The privacy weaknesses of social networks are once again in the spotlight, after a security consultant shared details of millions…
One in twelve people on the planet is now a member of social network giant Facebook, according to Mark Zuckerberg
Child protection agency Ceop argued over how much presence it should have on Facebook. It should be making its message…
Facebook has given in to pressure and added the Ceop child protection button - as part of an optional app
A German data protection official is accusing Facebook of violating the country's strict privacy laws
As Facebook gets sued, and Google faces government criticism, eWEEK Europe says the inevitable result will be regulations that make…
Privacy debacles are raising public awareness of the reliance on our data to make social networking pay, according to Ovum
The lead engineer behind Google's important Chrome operating system (OS) has gone to Facebook
The two biggest social networks have started a spat over moves to allow Twitter users to find and follow their…
LinkedIn has drawn inspiration from the consumer social network space after it introduced a number of improvements for its Groups…
IT people will fix problems rather than watch football. That's no surprise to Peter Judge, as IT problems are less…
Techies are being celebrated on the small and big screens with a Facebook movie and another series of cult British…
Facebook apparently earned as much as $800 million (£536m) in 2009, according to unnamed sources quoted by Reuters
Facebook has issued a blog post and a letter detailing the ways in which it stewards users' personal data
It may seem tempting to make the entire world your "friend", but social networks have their own rules of etiquette,…
Internet users worldwide spend 22 percent of their time on social networks such as Facebook, YouTube and Twitter, according to…
Privacy critics are not letting up. They presented Facebook founder Marc Zuckerberg with a six-point plan
Researchers say personal information should "degrade" - becoming less specific over time - to protect users' privacy
Former Facebook privacy officer Chris Kelly has joined the ranks of public officials taking Facebook to task over privacy issues
Facebook's CEO has called for 'balance' after he talked about his company's privacy and security battles
So-called likejacking attacks on Facebook, spotted by security company Sophos, are continuing to spread
Diaspora - a "privacy-aware" social network - is preparing to challenge Facebook, as Zuckerberg faces privacy criticisms at D8
Facebook has made some concessions, but most of us are so addicted, it can pretty much do what it likes,…
Only 11 percent of Facebook users have heard of the grassroots "Quit Facebook Day" movement, despite widespread media coverage
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…