started[136] asking users to post a photograph of themselves from 10 years ago (2009) and a more

recent photo.[137]

Criticized for its role in vaccine hesitancy, Facebook announced in March 2019 that it would provide
users with "authoritative information" on the topic of vaccines.[138]

On March 14, Huffington Post reported that Facebook’s PR agency had paid someone to tweak Facebook
COO Sheryl Sandberg’s Wikipedia page, as well as adding a page for the global head of PR, Caryn
Marooney.[139]

In March 2019, the perpetrator of the Christchurch mosque shootings in New Zealand used Facebook to
stream live footage of the attack as it unfolded. Facebook took 29 minutes to detect the livestreamed
video, which was eight minutes longer than it took police to arrest the gunman. About 1.3m copies of
the video were blocked from Facebook but 300,000 copies were published and shared. Facebook has
promised changes to its platform; spokesman Simon Dilner told Radio New Zealand that it could have
done a better job. Several companies, including the ANZ and ASB banks, have stopped advertising on
Facebook after the company was widely condemned by the public.[140] Following the attack, Facebook
began blocking white nationalist, white supremacist, and white separatist content, saying that they could
not be meaningfully separated. Previously, Facebook had only blocked overtly supremacist content. The
older policy had been condemned by civil rights groups, who described these movements as functionally
indistinct.[141][142] Further bans were made in mid-April 2019, banning several British far-right
organizations and associated individuals from Facebook, and also banning praise or support for them.
[143][144]

In early-April 2019, Facebook announced that it would be pulling its apps from Windows Phone on April
30, 2019, including Facebook, Messenger and Instagram.[145]

NTJ's member Moulavi Zahran Hashim, a radical Islamist imam believed to be the mastermind behind
the 2019 Sri Lanka Easter bombings, preached on a pro-ISIL Facebook account, known as "Al-Ghuraba"
media.[146][147]

In May 2019, Facebook founded Libra Networks, reportedly in order to develop their own stablecoin
cryptocurrency.[148] In recent developments it has been reported that Libra is being supported by
financial companies like Visa, Mastercard, PayPal and Uber. The consortium of companies is expected to
pool in $10 million each to fund the launch of the cryptocurrency coin named Libra.[149]

On May 2, 2019 at F8, the company announced its new vision with the tagline "the future is private".
[150] A redesign of the website and mobile app was introduced, dubbed as "FB5".[151] The event also
featured plans for improving groups,[152] a dating platform,[153] end-to-end encryption on its
platforms,[154] and allowing users on Messenger to communicate directly with WhatsApp and
Instagram users.[155][156]

On July 3, 2019, Facebook's option to view and load pictures stopped working as people around the
world complained. Facebook posted on Twitter about the issue and said they would resolve it as soon as
they could.[157]