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Global Facebook outage forces millions to taste life without social media

The outage began on Wednesday afternoon and triggered a flood of gripes on downdetector.com

Facebook's deals with tech firms under scanner for sharing user data: NYT

Facebook earlier reportedly admitted that it had shared users' data with embattled Chinese company Huawei along with three other China-based smartphone makers Lenovo, OPPO and TCL

Facebook rules out cyber attack after its family of apps suffers outage

According to the website downdetector.com, outages were heaviest in North America and Europe, but some users appeared to be affected in other regions

Facebook and Instagram down in worldwide outage, users get error message

Users headed to Twitter, making the hashtag #facebookdown the top trending topic in the United States

Facebook for everything: How it plans to become centerpiece of digital life

If Facebook can integrate payments into messaging, it can keep users within Facebook and convince advertisers they're more likely to complete sales

Facebook launches 'Facebook Hubs' to foster innovation, support startups

The social media platform said it has partnered with 91springboard for a year-long programme to help startups and entrepreneurs scale their businesses

Future of communication is encrypted, private messaging: Mark Zuckerberg

Mark Zuckerberg acknowledged that the public may be sceptical about Facebook's privacy push

Facebook given 10 days to explain measures to check abuse ahead of polls

Issues discussed ranged from what the company is doing to prevent misuse of citizen data, to what regulatory framework it thinks should be applied to its operations in the country

Par panel grills Facebook over inability to check its misuse during polls

The social media giant gave a commitment to the Committee that the identify, location and who paid for advertisements will be available on a special web page for users

Think tank asks panel to probe Facebook's lobbying practices in India

It asks the panel to "initiate necessary effective action before the general elections"

Facebook sues 4 China-based firms for promoting the sale of fake accounts

The Chinese companies advertised and created the fake accounts over the last two years and marketed them for sale on six websites, selling them in bulk quantities

Users raise concerns as Facebook discreetly censors a few posts

Several users' posts concealed behind an obscure message saying 'attachment unavailable'

Why Facebook's effort to fight hate speech with external experts won't work

Facebook has long faced criticism for doing too little to block hate speech, incitements to violence, bullying and other types of content that violate its 'community standards'

Facebook behaved liked 'digital gangsters' by flouting privacy laws: UK MPs

Lawmakers' 18-month investigation into disinformation and 'fake news' also accused Facebook of failing to faithfully fight Russia's alleged attempts to influence elections

Why Facebook's app integration ploy throws fresh challenges for regulators

Technical integration of messaging applications of the companies owned by Facebook will mean combining their global user base of 2.6 billion

Facebook says it gathers intelligence on people who threaten its employees

Facebook keeps a routinely updated list of people that members of its security team should 'be on lookout' for due to threatening statements, according to CNBC

Facebook faces US privacy pact that could cost billions

US Federal Trade Commission's consumer-protection staff and the firm are in discussions that could lead to a resolution of the agency's investigation into whether Facebook violated a 2011 settlement

Facebook tightens rules governing political ads in India ahead of elections

Users will see political advertisements with "published by" and "paid by" disclaimers, the Menlo Park, California-headquartered company said in a statement

Germany cracks down on Facebook for gathering data without users' knowledge

The ruling does not yet have legal force and Facebook has a month to appeal, which the social network said it would do

'Know your consumers, maximise returns': Facebook steps up the brand pitch

The platform has taken up an industry-wide exercise to familiarise brands with their consumers