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Shares fell

Facebook blames outage on ‘configuration fault’

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Billions of users were denied their daily fix of Facebook Facebook blamed a “faulty configuration change” for a nearly six-hour outage on Monday that prevented the company’s 3.5 billion usersRead More

Battle over news

Pages dim as Facebook unfriends Australia

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Facebook is accused on bullying tactics Facebook’s battle with Australia’s state governments and publishers over a proposed law requiring it to share revenue from news appeared to be spreading toRead More

Key comms role for ex-MP

Facebook hires Clegg as head of global affairs

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Clegg: ‘relished difficult issues’   Facebook has hired former deputy Prime Minister Sir Nick Clegg in a key communications role to deal with continuing issues over privacy, fake news and electionRead More

Facebook CEO admits mistakes

Zuckerberg admits 87m users hit by data scandal

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Facebook shares closed down 0.6% after the company's  CEO Mark Zuckerberg came clean on the data breach at the company.

As I See It

Privacy and decency put social media in the dock

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With impeccable timing the imminent implementation of the new general data protection regulation (GDPR) has coincided with one of the biggest breaches of privacy for a generation.

Inquiry into use of data

Cambridge Analytica suspends CEO in Facebook row

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The company accused of inappropriately using data harvested from Facebook has suspended its chief executive, Alexander Nix.

Network tackling concerns

Facebook’s move to ‘time well spent’ cuts user time

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Facebook said its users are spending less time on its network, partly a result of changes it is imposing to combat frustrations with the service.

Research points to depression

Facebook admits social media bad for your health

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Facebook has admitted for the first time that social media can be bad for users' health.

Corbyn momentum building

Labour surge in London – and on social media

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Some may regard Jeremy Corbyn as a throwback to old Labour, but his party is proving it has a grip on modern marketing methods...

Social network responds to criticism

Facebook deletes accounts in fake news crackdown

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Facebook has taken steps to crack down on fake news by deleting thousands of suspect accounts...