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Facebook rolling out privacy choices under EU rules

Facebook announced it would begin rolling out changes to how it handles private data this… Read More

Russia to probe Facebook after Telegram crackdown

Russia's telecoms watchdog plans to probe Facebook before the end of the year after blocking… Read More

Tech firms, including Microsoft, Facebook, vow not to aid government cyber attacks

SAN FRANCISCO: Microsoft, Facebook and more than 30 other global technology companies on Tuesday announced… Read More

Indonesia MPs grill Facebook officials on data breaches

JAKARTA: A Facebook official apologised to Indonesian members of parliament on Tuesday during a five-hour… Read More

Facebook confirms it collects data beyond users

Facebook, embattled in a scandal over the mishandling of user data, confirmed that it also… Read More

Majority of divisive Facebook ads bought by ‘suspicious groups’

WASHINGTON: Most of the political ads about divisive issues that ran on Facebook before the… Read More

Facebook fuels broad privacy debate by tracking non-users

SAN FRANCISCO: Concern about Facebook’s respect for data privacy is widening to include the information… Read More

Zuckerberg gets richer after his testimony to Congress in data scandal

WASHINGTON: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, after facing 10 hours of hard-hitting questions from the Congress,… Read More

Facebook CEO says his own data was shared by Cambridge Analytica

Mark Zuckerberg told lawmakers that his own personal data was included in that of 87… Read More

‘I’m sorry’ for data abuses’

Facebook chairman Mark Zuckerberg offered apologies to US lawmakers Tuesday as he made a long-awaited… Read More

Here is what social media platforms and search engines know about you

The Facebook scandal involving the harvesting of data from tens of millions of users has… Read More

Zuckerberg says Facebook could have done more to prevent misuse

Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg told Congress that the social media network should have done… Read More

Facebook to verify identities for political ads

WASHINGTON: Facebook announced Friday that it will require any political ads on its platform to… Read More

Facebook pressed over role in people smuggling

Facebook and WhatsApp have become the media of choice for people smugglers in the Middle… Read More

Facebook says data leak hits 87 million users, widening privacy scandal

Facebook said the personal information of up to 87 million users, mostly in the United… Read More

‘Pakistan’s upcoming elections a major focus for Facebook’

LOS ANGELES: Following data breach scandal involving Russia's influence in the US elections, Facebook has… Read More

Facebook needs ‘a few years’ to fix problems: Zuckerberg

Facebook will likely need "a few years" to fix the problems uncovered by the revelations… Read More

Facebook ‘ugly truth’ memo triggers new firestorm over ethics

An internal Facebook memo leaked this week warned that the social network's goal of connecting… Read More

Facebook cuts ties to data brokers in blow to targeted ads

Facebook said it would end its partnerships with several large data brokers who help advertisers… Read More

Facebook unveils new privacy settings amid data breach outcry

SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook on Wednesday unveiled new privacy settings aiming to give its users more… Read More