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FACEBOOK boss Mark Zuckerberg has broken his silence at one of the worst possible times for the social media giant.

The company has been accused of using its methods during the US presidential election and the Brexit campaign.

YouTube may give Google a leg up in its battle with Facebook over supremacy in the digital advertising market.

* Facebook protects itself against leaks by tracking down the leakers and firing them.
* One Facebook employee who anonymously spoke with Wired recently asked the reporter to turn off his phone so the company couldn't track their location.

A Facebook engineer has invented a new unit of time called a flick.

Everyone who uses Facebook will have come across some pretty strange posts in their time.

Mark Zuckerberg has pledged to devote 2018 to "fixing" Facebook.

Will demote articles that are factually incorrect

The multi-year agreement will be expanded later to include Facebook Messenger, Universal Music Group said.

Facebook has responded to a former executive who said the social network, and other services like it, was "ripping society apart".

Further instances of social media posts and ads thought to be part of Russian propaganda efforts to influence the last US presidential election and divide its society have been shared with the public.

Facebook has said as many as 126 million American users may have seen content uploaded by Russia-based operatives over the past two years.

- The new feature will allow Facebook users to tap a button for additional information about the news article and source.
- Facebook has come under pressure in recent weeks to better combat the spread of fake news and misinformation.
- "This new feature is designed to provide people some of the tools they need to make an informed decision about which stories to read, share, and trust," the company said in a statement.

No evidence of Russia’s alleged hacking of the US elections has been presented as yet, despite a whole team at the US Justice Department struggling to investigate the ‘meddling’.

The high-capacity system should be ready by October 2017.

The high-capacity system should be ready by October 2017.

On Friday, another one bit the dust. As Snap's shares plunged following disappointing results, it became clear that the myth that a feisty young challenger to Facebook could topple the social media giant from its perch was just that - a myth.

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has returned to Harvard University under rainy skies to give a graduation speech and receive an honourary degree.

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