App allowed social network to monitor user’s web and phone activity

Attorney general confirms US capital has taken action against social media giant

Privacy rights advocates say social media group ‘should know when to stop digging and when to start taking responsibility’

Free market approach not working amid series of data privacy scandals

Gareth Lambe, head of Facebook Ireland, talks data breaches, hate speech and EU threats

Karlin Lillington: Although I knew the specific threat was a bluff, I had wider worries

Massive data breach made headlines but Facebook’s trade in user data is as scandalous

Sam Patten, who also worked for Cambridge Analytica, pleads guilty to illegal US lobbying

Social media giant’s US stock plunge comes on foot of slower revenue growth warning

Platform suspends analytics firm Crimson Hexagon amid surveillance suspicions

Fine is less than 1% of company’s daily revenue in 2017

Net Results: Social media giant opaque on referendum advertising campaigns

Rebellion from ordinary shareholders targets Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg

Helen Dixon says her office needs to at least double to cope with its expected workload

Social media group’s founder admits it has not done enough to stop abuse on its network

The General Data Protection Regulation is a 99-chapter piece of legislation that returns to people control of their personal data

Researchers say ‘no way of knowing’ how much is being spent on online ads ahead of referendum

Vera Jourová says countries must ensure laws facilitate ‘free political choices of people’

Nine in 10 are concerned about their online security following Facebook scandal

No side claim Facebook and Google announcements are the result of Yes lobbying

The social network has many advantages but the market is crowded

Social network due to report after markets close on Wednesday

Alphabet sees better pricing on ads and unrealised income from start-up investments

Move aims to bolster safety from retaliation for employees across union

Smartphone sales in China, world’s biggest market, fell last year for first time since 2009

Latest developments at INM, growth prospects and Facebook discussed this week

The biggest obstacle to regulating the social-media giant is a lack of political will

Facebook’s founder draws fire over not answering question over business model

Zuckerberg gives Congress little reassurance on user control of data

Chief executive of firm with over 2bn monthly users denies it is a monopoly

Facebook chief wisely abandons hoodie to face senators’ grilling, but sticks to his script

Facebook placing link at top of users’ news feeds to tell them if information was shared with Cambridge Analytica

Data story ‘too shocking’ for it to be ‘business as usual’, says EU justice commissioner

Interview: The privacy activist talks Cambridge Analytica and why the battle has just begun

Emotional CEO Mark Zuckerberg defends his position and says he intends to stay in charge

Only 15 people installed ‘test’ app in Cambridge Analytica scandal, but thousands were put at risk by US-based friends

Firm revises the number whose details were improperly shared with Cambridge Analytica

Facebook chief has been under pressure following the data harvesting scandal

Gay dating app company tells users it is ‘public forum’ and practices are ‘standard’

‘Maybe it costs a life by exposing someone to bullies,’ executive memo said