A US federal judge rules that Facebook Inc must face a class action lawsuit alleging that the social network unlawfully used a facial recognition process on photos without user permission.

The High Court orders the government to realise appropriate tax, VAT and other charges from the revenues earned by different digital platforms like Google, Facebook, Amazon, Yahoo and YouTube.

Facebook Inc’s Instagram will soon allow its users to download a copy of all the content they have uploaded on the photo-sharing platform, a spokesman says.

Facebook announced Friday it will require political ads on its platform to state who is paying for the message and would verify the

Facebook announces it will require political ads on its platform to state who is paying for the message and would verify the identity of the payer, in a bid to curb outside election interference.

Facebook yesterday apologised to Myanmar civil society groups who took issue with Mark Zuckerberg's defence of the platform's record on curbing hate speech roiling the country.

Facebook's chief executive and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg says the social media company is aware that its tools have been used to spread anti-Rohingya propaganda and "incite real harm" in Myanmar.

Facebook will likely need "a few years" to fix the problems uncovered by the revelations on the hijacking of private user data, chief executive Mark Zuckerberg said in an interview released yesterday.

Unicef and Facebook launch a joint initiative to create a safe digital world of internet for children in Bangladesh.

Britain's Information Commissioner welcomed Facebook's decision to end its partnerships with several large data brokers who help advertisers target people on the social network.

India's government sends a notice to Facebook asking whether the personal data of Indian voters and users has been compromised by UK-based Cambridge Analytica or any other downstream entity.

Facebook says it would overhaul its privacy settings tools to put users "more in control" of their information on the social media website.

Three users of the Facebook Messenger app sue Facebook, saying the social network violated their privacy by collecting logs of their phone calls and text messages, in the latest legal challenge facing the company.

The US Federal Trade Commission says it is conducting an open investigation of Facebook Inc's privacy practices following the disclosure that 50 million users' data got into the hands of political consultancy Cambridge Analytica.

A data analysis firm employed by President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign tapped the Facebook profiles of more than 50 million users without their permission, allowing it to capitalize on the private social media activity of a large portion of the US electorate, newspapers report.

UN human rights experts investigating a possible genocide in Myanmar say that Facebook had played a role in spreading hate speech there.

One of Brazil's top newspapers, the Folha de S. Paulo, announces it would stop publishing on its Facebook page after the social network announced it would give personal content more visibility.

The education ministry wants to keep social media platform Facebook shut for a certain time during the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examinations scheduled to be held across the country on February 1 simultaneously to prevent question paper leaks.

Facebook will be launching a new blood donation feature in Bangladesh to easily and effectively connect the blood donors and those in need.

Facebook Inc will prioritize "trustworthy" news in its feed of social media posts, using member surveys to identify high-quality outlets and fight sensationalism and misinformation, Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg says.