Facebook has been trying to stem a deluge of false information on its platform about how people can protect themselves from COVID-19

The New Economy takes a look at the most significant accusations made against the CEOs of Facebook, Google, Amazon and Apple during the US Congressional committee’s historic hearing

India’s biggest telecoms operator, Reliance Jio, has received a $5.7bn investment from Facebook, confirming the social network as the firm’s largest minority shareholder

Following China’s recent announcement that it plans to issue its own digital currency, officials in Japan have called on their government to do the same

The social network brings video calls into the living room with Portal TV, its first foray into TV-streaming hardware

Facebook users will now be able to control whether websites and apps collect their data. The new feature will be rolled out globally in the coming months

New York prosecutors have subpoenaed at least two major technology companies as part of a criminal investigation into Facebook’s data-sharing partnerships

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg set out his vision for a platform focused on security, where content “won’t stick around forever”

Facebook has confirmed the legitimacy of recent reports highlighting the company’s data-sharing relationships with several Chinese tech firms, some of which have since been restricted in the US on security grounds

Mark Zuckerberg announced Facebook’s matchmaking ambitions at the company’s annual developer conference in California, prompting shares in Tinder’s parent company, Match Group, to fall by more than 20 percent

WhatsApp co-founder Jan Koum has stepped down from Facebook amid clashes between the companies’ executives regarding its privacy policy moving forward

Across two tense five-hour sessions in front of the US Congress, Mark Zuckerberg was questioned on Facebook’s business model, user privacy and liberal bias