Facebook’s reality check sends stock reeling
Apple, Facebook and Spotify delete Alex Jones’ content for “glorifying violence
‘Sex’ fraudsters on prowl on Facebook
Facebook music feature allows lip-sync of songs
Investment firms dump Facebook over data privacy
Facebook shut 583 million fake accounts
Facebook takes out ads to tout new EU data protection law
Mark Zuckerberg defends Facebook business model

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2.7m EU users affected by data privacy scandal, Facebook says
Facebook says up to 2.7 million Facebook users in the European Union have been affected by the data privacy scandal, a spokesman for the European Commission said on Friday.
Facebook says 87 million may be affected by data breach
Facebook said Wednesday personal data on as many as 87 million users was improperly shared with British political consultancy Cambridge Analytica.
Facebook updating ‘clearer’ terms on privacy, data use
Facebook said Wednesday it is updating its terms on privacy and data sharing to give users a clearer picture of how the social network handles personal information.
Facebook needs ‘a few years’ to fix problems: Zuckerberg
Facebook will likely need “a few years” to fix the problems uncovered by the revelations on the hijacking of private user data, chief executive Mark Zuckerberg said in an interview released Monday.
Facebook unveils platform to train Nigerian female entrepreneurs
Facebook has unveiled an initiative known as”SheMeansBusiness” to train female entrepreneurs in Nigeria.
Facebook announces new steps to protect users’ privacy
Facebook said Wednesday it will overhaul its privacy settings tools to put users “more in control” of their information on the social media website.
Facebook unveils ‘SheMeansBusiness’ to boost women entrepreneurship
Socia media giant, Facebook, on Tuesday in Lagos unveiled an initiative known as ”SheMeansBusiness” to boost women entrepreneurship in Nigeria.
Facebook faces ‘Oppenheimer moment’ over Trump scandal
Facebook and psychologists who have worked with it are grappling with their “Oppenheimer moment”, experts say, over revelations that its data may have been used to help elect US President Donald Trump.
Six things facebook plans to do against data breach
1.Review our platform. We will investigate all apps that had access to large amounts of information before we changed our platform in 2014 to reduce data access, and we will conduct a full audit of any app with suspicious activity. If we find developers that misused personally identifiable information, we will ban them from our platform.
EU leaders urge privacy protection amid Facebook row
EU leaders will Thursday press tech giants to protect personal data in the wake of the scandal over information harvested from Facebook, draft summit conclusions said.

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