Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg replaces Warren Buffett as the third-richest person in the world.

Facebook Inc is entering the dating game, Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg says, planning a dating service to matchmake millions of people on the world's largest online social network and nudge them into spending more time there.

The European Commission calls on Facebook to "cooperate fully" with investigators into the scandal over the harvesting of personal data of millions of users which were then shared with the British political consultancy, Cambridge Analytica.

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 says the personal data of up to 87 million users was improperly shared with British political consultancy Cambridge Analytica, as Mark Zuckerberg defends his leadership at the huge social network.

Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg vows to "step up" to fix problems at the social media giant, as it fights a snowballing scandal over the hijacking of personal data from millions of its users.

Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife welcome their second daughter -- August -- to the world with a post on the leading social network.

Facebook says it will hire another 3,000 people to review videos of crime and suicides following murders shown live.

A photo shared by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg during his recent trip to China stirs a photoshop battle in the social media.