misuse of data

The criticism reflected rising frustration in Congress about how Facebook protects the privacy of its users worldwide

Contradicting previous testimony to lawmakers

The company offered a clarification

It could acquire other large companies without running afoul of antitrust enforcers

The archive tool will also be rolled out to other countries in coming months

Wylie told a Senate panel he believes Russian services had access to data harvested by the consultancy

A now-defunct political data firm embroiled in a scandal over its handling of Facebook user information

Zuckerberg had said the social network will investigate all apps that had access to large amounts of information

The social media giant has faced pressure from regulators, privacy advocates, and shareholders since March

Data privacy activists say that it would enable millions of other US voters to request information

After easily beating Wall Street expectations, shares traded up 7.1 per cent after the bell at $171

The social media giant had established and implemented a comprehensive privacy program

The online social network is making changes that ensure the number will be much smaller

Before it became embroiled in a scandal surrounding the misuse of Facebook personal data

The EU law promises the biggest shakeup in online privacy since the birth of the internet

A lawyer for victims of terrorist attacks urged a federal appeals court to revive their lawsuit against Facebook

Privacy concerns have swamped Facebook since it acknowledged the misuse of its millions users

The privacy woes have been mounting as Facebook let Cambridge Analytica use personal information of millions of users

Privacy concerns have swamped Facebook since the beginning of the Cambridge Analytica scandal

About 83 per cent was security-related expenses

EU would closely monitor Facebook’s implementation of a strict new data protection law

Facebook said the personal information of up to 87 million users may have been shared with Cambridge Analytica

The prospect of new laws that restrict Facebook and other internet companies

The app cut ties after the British company was accused of improperly accessing data

The letter said that it could “silence human rights activists and citizen journalists in Vietnam”

Canadian political consultancy may have had improper access to the personal data of social media giants users

A Brazilian judge ordered in April 2016 that Facebook give authorities access to the WhatsApp messages in question

The company’s shares had previously fallen 16 per cent

The stolen data includes account usernames, email addresses and scrambled passwords for the popular mobile app

Facebook said it had done so only when users of the Android operating system had opted in

The commissioner “considers it necessary to publicly identify Facebook"

The world’s largest social media network is under growing pressure from governments, investors, and advertisers

The latest crisis laying siege to the leading online social network has led to him losing the control of his creation

After media reports that a political consultancy gained inappropriate access to data on 50 million Facebook users