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- 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.

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

FACEBOOK is facing new pressure to censor live video streaming after an horrific video showing a father killing his infant daughter.

Distressing footage of murder of 11-month old in Thailand was accessible to Facebook users for approximately 24 hours before being taken down

When Zuckerberg first announced this plan last year, it was big on vision, but short on specifics.

Eventually, he said, people would use augmented reality on eyewear, although he did not give any details about possible Facebook hardware.

MARK Zuckerberg is scrambling to rid his social network if filthy posts ridden with child pornography — as well as posts promoting ISIS — after journalists called it out.

Facebook's only real global competition in terms of aggregate users is Chinese company Tencent Holdings.

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Rudd also insisted that social media platforms should begin taking more responsibility for removing extremism-related content

Four people have been charged with hate crimes and other felonies in connection with a Facebook Live video. The video, which has since been taken down, appears to show the torture and taunting of a white special needs man. USA TODAY NETWORK

Mark Zuckerberg has said Facebook will do more to tackle fake news, and again denied it had in any way aided Donald Trump's presidential election victory.

Facebook increased quarterly profits by 166% compared with a year ago as revenue from mobile adverts grew.

Facebook has announced a "slimmed down" version of its Messenger app for countries where older smartphones and slower net speeds are more common.

Facebook Inc. is releasing a feature called Marketplace that will let users post items for sale and shop for things to buy, like they can on Craigslist.

Controversy over a censored Vietnam war photo highlights concerns over the social network’s vital – if reluctant – role as users’ primary news source

Mark Zuckerberg is facing criticism after Facebook censored one of the most famous war photographs in history.

Berlin is mooting the idea of sending migrants back to Greece for the first time in five years. Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere says that Germany has done its bit to help refugees, but needed help from the rest of the bloc to take in migrants.

FACEBOOK said Friday it is further automating its “trending” stories feature, a move that will scale back human input to prevent personal bias from influencing which stories get highlighted.

But they are increasingly in favor of Facebook, which now has three apps with more than 1 billion monthly active users, and Google, which has seven, most recently Gmail.