Last night, when most of India was sleeping, Facebook temporarily blocked posts that included the #ResignModi hashtag— criticizing the Prime Minister’s handling of the raging Coronavirus pandemic — and restored them hours later. The company said that the blocking was an oversight, and New Delhi didn’t order the social networking giant to restrict it: We temporarily blocked this hashtag by mistake, not because the Indian government asked us to, and have since restored it....

F8, Facebook’s biggest event of the year is here, and with it a whole slew of new features. After several days of anticipation, the social network super giant has officially announced the in depth integration of apps intoFacebook’s new timeline featureas well as across Facebook’s service overall. Mark Zuckerberg states that apps are now going to help tell the story of your life. These new apps can give you a nice summary of what you’ve done every day and every year....

It looks like the Facebook/Daily Mail fight is back on. After a brieftussle in Marchlast year the boys are back in the ring. The Guardianreports that Facebook is (again) considering suing the publication in a dispute over the headline of a front page story that linked the social networking website to a paedophile gang operating in Devon. The offending Friday headline read “How many more victims of Facebook sex gang?”, after parents of 16,000 pupils in Torbay were warned of an ongoing “complex child abuse investigation” that may involve 20 or more victims in the area....

Facebook says Donald Trump’s account could be reinstated in 2023 — a year before the next US presidential election. The company announced on Friday that Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts will remain suspended for two years, effective from the date of their initial ban on January 7. Nick Clegg, Facebook’s vice-president of global affairs,saidthe company will then consider allowing him back on the platforms: At the end of this period, we will look to experts to assess whether the risk to public safety has receded....

Facebook is growing its UK operation, and it’s moving into a bigger office space in London’s West End in early 2012. As the Telegraphreportstoday, the social network is moving from its current address by Carnaby Street in Soho to Covent Garden, where it is renting a 36,000 square-foot listed building. So it seems that Facebook is shunning London’sSilicon Roundaboutarea, which has emerged as one of the biggest technology company clusters in Europe, in favor of a prestigious postcode in London’s West End....