It's been a tough year for Facebook (NASDAQ: FB), which has struggled with fake news stories, data breaches, regulatory fines, slowing sales growth, and departures of key executives. Many younger ...

Queenie Wong was a senior writer for CNET News, focusing on social media companies including Facebook's parent company Meta, Twitter and TikTok. Before joining CNET, she worked for The Mercury News in ...

Historically, Facebook has done a great job of staying on the cusp of technological advancement through investing heavily in new technologies and smart acquisitions. From WhatsApp to Oculus, the ...

The California-based firm’s rapid growth has been fuelled by acquisitions of other platforms including Instagram and WhatsApp. Indeed, some critics say Facebook simply purchased its competition rather ...

Facebook parent company Meta Platforms Inc. reported a sharper-than-expected fall in earnings in late July, with its stock dropping to about half its value at the beginning of the year (it has since ...

If we made “America From Scratch” today, would Facebook be in the Bill of Rights? Freedom of speech. Freedom of religion. Freedom of…private data? The United States Bill of Rights protects a great ...

Facebook accounts can be suspended for a variety of reasons, some of which deal with common sense and others which deal with company policy. Accounts can be suspended for a period of time or ...

Ian Sherr (he/him/his) grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area, so he's always had a connection to the tech world. As an editor at large at CNET, he wrote about Apple, Microsoft, VR, video games and ...

If organizations let their employees spend time on Facebook, argued Drakos, they may reveal confidential information, perhaps even revealing tips that would help rivals gain competitive advantage.