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The FTC and states sought the courts to force Facebook to sell its subsidiaries WhatsApp and [[Instagram]].<ref>{{cite web|date=December 9, 2020|title=FTC Sues Facebook for Illegal Monopolization|url=https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2020/12/ftc-sues-facebook-illegal-monopolization|access-date=January 11, 2021|website=Federal Trade Commission|language=en|archive-date=February 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210220200355/https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2020/12/ftc-sues-facebook-illegal-monopolization|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Canon|first=Gabrielle|date=December 9, 2020|title=Facebook's 'monopoly' must be split up, US and states say in major lawsuits|language=en-GB|work=[[The Guardian]]|url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/dec/09/facebook-lawsuit-antitrust-whatsapp-instagram-ftc|access-date=January 11, 2021|issn=0261-3077|archive-date=February 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210214155008/https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/dec/09/facebook-lawsuit-antitrust-whatsapp-instagram-ftc|url-status=live}}</ref> The suits were dismissed by a federal judge on June 28, 2021, who stated that there was not enough evidence brought in the suit to determine Facebook to be a monopoly at this point, though allowed the FTC to amend its case to include additional evidence.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.theverge.com/2021/6/28/22554476/ftc-facebook-instagram-antitrust-case-whatsapp-federal-court | title = Federal court dismisses FTC's bid to unwind Instagram from Facebook | first1 = Makena | last1 = Kelly | first2 = Russell | last2 = Brandom | date = June 28, 2021 | access-date = June 28, 2021 | work = The Verge | archive-date = June 28, 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210628192515/https://www.theverge.com/2021/6/28/22554476/ftc-facebook-instagram-antitrust-case-whatsapp-federal-court | url-status = live }}</ref> In its amended filings in August 2021, the FTC asserted that Facebook had been a monopoly in the area of personal social networks since 2011, distinguishing Facebook's activities from social media services like [[TikTok]] that broadcast content without necessarily limiting that message to intended recipients.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.theverge.com/2021/8/19/22627032/ftc-facebook-amended-antitrust-complaint-monopoly-instagram-whatsapp | title = FTC says Facebook has been a monopoly 'since at least 2011' in amended antitrust complaint | first1 = Russell | last1 = Brandom | first2 = Makena | last2 = Kelly | date = August 19, 2021 | access-date = August 19, 2021 | work = The Verge | archive-date = August 19, 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210819161243/https://www.theverge.com/2021/8/19/22627032/ftc-facebook-amended-antitrust-complaint-monopoly-instagram-whatsapp | url-status = live }}</ref> In response to the proposed bill in the Australian Parliament for a [[News Media Bargaining Code]], on February 17, 2021, Facebook blocked Australian users from sharing or viewing news content on its platform, as well as pages of some government, community, union, charity, political, and emergency services.<ref>{{cite web|date=February 17, 2021|title=Facebook restores health, emergency pages|url=https://7news.com.au/lifestyle/health-wellbeing/facebook-blocks-qld-and-sa-health-pages-c-2187836|access-date=February 20, 2021|website=7NEWS.com.au|language=en|archive-date=February 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210218001906/https://7news.com.au/lifestyle/health-wellbeing/facebook-blocks-qld-and-sa-health-pages-c-2187836|url-status=live}}</ref> The Australian government strongly criticised the move, saying it demonstrated the "immense market power of these digital social giants".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-56099523|title=Facebook blocks Australian users from viewing or sharing news|work=[[BBC News]]|date=February 18, 2021|access-date=February 21, 2021|archive-date=March 23, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210323030904/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-56099523|url-status=live}}</ref> On February 22, Facebook said it reached an agreement with the Australian government that would see news returning to Australian users in the coming days. As part of this agreement, Facebook and Google can avoid the [[News Media Bargaining Code]] adopted on February 25 if they "reach a commercial bargain with a news business outside the Code".<ref>{{cite act |type= |index= |date=February 25, 2021 |article= |article-type= |legislature=The Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia |title=Treasury Laws Amendment (News Media and Digital Platforms Mandatory Bargaining Code) |trans-title= |page= |url=https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/download/legislation/ems/r6652_ems_2fe103c0-0f60-480b-b878-1c8e96cf51d2/upload_pdf/JC000725.pdf |language=en }} {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127155936/https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/download/legislation/ems/r6652_ems_2fe103c0-0f60-480b-b878-1c8e96cf51d2/upload_pdf/JC000725.pdf |date=January 27, 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Choudhury |first1=Saheli Roy |title=Facebook to restore news pages for Australian users in coming days |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2021/02/23/facebook-to-restore-news-pages-for-australian-users-in-coming-days.html |access-date=February 22, 2021 |publisher=[[CNBC]] |date=February 22, 2021 |archive-date=March 21, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210321154640/https://www.cnbc.com/2021/02/23/facebook-to-restore-news-pages-for-australian-users-in-coming-days.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Van Boom|first=Daniel|title=Facebook will reverse news block in Australia|url=https://www.cnet.com/news/facebook-will-reverse-news-block-in-australia/|date=February 22, 2021|access-date=February 24, 2021|publisher=CNET|archive-date=February 23, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210223205436/https://www.cnet.com/news/facebook-will-reverse-news-block-in-australia/|url-status=live}}</ref> Facebook has been accused of removing and [[shadow banning]] content that spoke either in favor of [[2020–2021 Indian farmers' protest|protesting Indian farmers]] or against [[Narendra Modi]]'s government.<ref>{{cite news |title=Protests About Indian Farming Reforms Have Reached Facebook's Headquarters |url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/pranavdixit/protests-indian-farming-facebook|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230506085753/https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/pranavdixit/protests-indian-farming-facebook|archive-date=May 6, 2023 |work=[[BuzzFeed News]] |date=December 17, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Online censorship claims shadow Indian farmer solidarity protests |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/7532961/online-censorship-claims-shadow-indian-farmer-solidarity-protests/ |work=[[Global News]] |date=December 19, 2020 |access-date=April 5, 2021 |archive-date=April 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210416124043/https://globalnews.ca/news/7532961/online-censorship-claims-shadow-indian-farmer-solidarity-protests/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Farmers' protest page was flagged as spam, clarifies Facebook a day after blocking account |url=https://scroll.in/latest/981912/farmers-protest-page-was-flagged-as-spam-clarifies-facebook-a-day-after-blocking-account |website=Scroll.in |date=December 21, 2020 |archive-date=December 21, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201221120155/https://scroll.in/latest/981912/farmers-protest-page-was-flagged-as-spam-clarifies-Facebook-a-day-after-blocking-account |url-status=live }}</ref> [[India]]-based employees of Facebook are at risk of arrest.<ref>{{cite news |title=India has reportedly threatened to jail Twitter, Facebook, and WhatsApp employees if the firms don't give up data regarding the farmers protests |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/india-threatens-to-jail-facebook-twitter-workers-over-farmer-protests-2021-3 |work=[[Business Insider]] |date=March 5, 2021 |access-date=April 5, 2021 |archive-date=April 14, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414164242/https://www.businessinsider.com/india-threatens-to-jail-facebook-twitter-workers-over-farmer-protests-2021-3 |url-status=live }}</ref> On February 27, 2021, Facebook announced Facebook BARS app for [[rappers]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Facebook Brings Another TikTok-Like App Specifically for Creating Raps|url=https://gadgets.ndtv.com/apps/news/facebook-bars-app-rap-hip-hop-tiktok-ios-closed-beta-download-npe-2379848|access-date=July 6, 2021|website=NDTV Gadgets 360|date=February 27, 2021|language=en|archive-date=July 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210726202046/https://gadgets.ndtv.com/apps/news/facebook-bars-app-rap-hip-hop-tiktok-ios-closed-beta-download-npe-2379848|url-status=live}}</ref> On June 29, 2021, Facebook announced [[Bulletin (service)|Bulletin]], a platform for independent writers.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://about.fb.com/news/2021/06/introducing-bulletin-a-platform-for-independent-writers/|publisher=Facebook|title=Introducing Bulletin, A Platform for Independent Writers|author=Brown, Campbell|date=June 29, 2021|access-date=July 6, 2021|archive-date=June 30, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210630000230/https://about.fb.com/news/2021/06/introducing-bulletin-a-platform-for-independent-writers/}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bulletin.com/home/|title=Facebook Bulletin|website=Bulletin|archive-date=June 29, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210629185521/https://www.bulletin.com/home/}}</ref> Unlike competitors such as [[Substack]], Facebook would not take a cut of subscription fees of writers using that platform upon its launch, like [[Malcolm Gladwell]] and [[Mitch Albom]]. According to ''[[The Washington Post]]'' technology writer Will Oremus, the move was criticized by those who viewed it as an tactic intended by Facebook to force those competitors out of business.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/07/06/facebook-bulletin-antitrust/|title=A classic Silicon Valley tactic – losing money to crush rivals – comes in for scrutiny|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|author=Oremus, Will|date=July 6, 2021|access-date=July 6, 2021|archive-date=July 6, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210706144551/https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/07/06/facebook-bulletin-antitrust/}}</ref> In October 2021, owner Facebook, Inc. changed its company name to [[Meta Platforms|Meta Platforms, Inc.]], or simply "Meta", as it shifts its focus to building the "[[metaverse]]". This change does not affect the name of the Facebook social networking service itself, instead being similar to the creation of [[Alphabet Inc.|Alphabet]] as [[Google]]'s parent company in 2015.<ref>{{Cite news|date=October 28, 2021|title=Facebook is changing its name to Meta as it focuses on the virtual world|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/10/28/facebook-meta-name-change/|access-date=October 28, 2021|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|first=Elizabeth|last=Dwoskin|language=en-US|archive-date=October 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211028182314/https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/10/28/facebook-meta-name-change/|url-status=live}}</ref> In November 2021, Facebook stated it would stop targeting ads based on data related to health, race, ethnicity, political beliefs, religion and sexual orientation. The change will occur in January and will affect all apps owned by Meta Platforms.<ref>{{cite web |date=November 10, 2021 |title=Facebook to stop targeting ads based on race, sexual orientation, and politics |url=https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/11/facebook-to-stop-microtargeting-ads-based-on-race-sexual-orientation-and-politics/ |access-date=November 14, 2021 |website=ArsTechnica |first=Jon |last=Brodkin |language=en-US |archive-date=April 28, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220428112249/https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/11/facebook-to-stop-microtargeting-ads-based-on-race-sexual-orientation-and-politics/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In February 2022, Facebook's daily active users dropped for the first time in its 18-year history. According to Facebook's parent Meta, DAUs dropped to 1.929 billion in the three months ending in December, down from 1.930 billion the previous quarter. Furthermore, the company warned that revenue growth would slow due to competition from TikTok and YouTube, as well as advertisers cutting back on spending.<ref>{{Cite news |date=February 3, 2022 |title=Facebook: Daily active users fall for first time in 18-year history |page=1 |work=[[BBC News]] |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/business-60238565 |access-date=February 3, 2022 |archive-date=February 3, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220203000121/https://www.bbc.com/news/business-60238565 |url-status=live }}</ref> On March 10, 2022, Facebook announced that it will temporarily ease rules to allow violent speech against 'Russian invaders'.<ref>{{cite web |date=March 11, 2022 |title=Facebook eases rules to allow violent speech against 'Russian invaders' |url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20220311-facebook-eases-rules-to-allow-violent-speech-against-russian-invaders |access-date=March 11, 2022 |website=France 24 |language=en |archive-date=March 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220311005948/https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20220311-facebook-eases-rules-to-allow-violent-speech-against-russian-invaders |url-status=live }}</ref> Russia then banned all Meta services, including [[Instagram]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/30/technology/ukraine-russia-facebook-instagram.html |title=How War in Ukraine Roiled Facebook and Instagram |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=March 30, 2022 |accessdate=May 5, 2022 |archive-date=April 25, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220425064312/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/30/technology/ukraine-russia-facebook-instagram.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In September 2022, Jonathan Vanian, a Technology Reporter for CNBC, wrote a piece on CNBC.com about the recent struggles Facebook was experiencing, writing "Users are jumping ship and advertisers are reducing their spending, leaving Meta poised to report its second straight drop in quarterly revenue." He also cited poor leadership decisions devoting resources to the metaverse, writing "CEO Mark Zuckerberg spends much of his time proselytizing the metaverse, which may be the company's future but accounts for virtually none of its near-term revenue and is costing billions of dollars a year to build." He also detailed accounts from analysts predicting a "death spiral" for Facebook stock as users leave, ad impressions increase, and the company chases revenue.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Vanian |first=Jonathan |title=Facebook scrambles to escape stock's death spiral as users flee, sales drop |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2022/09/30/facebook-scrambles-to-escape-death-spiral-as-users-flee-sales-drop.html |access-date=September 30, 2022 |website=[[CNBC]] |date=September 30, 2022 |language=en |archive-date=September 30, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220930204204/https://www.cnbc.com/2022/09/30/facebook-scrambles-to-escape-death-spiral-as-users-flee-sales-drop.html |url-status=live }}</ref> ==== October 4, 2021, global service outage ==== {{Main|2021 Facebook outage}} [[File:Facebook-outage-traffic-dropoff_(cropped).png|thumb|500x500px|Traffic volume for Facebook services on October 4, 2021, with a drop during the global outage.]] On October 4, 2021, Facebook had its worst outage since 2008. The outage was global in scope, and took down all Facebook properties, including [[Instagram]] and WhatsApp, from approximately 15:39 UTC to 22:05 UTC, and affected roughly three billion users.<ref>{{cite web|last=Subin|first=Samantha|date=October 4, 2021|title=Facebook is suffering its worst outage since 2008|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2021/10/04/facebook-instagram-and-whatsapp-are-down.html|access-date=October 4, 2021|website=[[CNBC]]|archive-date=October 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211004212815/https://www.cnbc.com/2021/10/04/facebook-instagram-and-whatsapp-are-down.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=October 4, 2021|title=Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram suffer worldwide outage|work=[[Associated Press|AP News]]|url=https://apnews.com/article/facebook-whatsapp-instagram-outage-8b9d3862ed957029e545182a595fdce1|access-date=October 4, 2021|archive-date=October 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211008174023/https://apnews.com/article/facebook-whatsapp-instagram-outage-8b9d3862ed957029e545182a595fdce1|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Patnaik |first1=Subrat |last2=Mathews |first2=Eva |title=Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp hit by global outage |url=http://www.reuters.com/article/facebook-outages-idUSKBN2GU1TV |access-date=October 4, 2021 |work=[[Reuters]] |date=October 4, 2021 |archive-date=October 4, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211004171434/https://apnews.com/article/facebook-whatsapp-instagram-outage-8b9d3862ed957029e545182a595fdce1 |url-status=live }}</ref> Security experts identified the problem as a [[Border gateway protocol|BGP]] withdrawal of all of the [[Internet Protocol|IP]] routes to their [[Domain Name System|Domain Name (DNS) servers]] which were all self-hosted at the time.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Duffy|first1=Clare|last2=Lyngaas|first2=Sean|date=October 4, 2021|title=Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp go down|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/04/tech/facebook-instagram-whatsapp-outage/index.html|access-date=October 4, 2021|website=[[CNN Business]]|archive-date=October 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211004170507/https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/04/tech/facebook-instagram-whatsapp-outage/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Lawler-2021" /> The outage also affected all internal communications systems used by Facebook employees, which disrupted restoration efforts.<ref name="Lawler-2021">{{cite web|last=Lawler|first=Richard|date=October 4, 2021|title=Facebook is down, along with Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger, and Oculus VR|url=https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/4/22708989/instagram-facebook-outage-messenger-whatsapp-error|access-date=October 4, 2021|website=[[The Verge]]|archive-date=October 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211004163422/https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/4/22708989/instagram-facebook-outage-messenger-whatsapp-error|url-status=live}}</ref> The outage cut off Facebook's internal communications, preventing employees from sending or receiving external emails, accessing the corporate directory, and authenticating to some [[Google Docs]] and [[Zoom (software)|Zoom]] services.<ref name="verge">{{cite web |date=October 4, 2021 |title=Locked out and totally down: Facebook is scrambling to fix massive outage |url=https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/4/22709575/facebook-outage-instagram-whatsapp |access-date=October 4, 2021 |work=The Verge}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Lawler |first=Richard |date=October 4, 2021 |title=Facebook is down, along with Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger, and Oculus VR |url=https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/4/22708989/instagram-facebook-outage-messenger-whatsapp-error |access-date=October 4, 2021 |website=[[The Verge]]}}</ref> The outage had a major impact on people in the [[developing world]], who depend on Facebook's "[[Internet.org|Free Basics]]" program, affecting communication, business and humanitarian work.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Schapiro |first1=Avi Asher |last2=Teixeira |first2=Fabio |date=October 5, 2021 |title=Small businesses to aid: How Facebook outage upended lives |work=[[Thomson Reuters]] |url=https://news.trust.org/item/20211005204816-qzjft/ |access-date=October 6, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Carpenter |first=Scott |date=October 4, 2021 |title=Zuckerberg Loses $6 Billion in Hours as Facebook Plunges |language=en |work=Bloomberg |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-10-04/zuckerberg-loses-7-billion-in-hours-as-facebook-plunges |access-date=October 5, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=October 5, 2021 |title=Facebook Outage Causes Share Drop, Zuckerberg Loses US$5.9B Net Worth – October 5, 2021 |url=https://dailynewsbrief.com/2021/10/05/facebook-outage-causes-share-drop-zuckerberg-loses-us5-9b-net-worth/ |access-date=October 5, 2021 |website=Daily News Brief |language=en-US}}</ref> Facebook's chief technology officer, [[Mike Schroepfer]], wrote an apology after the downtime had extended to several hours,<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 4, 2021 |title=UPDATE: Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp Back Online After Hours-Long Global Outage – CBS San Francisco |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/facebook-instagram-whatsapp-online-global-outage/ |access-date=December 5, 2023 |website=www.cbsnews.com |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=October 4, 2021 |title=Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp Back Online |url=https://www.voanews.com/a/facebook-instagram-whatsapp-suffering-outages-/6256754.html |access-date=December 5, 2023 |website=Voice of America |language=en}}</ref> saying, "Teams are working as fast as possible to debug and restore as fast as possible."<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 5, 2021 |title=Facebook begins recovery after major outage took apps offline |url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/10/05/business/tech/facebook-apps-outage/ |access-date=December 5, 2023 |website=The Japan Times |language=en}}</ref> ==== Shutdown of facial recognition ==== On November 2, 2021, Facebook announced it would shut down its facial recognition technology and delete the data on over a billion users.<ref>{{cite news|last=Metz|first=Rachel|title=Facebook is shutting down its facial recognition software|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/02/tech/facebook-shuts-down-facial-recognition/index.html|access-date=November 3, 2021|website=[[CNN]]|archive-date=November 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211103001519/https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/02/tech/facebook-shuts-down-facial-recognition/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Meta later announced plans to implement the technology as well as other biometric systems in its future products, such as the [[metaverse]].<ref name="BIFacialRecog">{{cite web |last=Hamilton |first=Isobel Asher |title=Meta says it's getting rid of facial recognition on Facebook — but that won't apply to the metaverse |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-metaverse-meta-facial-recognition-zuckerberg-2021-11 |date=November 4, 2021 |access-date=November 10, 2021 |website=[[Business Insider]] |archive-date=November 10, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211110130323/https://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-metaverse-meta-facial-recognition-zuckerberg-2021-11 |url-status=live }}</ref> The shutdown of the technology will reportedly also stop Facebook's automated alt text system, used to transcribe media on the platform for visually impaired users.<ref name="BIFacialRecog" /> In February 2023, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that Meta would start selling blue "verified" badges on Instagram and Facebook.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dellatto |first=Marisa |title=Meta Launching $12-Per-Month Verification Service—Following Twitter's Lead |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/marisadellatto/2023/02/19/meta-launching-12-per-month-verification-service-following-twitters-lead/ |access-date=March 24, 2023 |website=[[Forbes]] |language=en |archive-date=March 30, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230330152714/https://www.forbes.com/sites/marisadellatto/2023/02/19/meta-launching-12-per-month-verification-service-following-twitters-lead/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. 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