Facebook is “open to meaningful regulation”, it says after British lawmakers said that big technology companies should be subject to a compulsory code of ethics to tackle the spread of fake news and abuse of users’ data.

The National Telecommunication Monitoring Centre (NTMC) with the help of Facebook authority has recently closed around 1332 fake IDs.

Musician Nazmun Munira Nancy, known for her song Dui Dike Boshobash, from the film Projapoti, has abandoned social media platform, Facebook.

The Rapid Action Battalion (Rab-7) arrested a youth for “spreading anti-state propaganda and defaming law enforcement agencies on social media” from Banshkhali upazila of Chattogram early yesterday.

Facebook said it is trying to get its messaging apps to be friends, allowing encrypted missives be exchanged no matter which of its services are used.

Facebook co-founder and chief Mark Zuckerberg renews his defense of the social network's business, arguing that targeting ads based on interests is different from selling people's data.

The Indian government instructed Facebook and Google to take down "false and malicious" contents that spread misinformation about the food quality and safety in the country, reports The Times of India.

Facebook is facing a “record-setting” fine from the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over its handling of user data and privacy violations.

Facebook Inc told Reuters that it would extend some of its political advertising rules and tools for curbing election interference to India, Nigeria, Ukraine and the European Union before significant votes in the next few months.

Facebook is shutting down a series of fake news sites spreading false information in Bangladesh days before national elections, an official from the social media platform says.

US President Donald Trump accuses tech giants Facebook, Twitter and Google of being biased in favor of opposition Democrats, a day after a report for the Senate revealed Russian agents had used social media in an attempt to sway the 2016 election in Trump's favor.

A bomb threat prompts authorities to evacuate a building at the Silicon Valley headquarters of Facebook Inc near San Francisco, police says, but hours after a sweep of the structure began there was no word of explosives found.

New European research finds that even just a one-week break from social media can cause withdrawal symptoms similar to those experienced when quitting addictive substances.

Publishers and content creators of Bangladesh from can join Ad Breaks and monetize their longer-form videos on Facebook.

Facebook said it blocked some 30 accounts on its platform and 85 more on Instagram after police warned they may be linked to

Facebook Inc says a human rights report it commissioned on its presence in Myanmar showed it has not done enough to prevent its social network from being used to incite violence.

Facebook says hackers accessed data from 29 million accounts as part of the security breach disclosed two weeks ago.

Facebook says it shut down 251 accounts for breaking rules against spam and coordinated deceit, some of it by ad farms pretending to be forums for political debate.

Facebook said it recently discovered a security breach affecting nearly 50 million user accounts.

Facebook confirms that advertisers were privy to phone numbers given by members of the social network for enhanced security.