The Federal Trade Commission secretly interviewed Mark Zuckerberg while probing Facebook’s 2012 acquisition of Instagram — grilling the tech tycoon over the social network’s motives in the ...

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Now that was a year Mark Zuckerberg will never forget -- even if he didn't celebrate each moment on Facebook, as he wants the rest of the world to do. Sure, he turned 28 and married longtime ...

To be honest ("TBH"), you may be so busy having a real life that you might have missed Facebook's most-discussed trends and stories of the year. Fear not, because here they are: The list includes "The ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the broad intersection of data and society. We think of Facebook today as a digital dictatorship ruled with absolute ...

With its public offering this May, Facebook went from the world's biggest social network to the world's most closely watched young company in America. But, really, even before it filed for its IPO ...

As the controversy over Cambridge Analytica’s alleged misuse of Facebook data grows, other groups’ use of the social network have also been thrust into the spotlight, including President Barack ...

Today Facebook posted its Year In Review for 2012, chronicling the most important and popular events, songs, movies, figures, technology, and locations of the past year. Most of what you see there is ...

If you’ve ever gotten a fake friend request, you know Facebook has spammers. But it’s winning the fight against them. Facebook’s estimate of the total percentage of monthly users that are “undesirable ...

Everyone laughed when Facebook held its IPO in May 2012. In fact, the stock fell by over 50% in the months that followed. It traded as low as $18 a share by August 2012. But then something happened.

Another surprise category: TV shows. A&E's Duck Dynasty, a show about a family that runs a duck call fabrication business, was the most talked about series of year. TLC's Here Comes Honey Boo Boo, a ...

"These Olympics, every story has the potential to be heard," says Facebook executive Joanna Shields. By Georg Szalai Global Business Editor Facebook on Monday unveiled plans to put a big spotlight on ...