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For years Facebook proclaimed it was “free and always will be”, but a study suggests the social media site is an expensive addiction.

Tag Suggestions, which used face recognition only to suggest a user to tag friends in photos, has been at the center of a privacy related lawsuit since 2015.

Security researcher found test of idea in Facebook code

Facebook has confirmed it has been paying hundreds of contractors to transcribe the private audio conversations of its users.

Facebook is planning to launch a new "news" tab in the next few months, focusing on trustworthy news from prominent publishers.

Facebook didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.

What if someone said to you the apps you use daily including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and WhatsApp are all "crime scenes"?

Company says US regulators have launched an antitrust investigation into platform

Facebook's plan for a cryptocurrency has come under further attack at a US hearing, with politicians calling the company "delusional" and not trusted.

Digital currency will let billions of users make transactions but is raising privacy concerns

Internal exchanges uncovered in response to FTC probe could cast doubt on founder’s commitment to user privacy, people familiar with the matter say

WhatsApp did not name NSO in its remarks, but its suspicions seem clear

Messaging app discovers vulnerability that has been open for weeks

The company plans to police anti-vaccine misinformation by flagging it with pop-ups similar to those it uses for content related to self-harm.

The company has faced criticism that it hasn’t done enough to prevent bullying, abuse and hate speech

Facebook has said it will set aside $3bn (£2.3bn) to cover the potential costs of an investigation by US authorities into its privacy practices.

Netflix CEO Reed Hastings has departed from Facebook’s board of directors, the social media company said Friday.

Researchers found two third-party Facebook app developers had been storing user data on a publicly accessible Amazon Web Services server.

In the wake of the New Zealand shootings, Facebook has announced it will no longer allow “praise, support and representation of white nationalism and separatism” on its site.

Facebook left millions of user passwords readable by its employees for years, the company admitted after a security researcher exposed the lapse.