facebook is pushing back on Apple’s new privacy rules for iOS users — and putting app developers in the middle. The social network said Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020 that anew policy by Apple that requires apps to ask users for permission to collect data on what devices they are using — and let ads follow them around on the internet — could lower the amount of money apps will make advertising through Facebook's audience network. (AP Photo/Karly Domb Sadof, File)

Facebook: Apple privacy changes will muck up online ads

By BARBARA ORTUTAY - Associated Press

In this image taken from video, Pavin Chachavalpongpun, administrator of Facebook page &quot;Royalist Marketplace&quot; group which was recently blocked in Thailand, speaks to the Associated Press during a Zoom interview on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020 from Kyoto, Japan. Facebook has blocked in Thailand the “Royalist Marketplace” group, which has more than a million members and engages in open discussion about the Thai monarchy, an institution that is staunchly protected from criticism by strict laws. (AP Photo)

Facebook blocks group that discusses Thai monarchy

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Duo makes nutty coronavirus talk show, will go live nightly

By DOUG MACCASH and The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate - Associated Press

ASU regents sues Facebook over Instagram account

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This July 10, 2019, photo shows an Associated Press reporter holding a phone showing the Instagram app icon in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Facebook purges Instagram accounts promoting ‘COVID parties’ at Chinese consulates, U.S colleges

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

This undated electron microscope image made available by the U.S. National Institutes of Health in February 2020 shows the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. (NIAID-RML via AP) ** FILE **

Arizona State University sues Facebook over Instagram account promoting ‘coronavirus parties’ at ASU

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Anti-fascist (Antifa) counter-demonstrators cross the Burnside Bridge across the Willamette River from the west side of the city to the east side in search of the far-right group, the Proud Boys, in Portland, Ore., Saturday, Aug. 17, 2019. (AP Photo/Gillian Flaccus) **FILE**

Facebook removes 980 Antifa-related groups, implements more aggressive content enforcement

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

This July 16, 2013, file photo shows a sign at Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, File)

Facebook accused by activists of losing fight to fend off medical misinformation amid pandemic

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Sept. 27, 2015, file photo, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, right, hugs Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi at Facebook in Menlo Park, Calif. Members of India's governing party on Monday rejected allegations that Facebook had chosen to turn a blind eye to partisan hate speech on its platform to protect its growing business interests in India. As usage has spread across India, Facebook and its subsidiary WhatsApp have become fierce battlegrounds for India’s political parties, but spokesmen for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party denied a newspaper report that asserted Facebook officials chose not to take action against party members whose posts violated rules against hate speech. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

India ruling party denies preferential treatment by Facebook

By EMILY SCHMALL and SHEIKH SAALIQ - Associated Press

Environmental police lieutenant under investigation

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Big Tech meets with federal law enforcement and intel agencies to prepare for election chaos

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases, speaks during a House Subcommittee on the Coronavirus crisis hearing, Friday, July 31, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Kevin Dietsch/Pool via AP) ** FILE **

Fauci: Schools should be outdoors as much as possible

By PHILIP MARCELO - Associated Press

Facebook to build $800M Tennessee data center with 100 jobs

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Facebook: Pandemic hurt enforcement on suicide, child nudity

By BARBARA ORTUTAY - Associated Press

Doctor, assistant plead guilty to distributing opioids

Associated Press

FILE - In this July 27, 2020, file photo, a nurse, right, gives a volunteer an injection as part of a study for a possible COVID-19 vaccine in Binghamton, N.Y. A false report claiming five Ukrainians had died after taking an American-made vaccine spread in just a matter of days from a small Kremlin-friendly Ukrainian website to an audience of thousands in U.S.-based Facebook groups. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink, File)

Pro-Russia vaccine misinfo finds home in US Facebook groups

By AMANDA SEITZ - Associated Press

Facebook blocks pro-Trump group from placing ads on platform for posting misinformation

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies remotely during a House Judiciary subcommittee hearing on antitrust on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, July 29, 2020, in Washington. (Mandel Ngan/Pool via AP) ** FILE **

Facebook takes down Trump post for COVID-19 misinformation violation

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Facebook, citing virus misinformation, deletes Trump post

By BARBARA ORTUTAY - Associated Press