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Facebook a monopoly, it's time to break it up: Co-founder Chris Hughes

Hughes says Facebook is a monopoly and should be forced to spin off WhatsApp and Instagram

Facebook chooses London as base for WhatsApp payments: Report

Facebook says it chose UK for the digital payments service because of the country's multicultural workforce.

Facebook expands Marketplace feature, quietly logs on to realty business

Facebook wanted to make the Marketplace a platform big enough for it to generate revenue, but it never got payment license for Facebook Messenger

Users' privacy at risk? Facebook 'labels' posts manually in India

Human-powered content labeling, also referred to as 'data annotation,' is a growth industry as companies seek to harness data for AI training and other purposes

Facebook considering cryptocurrency-based payment system: Reports

The system would use a digital coin similar to bitcoin, but different in that Facebook would aim to keep the coin's value stable

Facebook bans 'dangerous individuals' to crack down hate speech, racism

Facebook added that when it bans someone under this policy, the company also prohibits anyone else from praising or supporting them

Facebook's settlement with US may include privacy oversight: Report

The potential agreement between the company and the FTC is in addition to the $3 billion Facebook said it would set aside last week to cover settlements with US regulators

Facebook unveils redesign plan as it tries to move past privacy scandals

Move is the most visible signal of how the social media giant is starting to emphasise private communications

Facebook CEO says 'future is private', hints at privacy-focused platform

Facebook, which has drawn flak globally over instances of data breaches, is re-hauling its main platform

Like it? Facebook bumps up Groups feature, launches redesigned mobile app

Facebook has been pushing Groups for the past two years as people shy away from posting things publicly and look for more intimate ways to connect.

Dead may outnumber living on Facebook in 50 years: Who will own their data?

An analysis predicts that, based on 2018 user levels, at least 1.4 billion members will die before 2100. In this scenario, the dead could outnumber the living by 2070

How a $5 bn fine could turn out to be a 'great Investment' for Facebook

Facebook took a $3 billion charge this week concerning a Federal Trade Commission investigation over whether the company violated a 2011 privacy settlement with the agency

Facebook expects to be fined up to $5 billion by FTC over privacy issues

Facebook has been in negotiations with the regulator for months over a financial penalty for claims that the company violated a 2011 privacy consent decree

Facebook beats profit estimates, sets aside $3 billion for privacy penalty

Executives said in a conference call with investors that they expected expenses to grow 47 to 55 percent this year, updating their earlier forecast of an increase of 40 to 50 per cent

Facebook struggles to battle harmful content amid a flood of languages

Facebook's 15,000-strong content moderation workforce speaks about 50 tongues, though the company said it hires professional translators when needed

Millions of Instagram users affected by password security lapse: Facebook

Facebook said in late March that it had inadvertently stored passwords in plain text, making it possible for its thousands of employees to search them

Facebook suffers third global outage in 2019, users mock social media giant

Facebook and Instagram were inaccessible on Sunday morning for several hours with both sites refusing to refresh.

Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram affected in Europe and US: Reports

Facebook's chat service 'Messenger' is also down. Users have taken to Twiter to complain about the apps

Facebook spends $22.6 million to keep Mark Zuckerberg and his family safe

Zuckerberg has drawn a base salary of $1 for the past three years, and his 'other' compensation was listed at $22.6 million

Facebook changes terms to show it makes money from data, says EU

Facebook said it's not changing the substance of its terms, just improving how it describes things