Embroiled in data privacy scandals amid the unabated spread of fake news on its platform, Facebook has lately seen several high-profile exits. read more

If Facebook succeeds in turning its own messaging services into a platform for everything, it could ultimately threaten established services such as Snapchat, Yelp, Venmo, eBay and even Apple and Amazon. read more

Admitting that people want private, encrypted services, Zuckerberg said Facebook will become like the mobile messaging platform WhatsApp which is more secure with end-to-end encryption. read more

Move over Mark Zuckerberg. At 21, Kylie Jenner has been named the youngest-ever, self-made billionaire by Forbes magazine. read more

The ‘Clear History’ is described as “a simple control” to clear your browsing history on Facebook -- what you’ve clicked on, websites you’ve visited, and so on. read more

Companies like Facebook should not be allowed to behave like ‘digital gangsters’ in the online world, considering themselves to be ahead of and beyond the law, a hard-hitting report on ‘fake news’ by an influential committee of UK parliament said on... read more

The order, by a panel of three judges in Quito, means Paul Ceglia may face a trial with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg as the star prosecution witness. read more

German antitrust authorities ruled Facebook was exploiting its dominance in social media to force users to share data from other Facebook-owned services like WhatsApp and Instagram, as well as third-party sits through “Like” and “Share” buttons. read more

The crux of the matter is that Facebook — and indeed Google and Twitter and Uber and Amazon — are not merely companies that connect people. They are centres of an advertising marketplace, in which you, the user, is the product being sold to the adve... read more

Facebook Messenger’s ‘unsend’ button is available for the app on Android and iOS platforms. read more

Zuckerberg said he sees profound social changes “as networks of people connected via the internet replace traditional hierarchies and reshape institutions from government to business to media.” read more

By 2030, 800 million could lose their jobs across the world. Universal Basic Income can help keep them afloat. read more

The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) has asked Facebook Ireland for an urgent briefing over its proposal to integrate its messaging services platforms.   read more

Describing ads in WhatsApp a ‘future thing’, Sheryl Sandberg says Facebook is very focused on the consumer experience on the instant messaging platform. read more

During its earnings call, Facebook also said that approximately 2.7 billion people use its platform including Instagram, WhatsApp, and Messenger. read more