Facebook exposed the photos of millions of users without their permission, the social media network announced on Friday. The internal team at Facebook said they discovered a bug which affected people who gave third-party applications limited access to their user profiles. As...

A British MP Tuesday claimed Facebook knew about potentially malicious Russian activity in 2014, long before such activity becomes public, during a parliamentary hearing where international lawmakers grilled the company. Damian Collins, head of a parliamentary inquiry into fake news and...

A planned protest against a sharp hike in internet costs in Benin was blocked on Friday in Cotonou, the country's commercial hub, after the authorities refused to grant a licence for the demonstration. This week saw the start of a new law, imposed without explanation, that has driven up...

A large number of Americans are stepping back from Facebook in the wake of recent scandals over the social network's handling of private user data, a study showed Wednesday. The Pew Research Center report found 42 percent of US Facebook users said they had "taken a break" from the...