In 2017, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, in a "connecting the world" manifesto, stated that religion and religious communities are the things his company will focus on for "faith partnership." In December 2020, Facebook started rolling out its "I Prayed" button tool for Facebook groups in the United States.

On June 30, the Rabat-Al-Azhar Fatwa Global Center, the top Sunni Islamic authority, has issued a fatwa against the battle royale game, Fortnite.

On May 24, 2021, the central government-supervised Delhi Police Special Cell raided Twitter India's Delhi and Gurgaon offices concerning the social media outlet tagging BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra's tweet on "congress toolkit" as "manipulated media". As social media platforms are under fire from the central government to hand over rights of policing content, the freedom of speech in India takes another hit as the government unleashes police force on Twitter for not favouring the ruling party on its platform.

Colorado man sued state officials for forcing the church to close and impairing his ability to freely exercise his religious faith.

Is it possible for city officials to legally force churches to close because of COVID-19?