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Visa Inc., Mastercard Inc., PayPal Holdings Inc. and Stripe Inc. are wavering over whether to sign onto Facebook’s cryptocurrency project.
Oct. 2, 2019
Technology and the Internet
Facebook Inc. executive David Marcus resigned from Coinbase Inc.’s board, a sign the social network giant is pushing ahead with its own blockchain work.
Aug. 10, 2018
BlackBerry Ltd. is suing Facebook Inc., accusing the social media giant of patent infringement.
March 6, 2018
Facebook Inc.’s global outage — which hit users of its namesake social network as well as sister services Instagram, Messenger and WhatsApp — is winding down, the company announced Thursday.
March 14, 2019
Facebook Inc.’s Instagram played a much bigger role in Russia’s manipulation of U.S. voters than the company has previously discussed, and will be a key Russian tool in the 2020 elections, according to a report commissioned by the Senate Intelligence Committee.
Dec. 17, 2018
Snopes Media Group Inc., one of Facebook Inc.’s first fact-checking partners, said it’s ending the relationship after two years, even though the decision may cause financial distress.
Feb. 1, 2019
A Lithuanian man admitted he helped trick Facebook Inc. and Alphabet Inc.’s Google into sending more than $100 million through a phishing scheme.
March 20, 2019
Facebook Inc. can no longer block minorities or other groups from seeing advertisements, according to an agreement with Washington state.
July 24, 2018
EBay, Stripe, Mastercard and Visa followed PayPal in abandoning Libra, underscoring concerns that the Facebook-led cryptocurrency project won’t pass legal muster.
Oct. 11, 2019
Live from Facebook headquarters: Introducing Android
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