Facebook announces it has acquired startup Sharegrove, which makes private Web workspaces
The software giant has all manner of tactics at its disposal to get users to move from the oldest supported…
Facebook has slashed the number of settings required to make all information private and create one control for user content.
In the face of a user backlash, Facebook has announced plans to update its privacy settings
Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg admits mistakes in changing the social network’s privacy controls and repeats a pledge to simplify them in…
Successful IT companies get targetted by regulators, says Clint Boulton. First it was Microsoft, soon it will be Google, and…
Sixty percent of respondents to a Sophos poll say they are considering quitting Facebook due to privacy fears
A Facebook group showing images of the Prophet Muhammad led the Pakistani government to block the site
A survey found two thirds of Facebook users are thinking of quitting amid privacy criticism
Facebook's new 0.facebook.com address does not incur expensive data charges - and will soon be available through 3 UK
Facebook's director of public policy promises changes in radio interview
Now ordinary people are concerned about Facebook's privacy practices, Larry Walsh asks: will they change their behaviour?
The latest privacy concerns have some users threatening to delete their accounts with the social networking service
Facebook tightens security as it deals with the continuing fallout over changes to its privacy settings
Facebook might be the world's largest social network, but it also suffers from some privacy and security issues that should…
Facebook has a slack attitude to privacy, and if its users don't keep their wits about them it will become…
The case of a woman misusing Faceboook to back up rape charges should prompt people to protect their passwords, say…
AdAge is reporting that Facebook is expected to challenge popular startup Foursquare by offering location-based status updates
Privacy groups have complained to the US FTC, while others fear proposed privacy rules will hurt online commerce
Blogs, Facebook and Twitter are now used by most small to medium businesses in the US, although many remain unsure…
Facebook has plugged a security hole that exposed users' live chat sessions and pending friend requests
Microsoft revealed a technical preview of Spindex, a new Web service designed to aggregate users' social-networking feeds
MoveOn.org added a Facebook group petition page to protest Facebook's instant personalisation tool
Four senators ask Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to reconsider his company's approach to privacy
Sen. Charles Schumer issued an open letter asking for the creation of guidelines governing what social networks can do with…
Google has dismissed Microsoft's Docs integration with Facebook as a collaboration play for casual users
The cloud needs safe information sharing, not old-fashioned identity management - and that's where the OAuth protocol comes in
Facebook's new social software tools could help it colonise the web, but pundits are debating the privacy implications
Microsoft and Facebook announce the launch of Docs for Facebook, an online applications platform beta that lets Facebook users create…
Facebook has introduced Community Pages that feature Wikipedia information and a new option to link Pages to their profile