Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg made his dual appearances on Capitol Hill in front of Congress last Tuesday and Wednesday. Zuckerberg faced 600 questions over a period of 10 hours. For those of you who, perhaps wisely, did not sit through two frustratingly banal sessions, here is what happened … Read More

In the last week, 9 per cent of Facebook's American users may have cancelled their accounts over privacy concerns, according to a survey by Creative Strategies. Apparently, 17 per cent have deleted their Facebook app from their phone, 11 per cent from other devices, and the 9 per cent have …

Facebook increased its spending on security for Mark Zuckerberg by 50% last year, the company has disclosed, paying more than $7.3m (£5.1m) to protect its top executive. The security funds were required “due to specific threats to his safety arising directly as a result of his position as our founder, … …

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg was called in front of the US legislators on Capitol Hill this week after it was discovered that millions of users' data was improperly obtained by a UK-based political consultancy group, Cambridge Analytica. They allegedly used that information to help target ads to … Read More

The omission is glaring because memes, which are often associated with jokes — like the American Chopper guys yelling or a distracted boyfriend — are also a significant driver of misinformation on Facebook. They're designed to go viral, giving them a far better chance of reaching your newsfeed thanks … Read …

The two pages on the social media site belonged to Spencer's National Policy Institute and his website altright.com – both of which are listed on the far-right leader's Twitter bio. Links to both pages – which had less than 15,000 followers in total – now show error messages. Facebook told …

Concern about Facebook Inc's respect for data privacy is widening to include the information it collects about non-users, after Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said the world's largest social network tracks people whether they have accounts or not. Privacy concerns have swamped Facebook since it … Read More

If you're not paying, you're the product, so the saying goes. For years, Facebook users have known that they — or, more specifically, their data — make up the bulk of the goods being sold by the social media company to advertisers and other third parties. Then came news that …

Privacy concerns have swamped Facebook since it acknowledged last month that information about millions of users wrongly ended up in the hands of political consultancy Cambridge Analytica, a firm that has counted U.S. President Donald Trump's 2016 electoral campaign among its clients. Read More

I talked about something with somebody and later got adverts for those two things. At first, I thought I was just being paranoid. But the products are so utterly obscure that I'm struggling to explain how I could possibly have got those ads other than through the method Facebook categorically …