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2 | 01/06/2020 | Feature | Facebook updates its Privacy Checkup tool to guide users through making decisions about who can see what they share, how to keep their account secure, how people can find them, and their data settings. | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Global | https://about.fb.com/news/2020/01/privacy-checkup/ | |||||||||||||
3 | 01/06/2020 | Policy | Facebook decides to remove misleading manipulated media that has been edited in a way that would deceive someone and that is the product of machine learning or artificial intelligence. | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Global | https://about.fb.com/news/2020/01/enforcing-against-manipulated-media/ | |||||||||||||
4 | 01/28/2020 | Feature | Facebook introduces new features that inform users of third party logins and about how their information is being used. | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | Global | https://about.fb.com/news/2020/01/data-privacy-day-2020/ | |||||||||||||
5 | 01/30/2020 | Policy | Facebook introduces policies related to COVID-19. Specifically, Facebook decides to limit the spread of content that has been rated false by its international network of fact checkers. Facebook will also send notifications to users who have already shared or tried to share information rated as false. Facebook will also remove misinformation and conspiracy theories that have been flagged by leading health organizations. Finally, they will provide easier access to credible information at the top of News Feed based on the guidance of the CDC. | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Global | https://about.fb.com/news/2020/05/coronavirus/ | |||||||||||||
6 | 02/12/2020 | Policy | Facebook removes coordinated inauthentic behavior from Russia, Iran, Vietnam, and Myanmar. | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Russia, Iran, Vietnam, Myanmar | https://about.fb.com/news/2020/02/removing-coordinated-inauthentic-behavior/ | |||||||||||||
7 | 02/13/2020 | Operations | Facebook releases data to a large number of independent academic researchers. The data includes a list of links that have been shared by over 100 independent users as well as data regarding share counts, hate speech, and misinformation. | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Global | https://research.fb.com/blog/2020/02/new-privacy-protected-facebook-data-for-independent-research-on-social-medias-impact-on-democracy/ | |||||||||||||
8 | 02/13/2020 | Policy | Facebook allows U.S. based political candidates to release branded content. | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | United States | https://www.cbsnews.com/news/facebook-political-ad-policy-change-bloomberg-meme-instagram-influencers/ | https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/feb/14/facebook-reverses-political-ads-rule-bloomberg-finds-loophole | ||||||||||||
9 | 02/17/2020 | Operations | Facebook publishes a white paper offering questions and suggestions about how to manage content in the future. | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Global | https://about.fb.com/news/2020/02/online-content-regulation/ | |||||||||||||
10 | 02/18/2020 | Policy | Facebook blocks Singapore-based users' access to the State Times' Review due to an order from the Singaporean government | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Singapore | https://www.thedrum.com/news/2020/02/19/facebook-expresses-censorship-concerns-after-blocking-singapore-users-access-fake | https://www.straitstimes.com/politics/facebook-blocks-access-to-states-times-review-page | ||||||||||||
11 | 02/24/2020 | Operations | Facebook supports research on misinformation and polarization with $2 million investment. | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Global | https://research.fb.com/blog/2020/02/facebook-misinformation-polarization-rfp-two-million-dollar-commitment/ | |||||||||||||
12 | 02/26/2020 | Policy | Facebook begins to provide educational pop-ups with information from leading health organizations including the WHO to users who search for information about coronavirus. Facebook also prohibits advertisements that guarantee a coronavirus cure or create a sense of panic such as ads for masks that guarantee protection. | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unspecified | https://about.fb.com/news/2020/05/coronavirus/ | |||||||||||||
13 | 03/03/2020 | Policy | Mark Zuckerberg posts an update in which he says Facebook is giving unlimited free advertisement space to the WHO and is sharing anonymized user data to help track the spread of the virus. | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Global | https://about.fb.com/news/2020/05/coronavirus/ | |||||||||||||
14 | 03/06/2020 | Policy | Facebook bans advertisements for medical face masks. | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unspecified | https://about.fb.com/news/2020/05/coronavirus/ | |||||||||||||
15 | 03/10/2020 | Policy | Facebook decides to turn the dynamic format and ad creative feature on by default. | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Unspecified | https://www.blog.udonis.co/facebook-updates/from-now-on-dynamic-formats-and-ad-creative-feature-on-by-default | |||||||||||||
16 | 03/12/2020 | Feature | Facebook introduces a business resources hub to provide information to businesses. Facebook also expands access to local alerts. | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Unspecified | https://about.fb.com/news/2020/05/coronavirus/ | |||||||||||||
17 | 03/12/2020 | Policy | Facebook removes coordinated inauthentic behavior from Russia. | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Russia | https://about.fb.com/news/2020/03/removing-coordinated-inauthentic-behavior-from-russia/ | |||||||||||||
18 | 03/16/2020 | Operations | Facebook makes a joint statement with Google, Microsoft, Twitter, LinkedIn, Reddit, and YouTube regarding their coronavirus response. The platforms announce their efforts to combat misinformation and keep users connected. | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Global | https://about.fb.com/news/2020/05/coronavirus/ | |||||||||||||
19 | 03/17/2020 | Operations | Facebook launches a $100 million grant program for small businesses and a $1 million grant program for fact checkers. | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Global | https://about.fb.com/news/2020/05/coronavirus/ | |||||||||||||
20 | 03/18/2020 | Feature | Facebook launches an information hub on the Facebook app to provide up to date information about the coronavirus. The information hub appears at the top of News Feed and provides resources, information, and tips about how to stay healthy. The information hub also allows users to receive updates directly and connect with local groups to ask for or offer help. | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Global | https://about.fb.com/news/2020/05/coronavirus/ | |||||||||||||
21 | 03/18/2020 | Policy | Facebook offers 12 months of free Workplace Advanced to government agencies and emergency service providers. | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Unspecified | https://about.fb.com/news/2020/05/coronavirus/ | |||||||||||||
22 | 03/19/2020 | Policy | Facebook bans advertisements for hand sanitizer, disinfecting wipes, and COVID-19 testing kits. | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unspecified | https://about.fb.com/news/2020/05/coronavirus/ | |||||||||||||
23 | 03/23/2020 | Policy | Facebook starts an initiative to help government agencies broadcast their message on Facebook Messenger. Facebook also begins a hackathon to help develop new ways to promote social distancing and other healthy practices. | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Unspecified | https://about.fb.com/news/2020/05/coronavirus/ | |||||||||||||
24 | 03/24/2020 | Policy | Facebook requires authorization to run advertisements about elections or social issues in specific countries. The authorization process requires advertisers to confirm their identity, provide information about their organization, and have their ads entered into the ad library for 7 years. Ads about social issues are ads that attempt to influence public opinion by including content that debate, discuss, or advocate about social issues. | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | United States, Canada, European Union, New Zealand, United Kingdom, Singapore and Taiwan | https://www.facebook.com/business/help/213593616543953 | |||||||||||||
25 | 03/25/2020 | Policy | Facebook updates its efforts to fight COVID-19 misinformation. Specifically, Facebook removes misinformation that could lead to physical harm, flags conspiracy theories and decreases their distribution, and removes posts that make false claims about cures and treatments. | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Global | https://about.fb.com/news/2020/03/combating-covid-19-misinformation/ | |||||||||||||
26 | 03/26/2020 | Feature | Facebook launches a digital literacy program to provide resources and training to help people navigate the internet safely. | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Global | https://www.facebook.com/fbgetdigital | https://about.fb.com/news/2020/05/coronavirus/ | ||||||||||||
27 | 03/27/2020 | Feature | Facebook makes A/B test results available more quickly for advertisers. | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Unspecified | https://www.blog.udonis.co/facebook-updates/check-out-your-a-b-tests-earlier-than-before | |||||||||||||
28 | 03/30/2020 | Operations | Facebook invests $100 million in the news industry. | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Global | https://about.fb.com/news/2020/05/coronavirus/ | |||||||||||||
29 | 03/30/2020 | Feature | Facebook updates its data access tools to allow users to learn more about their app usage and the information they interact with. | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Unspecified | https://about.fb.com/news/2020/03/data-access-tools/ | |||||||||||||
30 | 03/30/2020 | Operations | Facebook donates $25 million to support health care workers. | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Unspecified | https://about.fb.com/news/2020/05/coronavirus/ | |||||||||||||
31 | 03/30/2020 | Feature | Facebook adds an ads experiment feature to allow users to test different advertising strategies. | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Unspecified | https://www.facebook.com/business/news/evolving-the-way-businesses-test-and-learn-with-experiments/# | |||||||||||||
32 | 03/31/2020 | Feature | Facebook launches Community Help to allow users to seek and offer help to their local communities such as offering to pick up groceries for a neighbor. Community Help is available in the information hub at the top of News Feed. | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | United States, United Kingdom, France, Australia, Canada | https://about.fb.com/news/2020/05/coronavirus/ | https://www.facebook.com/coronavirus_info/request_offer_help/?page_source=fb_marketing_covid_mar_campaign | ||||||||||||
33 | 04/01/2020 | Policy | Facebook updates its policies on protecting the census and removing suppressive information. Specifically, Facebook provides notifications at the top of users' Facebook and Instagram feeds to remind them to participate. Facebook also trains its artificial intelligence to flag violating content and introduces a team made of of specialists to monitor spikes in misinformation or suppression related to the census. | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | United States | https://about.fb.com/news/2020/04/census/ | |||||||||||||
34 | 04/06/2020 | Feature | Facebook announces new tools to help researchers track the coronavirus including three new disease tracking maps and a survey sent to Facebook users. | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | United States | https://about.fb.com/news/2020/05/coronavirus/ | |||||||||||||
35 | 04/07/2020 | Feature | Facebook updates its approach to providing useful information to users in groups. Specifically, Facebook provides pop-ups in COVID-19 related groups directing users to credible information from health organizations. Facebook also encourages group admins to share livestreams about COVID-19 from health organizations. Facebook also doubles the number of communities with access to the local alerts tool which allows communities and governments to provide timely information to their communities. | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Unspecified | https://about.fb.com/news/2020/05/coronavirus/ | |||||||||||||
36 | 04/09/2020 | Operations | Facebook files a lawsuit against an individual using cloaking technology to run deceptive advertisements on Facebook. | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | California, United States | https://about.fb.com/news/2020/04/addressing-deceptive-ad-practices/ | |||||||||||||
37 | 04/09/2020 | Feature | Facebook allows dynamic ads to be placed within streams. | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Unspecified | https://www.blog.udonis.co/facebook-updates/in-stream-placement-offer-dynamic-ads | |||||||||||||
38 | 04/11/2020 | Policy | Facebook prevents advertisements from appearing on Audience Network in-stream videos or websites. | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Unspecified | https://www.facebook.com/business/help/460757221286655 | |||||||||||||
39 | 04/14/2020 | Feature | Facebook helps the WHO launch an interactive experience on Messenger that allows users to get timely and reliable information. | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Global | https://about.fb.com/news/2020/05/coronavirus/ | |||||||||||||
40 | 04/16/2020 | Policy | Facebook updates its approach to preventing coronavirus misinformation and begins informing users via notifications if they have interacted with misinformation. Specifically, Facebook will show messages to users who have liked, reacted, or commented on harmful misinformation. Facebook also updated its information center with a section called Get the Facts which includes fact-checked articles and lists of debunked myths. | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | United States, Italy, Spain, Colombia, India, the Republic of Congo, Netherlands, UK, Congo, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Montenegro, Turkey, Brazil, Mexico, Lithuania, Greece, Ukraine, Taiwan, Kenya, Jordan, Canada, Indonesia, France, Australia | https://about.fb.com/news/2020/04/covid-19-misinfo-update/ | |||||||||||||
41 | 04/20/2020 | Feature | Facebook releases a symptom map and continues to gather data to update the map. | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Global | https://about.fb.com/news/2020/05/coronavirus/ | https://covidcast.cmu.edu/ | ||||||||||||
42 | 04/20/2020 | Operations | Facebook allows free access to their patents to help promote innovation. | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Global | https://about.fb.com/news/2020/05/coronavirus/ | |||||||||||||
43 | 04/20/2020 | Operations | Facebook removes anti-quarantine and reopen protest event pages in some U.S. states. | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | United States | https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-facebook/facebook-removes-anti-quarantine-protest-events-in-some-us-states-idUSKBN2222QK | |||||||||||||
44 | 04/21/2020 | Operations | Facebook announces a $5.7 billion investment in Jio Platforms. | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | India | https://about.fb.com/news/2020/04/facebook-invests-in-jio/ | |||||||||||||
45 | 04/22/2020 | Policy | Facebook begins tagging high-reach profiles' posts with information regarding the accounts origin country to increase transparency. Every post these accounts share will be tagged with the accounts origin location. | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | United States | https://about.fb.com/news/2020/04/page-and-account-transparency/ | |||||||||||||
46 | 04/23/2020 | Policy | Facebook reverses an advertisement policy that centralized advertisement spending in a Campaign Budget Optimization system. | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Unspecified | https://tinuiti.com/blog/paid-social/campaign-budget-optimization-announcement/ | https://www.facebook.com/business/help/773289396357218 | ||||||||||||
47 | 04/24/2020 | Feature | Facebook introduces Messenger Rooms, a new way to video call with up to 50 people with no time limit. | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Unspecified | https://about.fb.com/news/2020/04/introducing-messenger-rooms/ | https://www.forbes.com/sites/kateoflahertyuk/2020/04/26/facebooks-messenger-rooms-is-not-actually-all-that-private-heres-why/#1013579fb098 | ||||||||||||
48 | 04/24/2020 | Feature | Facebook introduces new features such as safety alerts, a knowledge library, and "draft for" to improve information flow and employee connectivity during COVID-19. | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Unspecified | https://www.blog.udonis.co/facebook-updates/improving-information-flow-and-employee-connection-becomes-better-on-facebook-workplace-with-new-tools | |||||||||||||
49 | 05/04/2020 | Feature | Facebook expands Community Help to allow users to donate to nonprofits, sign up to become blood donors, and find local job opportunities. | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Unspecified | https://about.fb.com/news/2020/05/coronavirus/ | |||||||||||||
50 | 05/06/2020 | Feature | Facebook updates A/B advertising to allow advertisers to see if there's a winner before the scheduled finish time. | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Unspecified | https://www.blog.udonis.co/facebook-updates/find-the-winner-before-a-b-tests-end | |||||||||||||
51 | 05/10/2020 | Feature | Facebook launches Businesses Nearby to allow users to see posts from nearby businesses. | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Unspecified | https://techcrunch.com/2020/05/11/facebook-and-instagram-ad-new-features-to-help-you-find-and-support-local-businesses/ | https://www.facebook.com/businesses_nearby | ||||||||||||
52 | 05/12/2020 | Operations | Facebook releases its community standards enforcement report. | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Unspecified | https://about.fb.com/news/2020/05/community-standards-enforcement-report-may-2020/ | |||||||||||||
53 | 05/12/2020 | Feature | Facebook expands brand safety controls for advertisers to give advertisers more control over where their advertisements appear on Facebook. | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Unspecified | https://www.facebook.com/business/news/expanding-our-brand-safety-controls-for-advertisers | |||||||||||||
54 | 05/19/2020 | Feature | Facebook introduces Facebook shops to help small businesses sell products online. | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | United States | https://about.fb.com/news/2020/05/introducing-facebook-shops/ | |||||||||||||
55 | 05/28/2020 | Policy | Facebook announces it will require profiles with a pattern of sharing misinformation and those with high-reach to verify their identity. If the user does not verify their identity their posts will face reduced distribution so that fewer users will interact with their content. Additionally, if the user is a page admin they will have to complete additional verification or else they will not be able to post from their page. | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | United States | https://about.fb.com/news/2020/05/id-verification-high-reach-profiles/ | |||||||||||||
56 | 06/03/2020 | Operations | Facebook announces it will release new datasets and visualizations to help researchers, NGOs, and other agencies combat the spread of COVID-19. | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Global | https://about.fb.com/news/2020/07/coronavirus/ | |||||||||||||
57 | 06/04/2020 | Policy | Facebook begins labelling pages and posts as "state-controlled media." Posts from at least 18 outlets including outlets from China, Russia, and Iran will have this label. These labels will only be shown to U.S. users at first and roll out to other countries over time.Facebook also announces plans to prohibit these outlets from buying advertising space on the platform. | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | United States | https://www.npr.org/2020/06/04/870105673/facebook-begins-labeling-state-controlled-media | https://about.fb.com/news/2019/10/update-on-election-integrity-efforts/ | ||||||||||||
58 | 06/05/2020 | Operations | Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announces that Facebook will review many of its policies concerning content regulation. | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Unspecified | https://www.facebook.com/zuck/posts/10111985969467901 | |||||||||||||
59 | 06/06/2020 | Policy | Facebook removes hundreds of accounts connected to hate groups. | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | United States, Africa, Iraq, Kurdistan | https://www.columbiadailyherald.com/news/20200606/facebook-removes-accounts-tied-to-hate-groups | |||||||||||||
60 | 06/08/2020 | Operations | Facebook files a new lawsuit to remove imposter domain names. | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Virgina, United States | https://about.fb.com/news/2020/06/imposter-domain-names/ | |||||||||||||
61 | 06/10/2020 | Policy | Facebook allows the promotion of non-medical face masks on its app. | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unspecified | https://about.fb.com/news/2020/07/coronavirus/ | |||||||||||||
62 | 06/11/2020 | Feature | Facebook expands its blood donations feature to connect more users to local donation centers. | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | South Africa, Senegal, Kenya, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Egypt, United States, India, Brazil, Pakistan, Bangladesh | https://about.fb.com/news/2020/07/coronavirus/ | |||||||||||||
63 | 06/11/2020 | Policy | Facebook, along with 15 other companies, announces new policies to combat child exploitation online including increased transparency, information sharing, and independent research. | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Global | https://about.fb.com/news/2020/06/fighting-child-exploitation-online/ | |||||||||||||
64 | 06/16/2020 | Feature | Facebook introduces new policies regarding voting information. Specifically, Facebook will provide users a notification with information on how to register to vote. They also introduced a voting information center with information on voting guidelines, registering, absentee voting, and other information. Facebook also allows users to turn off all social issue, electoral, and political ads that have a paid for by disclaimer. Additionally, Facebook will ensure that the paid for by disclaimer will remain on shared posts. Finally, Facebook ads a section to the ads library that tracks ad spending in house and senate races. | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | United States | https://about.fb.com/news/2020/06/voting-information-center/ | https://about.fb.com/news/2020/01/political-ads/ | https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/16/technology/opt-out-political-ads-facebook.html | |||||||||||
65 | 06/18/2020 | Feature | Facebook files lawsuits against entities violating its terms of service, updates privacy settings in groups, and adds new guidelines for protecting information when sharing data. | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | United States, Spain, South Korea | https://about.fb.com/news/2020/06/privacy-improvements/ | |||||||||||||
66 | 06/18/2020 | Policy | Facebook announces policies to support black and diverse communities including donating to black-owned businesses and elevating black stories. | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | United States | https://about.fb.com/news/2020/06/supporting-black-and-diverse-communities/ | |||||||||||||
67 | 06/24/2020 | Feature | Facebook launches its "Summer of Support" which includes online training, live sessions and discussions about topics such as customer support, and training on how to transition to digital platforms. | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | United States | https://about.fb.com/news/2020/07/coronavirus/ | |||||||||||||
68 | 06/25/2020 | Feature | Facebook begins providing users extra context for news articles they share. Specifically, Facebook will inform users of how old an article is when they try to share it. | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Global | https://about.fb.com/news/2020/06/more-context-for-news-articles-and-other-content/ | |||||||||||||
69 | 06/26/2020 | Policy | Facebook updates its election support policies. Specifically, Facebook cracks down on voter suppression, raises its standards on hateful content in advertisements, and begins labeling newsworthy content. Facebook also announces that it will use an election operation center to prevent false claims about polling conditions in the 72 hours before election day. They will also remove false claims about ICE agents at polling stations. | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | United States | https://about.fb.com/news/2020/06/meeting-unique-elections-challenges/ | |||||||||||||
70 | 06/30/2020 | Operations | Facebook bans a violent network from its app in the United States. | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | United States | https://about.fb.com/news/2020/06/banning-a-violent-network-in-the-us/ | |||||||||||||
71 | 06/30/2020 | Feature | Facebook begins to prioritize original news reporting on Facebook. Specifically, Facebook updates the way stories are ranked in News Feed to promote news with transparent authorship and original reporting. | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Unspecified | https://about.fb.com/news/2020/06/prioritizing-original-news-reporting-on-facebook/ | |||||||||||||
72 | 07/01/2020 | Policy | Facebook updates its data limits policies so that infrequently used apps stop sharing user information with other parties. | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Unspecified | https://about.fb.com/news/2020/07/improving-data-limits-simplifying-terms/ | |||||||||||||
73 | 07/02/2020 | Feature | Facebook adds an alert to the top of the Instagram and Facebook apps to remind users to wear masks. This feature will expand globally in the coming days. | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | United States | https://about.fb.com/news/2020/07/coronavirus/ | |||||||||||||
74 | 01/06/2020 | Feature | Twitter introduces Promoted Trend Spotlight which allows advertisers to place their advertisements in the explore tab. | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Global | https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/product/2020/twitter-announces-promoted-trend-spotlight-goes-global.html | |||||||||||||
75 | 01/06/2020 | Policy | Twitter releases a summary of their protection of Taiwan's election, including banning political advertisements and introducing the #Taiwanelection and #Taiwan2020 hashtags. | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Taiwan | https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/company/2020/An-update-of-our-work-around-Taiwan2020.html | |||||||||||||
76 | 01/29/2020 | Policy | Twitter begins suggesting credible news sources when users search for coronavirus. Specifically, Twitter expands its search function to ensure that users searching for COVID-19 information get credible sources. | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Brunei, Cambodia, Canada, Cyprus, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Korea, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Paraguay, Philippines, Poland, Singapore, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Vietnam, Yemen | https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/company/2020/authoritative-information-about-novel-coronavirus.html | |||||||||||||
77 | 02/04/2020 | Policy | Twitter announces its approach to manipulated media including guidelines on what content will be labeled and what content will be removed. | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Global | https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/company/2020/new-approach-to-synthetic-and-manipulated-media.html | |||||||||||||
78 | 02/11/2020 | Operations | Twitter provides internet safety training around the world throughout the month of February. | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Global | https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/events/2020/safer-internet-day-2020-creating-a-better-internet-for-all.html | |||||||||||||
79 | 02/11/2020 | Policy | Twitter introduces a dedicated census search tool which will direct users to the official census sight when they search for certain terms related to the census. Twitter also expands its policy enforcement efforts by allowing users to report misleading information about the census and by applying existing election integrity policies to census information. | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | United States | https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/company/2020/us-census-search-prompt.html | |||||||||||||
80 | 03/04/2020 | Policy | Twitter updates its efforts to protect the public conversation around COVID-19. Specifically, Twitter updates its coronavirus search function to ensure that users who seek information on COVID-19 are met with reliable sources. Twitter also increases efforts to remove manipulative content and protect against future platform manipulation. Finally, Twitter bans inappropriate advertisements including ads for medical masks and hand sanitizer. | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Brunei, Cambodia, Canada, Cyprus, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Korea, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Paraguay, Philippines, Poland, Singapore, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Vietnam, Yemen | https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/company/2020/stepping-up-our-work-to-protect-the-public-conversation-around-covid-19.html | |||||||||||||
81 | 03/05/2020 | Policy | Twitter updates its policies regarding hateful speech to include language that dehumanizes on the basis of age, disability, or disease. | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Global | https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/company/2019/hatefulconductupdate.html | |||||||||||||
82 | 03/16/2020 | Policy | Twitter updates its policies regarding COVID-19 to further prevent misinformation and remove tweets that deny information from trusted agencies or promote unsafe practices. Specifically, Twitter announces it will rely more on automated processes to remove harmful content. Twitter also expands its definition of harmful content to more specifically address calls to action that could directly harm an individual's health. | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Global | https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/company/2020/An-update-on-our-continuity-strategy-during-COVID-19.html | |||||||||||||
83 | 03/16/2020 | Operations | Twitter makes a joint statement with Google, Microsoft, Facebook, LinkedIn, Reddit, and YouTube regarding their coronavirus response. The platforms announce their efforts to combat misinformation and keep users connected. | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Global | https://techcrunch.com/2020/03/16/facebook-reddit-google-linkedin-microsoft-twitter-and-youtube-issue-joint-statement-on-misinformation/ | |||||||||||||
84 | 03/16/2020 | Policy | Twitter increases its reliance on automated technology to perform content regulation. | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Global | https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/company/2020/covid-19.html | |||||||||||||
85 | 03/20/2020 | Policy | Twitter begins verifying accounts providing reliable COVID-19 information. | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Global | https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/company/2020/covid-19.html | |||||||||||||
86 | 03/24/2020 | Operations | Twitter announces a grant program to support journalism during COVID-19. | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Global | https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/company/2020/giving-back-covid-19.html | |||||||||||||
87 | 03/24/2020 | Operations | Twitter supports the COVID-19 Global Hackathon, an opportunity to develop software solutions with positive social impacts. | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Global | https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/company/2020/covid-19.html | |||||||||||||
88 | 03/27/2020 | Policy | Twitter updates its guidelines concerning content regulation and expands its definition of harm. Twitter decides to remove content that denies safety information from trusted agencies as well as content or calls to action that could harm public health. | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Global | https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/company/2020/covid-19.html | |||||||||||||
89 | 04/01/2020 | Policy | Twitter broadens its definition of harmful content to include more unverified claims and content that can incite people to action. | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Global | https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/company/2020/covid-19.html | |||||||||||||
90 | 04/02/2020 | Policy | Twitter allows advertisements that explicitly or in some cases implicitly mention COVID-19 if the advertisement specifically concerns adjustments in business practices or ways to support local communities. | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Global | https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/company/2020/covid-19.html | |||||||||||||
91 | 04/22/2020 | Policy | Twitter prohibits unverified claims regarding coronavirus that could incite people to action. | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Unspecified | https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/company/2020/covid-19.html | |||||||||||||
92 | 04/27/2020 | Policy | Twitter introduces new policies to both protect discussion of the Korean election and to promote engagement with it. | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | South Korea | https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/company/2020/korean-election-2020.html | |||||||||||||
93 | 04/29/2020 | Policy | Twitter provides more access to real time public Twitter data to researchers. This dataset includes millions of tweets about coronavirus and allows researchers more insights into public conversation surrounding the pandemic. | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | Global | https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/company/2020/covid-19.html | |||||||||||||
94 | 05/11/2020 | Policy | Twitter introduces new labels and warnings on tweets that contain coronavirus misinformation. | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Unspecified | https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/product/2020/updating-our-approach-to-misleading-information.html | |||||||||||||
95 | 05/18/2020 | Policy | Twitter releases official guidelines regarding what bots are and what uses of bots are prohibited. | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Unspecified | https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/company/2020/bot-or-not.html | |||||||||||||
96 | 05/20/2020 | Feature | Twitter introduces new conversation control settings that allow users to control replies on their posts. | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | Global | https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/product/2020/testing-new-conversation-settings.html | |||||||||||||
97 | 05/26/2020 | Policy | Twitter announces the new #keepiton initiative to prevent internet shutdowns around the world. | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Global | https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/company/2020/keep-it-on-making-your-voice-heard-to-end-internet-shutdowns.html | |||||||||||||
98 | 06/02/2020 | Policy | Twitter clairifes its content moderation policy to explain that its goal is not to fact check all tweets but instead to provide context for high reach tweets. | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Unspecified | https://twitter.com/TwitterSafety/status/1267986504523153408?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxbusiness.com%2Fmarkets%2Ftwitter-fact-check-policy-clarification | |||||||||||||
99 | 06/08/2020 | Policy | Twitter begins explicitly labeling tweets about 5G causing coronavirus as misinformation. The label reads "get the facts on COVID-19" and when clicked on leads users to a page that debunks the 5G causing coronavirus myth. | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Unspecified | https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/08/twitter-5g-coronavirus.html | |||||||||||||
100 | 06/12/2020 | Policy | Twitter releases a report detailing networks of state-linked accounts it has removed. | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | China, Russia, Turkey | https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/company/2020/information-operations-june-2020.html |