Facebook: 160 Scandals, Controversies, & Embarrassments

Summary	Date	Source
"Koobface" virus turns up on Facebook, impacting millions	12/05/2008	Reuters
Facebook 'linked to rise in syphilis'	03/24/2010	The London Telegraph
Facebook Glitch Exposed Private Chats	05/05/2010	The Wall Street Journal
3 Colombian teens on Facebook hit list killed in past 10 days	08/24/2010	CNN
Facebook users 'are insecure, narcissistic and have low self-esteem'	09/09/2010	The Daily Mail
Facebook down for second day in a row	09/23/2010	CNN
Facebook apps found to transmit personal data	10/18/2010	The Wall Street Journal
Facebook 'accidentally outing gay users' to outside firms through targeted ads	10/22/2010	The Daily Mail
Facebook raises $500 million from Goldman, Russian investor	01/02/2011	The New York Times
Facebook Apps Allowing Access to Numbers, Addresses	01/17/2011	PC Mag
Facebook blocks Roger Ebert's blog for 'abusive content'	01/21/2011	AdWeek
Facebook Bans Kate Middleton	01/24/2011	The Daily Mail
Dating Site Imports 250,000 Facebook Profiles Without Permission	02/03/2011	Wired
Mark Zuckerberg: I Fear My Facebook Stalker	02/08/2011	TMZ
Outrage as Facebook changes its privacy rules AGAIN to share users' phone numbers and home addresses with third party companies	03/02/2011	The Daily Mail
Facebook a top cause of relationship trouble, say US lawyers	03/08/2011	The Guardian
Dearborn Republican sues Facebook for shutting down account during election, foiling his 'attempt to overthrow the Dingell Dynasty'	03/09/2011	Michigan Live
Revealed: US spy operation that manipulates social media	03/17/2011	The Guardian
Doctors Warn About ‘Facebook Depression’ In Teens	03/28/2011	Associated Press
NYC Family Sues Facebook Over Image Of Daughter’s Corpse	03/28/2011	CBS New York
Facebook sued for $1billion over 'Intifada' page calling for violence against Jews	04/03/2011	The Daily Mail
Facebook rolls out red carpet for Obama re-election; Zuckerberg on board	04/05/2011	The Mercury News
Facebook Says It Might Block Content in Some Countries 'Too Much, Maybe, Free Speech'	04/20/2011	The Wall Street Journal
Facebook paid PR firm to smear Google	05/12/2011	The Guardian
Facebook aborts page of unborn baby	06/03/2011	NBC News
Facebook in new privacy row over facial recognition feature	06/08/2011	The Guardian
Thieves use Facebook and Twitter to co-ordinate 'flashrob' raid of Victoria's Secret store	07/26/2011	The Daily Mail
Proliferation of Holocaust Denial Facebook Pages Causes Alarm	08/18/2011	The Daily Beast
Intel agencies increasingly coopting Facebook for surveillance	09/30/2011	Reuters
Facebook Building 'Shadow Profiles' of Non-Members, Experts Allege	10/21/2011	Fox News
Facebook enables Google to index users' comments as search results	11/03/2011	CBS News
Facebook investigates wave of explicit spam	11/15/2011	The London Telegraph
Mark Zuckerberg’s private pictures leaked after security breached on Facebook	12/06/2011	Page Six
Facebook locks down 45,000 accounts to stop 'worm' spreading	01/06/2012	The London Telegraph
Lawmakers accuse Facebook of ducking questions on its privacy practices	01/09/2012	The Hill
Facebook Gives Politico Deep Access to Users’ Political Sentiments	01/12/2012	All Things Digital
No Women on Facebook Board Shows White Male Influence	02/02/2012	Bloomberg
How spies used Facebook to steal Nato chiefs’ details	03/10/2012	The London Telegraph
Yahoo sues Facebook for infringing 10 patents	03/12/2012	Reuters
Kids raped, sodomized on Facebook pages	05/06/2012	WND
GM to stop advertising on Facebook	05/15/2012	CNN
One in 3 Divorce Filings Contain the Word Facebook	05/21/2012	Smart Money
Refugee from Facebook questions the social media life	08/03/2012	The Washington Post
Facebook deactivated a page for 'Chic-fil-A Appreciation Day'	08/13/2012	National Review
Prince Harry shuts down his Facebook account	08/26/2012	The Daily Mail
‘Kill Mitt Romney’ Facebook Page Was Online for 17 Days	08/27/2012	The Washington Free Beacon
Facebook flooded with complaints after messages 'bug'	09/24/2012	The London Telegraph
Jihadists posted threats on Facebook before attacking Benghazi	10/02/2012	The Daily Beast
Facebook Fought SEC to Keep Mobile Risks Hidden Before IPO	10/10/2012	Bloomberg
Facebook accused of taking UK for a ride over taxes	10/10/2012	The Guardian
Facebook deleted Navy SEALs' posts criticizing Obama on Benghazi	10/30/2012	Breitbart
Facebook accused of 'dodging tax' by using loophole to channel cash through Cayman Islands haven	12/23/2012	The Daily Mail
Study: Facebook Could Cause Obesity	12/23/2012	CBS Atlanta
Facebook bans Gandhi quote as part of revisionist history purge	12/27/2012	Natural News
Facebook Says It Was Hacked, but No User Data Compromised	02/15/2013	CNBC
Pimps hit social networks to recruit underage sex workers	02/27/2013	CNN Money
Colin Powell Facebook Page Was Hacked By Same Perp Who Broke Into Bush Family E-Mail Accounts	03/11/2013	The Smoking Gun
Study: Anxiety and alcohol use linked to Facebook	04/12/2013	CNET
Facebook and State Attorneys General Team Up to Educate Teens and Parents about Privacy	04/14/2013	ABC News
Al Qaeda's Terror Plans Posted on Facebook	04/23/2013	WND
Facebook Shuts Down Controversial Gun Shop Contest	04/24/2013	KDKA
Man arrested for selling newborn grandson on Facebook	04/25/2013	The London Times
Can Facebook lead to psychosis? One study says so	05/04/2013	CNET
What Search Warrant? Your Facebook Messages And Private Emails Are Not Safe From FBI Surveillance, Says ACLU	05/13/2013	International Business Times
Facebook's mobile phone to be discontinued after just one month	05/13/2013	BGR
10% of Facebook's users are not human - including Mark Zuckerberg's dog Beast who has 1.5 MILLION followers	05/17/2013	The Daily Mail
Facebook censors pictures of children rallying against GMOs during global March Against Monsanto	05/26/2013	Natural News
Facebook mogul Sean Parker ordered to pay $2.5M after wedding in coastal zone	06/03/2013	Associated Press
Facebook and Twitter are magnets for narcissists	06/12/2013	CBC News
Snowden: Google and Facebook 'misleading' their users	06/17/2013	The Washington Examiner
Facebook glitch exposes info of 6M users	06/21/2013	USA Today
Anger mounts after Facebook's 'shadow profiles' leak in bug	06/23/2013	ZDNet
Facebook blocked a Fox News reporter after he boasted of being politically incorrect	06/29/2013	The Washington Post
XKeyscore: NSA tool collects 'nearly everything a user does on Facebook	07/31/2013	The Guardian
Facebook was caught suppressing conservative stories in its 'Trending' section	05/09/2016	Gizmodo
FB-owned Instagram suspended the account of a conservative comedy group, 'Toughen Up America'	06/20/2016	Breitbart
Facebook fired Oculus founder Palmer Luckey, reportedly over his pro-Trump views	03/30/2017	Tech Crunch
A study found that the more you use Facebook, the worse you feel	04/10/2017	Harvard Business Review
Facebook blocked two dozen Catholic pages without explanation	07/18/2017	Catholic News Agency
Facebook shut down the page of a user who mocked Mark Zuckerberg	08/13/2017	The Hollywood Reporter
Facebook removed the event page for white nationalist 'Unite the Right' rally in Charlottesville one day before it took place	08/14/2017	Business Insider
Facebook shut down an anonymous group used by its Trump-supporting employees	08/16/2017	Business Insider
An analyst discovered Facebook inflating its ad reach by millions	09/06/2017	CNBC
Facebook enabled advertisers to reach ‘Jew haters’	09/14/2017	ProPublica
Facebook banned paid ads from a pro-life film produced by MLK's niece	01/18/2018	The Christian Post
UN: Facebook had a 'role' in Rohingya genocide	03/13/2018	Al Jazeera
Facebook’s ‘favors’ for Obama campaign may have violated federal law	03/28/2018	The Daily Signal
Facebook banned a German historian for saying "Islam is not a part of German history"	04/09/2018	PJMedia
Facebook assisted the Vietnamese government crack down on dissent	04/10/2018	BuzzFeed
Facebook blocked conservative black personalities "Diamond and Silk"	04/10/2018	The Washington Post
Facebook removed Voice of Europe content, claimed it was an 'accident'	04/11/2018	Voice of Europe
Facebook rejected a campaign announcement from a Republican Mich. candidate	04/11/2018	Fox News
Facebook stole biometric data from millions of Americans	04/16/2018	Bloomberg
Facebook fired multiple employees for snooping, stalking users	05/02/2018	Vice
Facebook accused of introducing extremists to one another through 'suggested friends' feature	05/05/2018	The Telegraph
Facebook survey asked if 'adult man' should be allowed to request 'sexual pictures' from 14-year-old	05/05/2018	CNBC
Facebook banned U.S. ads urging Ireland to keep its abortion ban	05/09/2018	National Review Online
Facebook shared users' data with Chinese firms known to share data with its government	06/06/2018	Axios
Facebook gave some companies special access to additional data about users’ friends	06/08/2018	The Wall Street Journal
Facebook Flagged the Declaration of Independence as Hate Speech	07/05/2018	The Federalist
FB-owned Instagram removed conservative journalist Tommy Robinson's account (they later said it was "in error")	08/07/2018	Breitbart
FB-owned Instagram suspended conservative commentator Lauren Southern's account (they later said it was a "mistake")	08/15/2018	Breitbart
Facebook is secretly scoring its users on a 'trust' scale	08/21/2018	Variety
Facebook Censors Articles from Conservative Outlets About Manafort, Cohen	08/23/2018	PJMedia
FB-owned Instagram permanently suspends veteran-owned business for criticizing NFL kneelers	08/27/2018	Breitbart
How Duterte Used Facebook To Fuel the Philippine Drug War	09/04/2018	BuzzFeed News
Facebook accessed its users' financial data via Messenger's interfacing with financial institutions	09/18/2018	The Wall Street Journal
Facebook's new home gadget has a camera that follows you around	09/21/2018	Fast Company
Facebook Is Giving Advertisers Access to Your Shadow Contact Information	09/26/2018	Gizmodo
Facebook had a company wide meeting to chastise an exec who went to the Brett Kavanaugh hearing (who is his longtime friend)	10/05/2018	Axios
Facebook Cleans House – Purges Several Top Conservative Pages Four Weeks Before Election	10/12/2018	Gateway Pundit
Facebook lured advertisers by inflating ad-watch times up to 900 percent: lawsuit	10/17/2018	The Mercury News
Facebook blocked users who reported on CNN contacting Yale alumni, looking for dirt on Brett Kavanaugh	10/26/2018	Halsey News
Facebook forced out an exec after he donated to an anti-Hillary Clinton group	11/11/2018	The Wall Street Journal
Instagram Censors Pro-Israel Voice Who Criticized Linda Sarsour	11/14/2018	NewsBusters
Fending off accusations it allowed fake news to fester, Facebook hired a firm to create fake news attacking its critics	11/15/2018	The New York Times
For the first time, researchers say Facebook can cause depression	11/18/2018	Market Watch
Facebook allowed South Sudan family to auction off 16-year-old girl as child bride: report	11/20/2018	The Hill
Facebook bans users who talk about their sex lives in crackdown on anything that ‘encourages sexual encounters’	12/09/2018	The Sun
Author Says Facebook Is Making Us Miserable	12/14/2018	CBS News
Israeli PM Netanyahu’s Son Suspended From Facebook for Criticizing Palestinians	12/18/2018	NewsBusters
Facebook employs a team of workers to create rules for what everyone in the world on their platform is allowed to say	12/27/2018	The New York Times
Facebook's data settings are mostly useless; only deleting your account can stop their tracking	01/02/2019	Axios
Facebook's Employee Bonuses Now Hinge on 'Social' Progress	02/05/2019	Fortune
Facebook moderators report abusing drugs to cope with awful work conditions	02/25/2019	The Verge
Facebook bans Tommy Robinson for criticizing Islamists	02/26/2019	The Guardian
Facebook staff had access to hundreds of millions of people's passwords	03/21/2019	CNN
Facebook Pays The Daily Telegraph To Write Articles Praising … Facebook	04/04/2019	The Daily Caller
Facebook accidentally put hidden messages like 'Big Brother is Watching' and 'The Masons Were Here' in 'tens of thousands' of VR controllers	04/12/2019	Business Insider
Facebook Includes Candace Owens On ‘Hate Agents‘ List	05/17/2019	Breitbart
Mark Zuckerberg bragged about banning pro-life ads before Ireland's abortion vote	07/09/2019	PJ Media
PJ Media Report on Facebook Ban Is 'Hate Speech,' According to Facebook	07/23/2019	PJ Media
Facebook suspends Netanyahu’s page over 'hate speech'	09/12/2019	LaCorte News
Instagram takes down photo of women shooting at gun range	09/22/2019	LaCorte News
How A Massive Facebook Scam Siphoned Millions Of Dollars From Unsuspecting Boomers	10/16/2019	BuzzFeed
Facebook, YouTube ban mention of alleged Trump-Ukraine whistleblower’s name	11/10/2019	LaCorte News
Facebook deletes conservative outlet’s Pages, 3.4M followers, including staff personal accounts	11/13/2019	Reclaim the Net
Facebook labels factual claim about Obama, Hillary as “Partly False”	11/21/2019	LaCorte News
Facebook Censors Jordan Peterson Video Link Sent in Private Message	01/29/2020	Summit News
Facebook agreed to censor posts criticising Vietnamese government after the country slowed down its traffic	04/23/2020	The Daily Mail
Facebook bans links to fundraiser for Kyle Rittenhouse but allows legal defense funds for others — including convicted murderers, accused murderers, and rioters	09/01/2020	The Blaze
Facebook Suppresses Tucker Carlson’s Page For ‘Repeated Sharing Of False News’	09/25/2020	LaCorte News
Facebook is employing Chinese nationals to censor your speech	10/21/2020	The Post Millennial
Facebook Throttles Grabien’s Traffic After Report on Social Network’s Election Interference	10/22/2020	Grabien News
Facebook Says No More Ads for Movement to Recall Gavin Newsom	01/28/2021	RedState
Sheryl Sandberg Downplayed Facebook’s Role In The Capitol Hill Siege—Justice Department Files Tell A Very Different Story	02/07/2021	Forbes
Facebook Tries Banning Australia	02/18/2021	MSN
Facebook censors documentary about government's role in the housing bubble	03/18/2021	Tom Woods
Facebook Permanently Suspends Virginia State Senator’s Page	03/23/2021	LaCorte News
Facebook Data From More Than 500 Million Users Found Online	04/04/2021	The Epoch Times
NBC: Facebook Postings Promote Human Trafficking Over The US-Mexico Border	04/05/2021	NBC News
Facebook Staff Fret Over China’s Ads Portraying Happy Muslims in Xinjiang	04/05/2021	The Wall Street Journal
Facebook Throttles Federalist Article Arguing Chauvin Verdict Was Tainted By Politics After Juror Confirms That’s True	04/26/2021	The Federalist
After censoring articles reporting on Wuhan lab Covid link, Facebook reverses	05/26/2021	Politico
Facebook roasted for blocking hashtag ‘revolution’ on Independence Day weekend	07/04/2021	The Washington Times
Facebook Says Its Rules Apply to All. Company Documents Reveal a Secret Elite That’s Exempt.	09/13/2021	The Wall Street Journal
"Doesn't comply": Facebook rejects ad for Ondrasik's "Blood on My Hands"	09/14/2021	HotAir
Facebook’s Effort to Attract Preteens Goes Beyond Instagram Kids, Documents Show	09/28/2021	The Wall Street Journal
Apple threatened to ban Facebook app over marketplace for selling maids in the Middle East	10/25/2021	Associated Press
Facebook shares stay positive despite release of new whistleblower documents	10/25/2021	CNBC