A Texas woman, claiming that she was raped, beaten and sex trafficked at the age of 15 by a pimp who posed as a Facebook “friend,” has filed suit against the social network.

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Facebook said Thursday it will invest over $1 billion to build a data centre in Singapore, its first in Asia, powered by renewable energy and adapted to the city-state’s tropical climate.

The world largest social media platform Facebook is losing a large number of young users as about one in four of them had removed the app from their smartphones in the past one year, a new Pew Research Center survey.

With the aim of giving people around the world a new way to discover great videos and interact with friends, content creators and other fans, social media giant, Facebook, said it has made its video-on-demand service, Facebook Watch, available globally while also expanding its Ad Breaks program so more partners can make money from their videos.

Facebook banned Myanmar’s army chief and removed other pages tied to the country’s military on Monday after a UN probe called for him to be prosecuted for genocide over a crackdown on Rohingya Muslims.

Facebook announced it identified stealth misinformation campaigns from Russia and Iran and shut down hundreds of accounts as part of its battle against manipulation of its platform, prompting a fresh denial from Moscow on Wednesday.

The Lagos State Police Command has smashed a rape/robbery gang, which specialised in luring unsuspecting ladies through Facebook, arresting one of its suspected members, Ayo Salau.

Facebook has denied reports that it is actively asking banks for details of users’ financial transactions.

Facebook has asked major US banks to share customer data to allow it to develop new services on the social network’s Messenger texting platform, a banking source told AFP on Monday.