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A phishing campaign has been spotted spreading via Facebook Messenger and targeting users across Europe including Germany, Sweden and Finland, security experts have found.

A group of people using Facebook to organise an iPhone X launch waiting line outside an Apple store in Sydney has been shut down following complaints it was blocking the footpath.

A statement to be delivered by Colin Stretch, general counsel for Facebook, will reveal more details about Russia's alleged involvement in the 2016 US elections.

People who freed the deer in Cincinnati are calling it the Halloween rescue.

For years, speculation has swirled as users of Facebook have reported strange and eerie accounts of the social network serving up advertisements following real-world conversations.

Sunil Premanath Batagoda admitted to gaining trust of the four teenagers by driving them to parties and buying them alcohol and drugs, before raping them in his home.

Executives for the social media company said they will verify political ad buyers in federal elections, requiring them to reveal correct names and locations.

The Kremlin-linked "troll farm", Internet Research Agency, bought ads on Facebook and ran popular Twitter accounts to post politically divisive stories and sow discord.

Gary Dryden, 18, raped the girl on seven occasions at sports centre in Kilwinning, North Ayrshire Scotland. Dryden had contacted her after she celebrated her 12th birthday.

Yusuf Mohammed, from Bristol, will have to disclose details about the money he made while running the operation and pay an undisclosed sum in damages to the broadcaster.

Margaret Smith was suffering from liver cancer for about a year and doctors said she was too sick to survive a transplant.

Mary Alice Hernandez was arrested by the Corpus Christie Independent School District Police and has been charged with assault for causing bodily injury.

Paul Hepplestall, 40, from Liverpool, has been jailed for 20 months for the 'aggressive and blunt' rant that was shared widely on social media in June 2017.

The seal is said to have come to the airport in Utqiagvik from the nearby Chukchi Sea during a winter storm.

Chiron Hutchinson, 20, from East Sussex, drove victims to secluded areas and raped two women within six days of each other. He has been jailed for 20 years.

The move follows similar steps by Facebook and the introduction of a bill that seeks to bring more transparency to online political advertisements.

Ayhan Uzun filmed himself firing a gunshot into his head whilst broadcasting on Facebook Live. It was reported that his family and friends begged him not to kill himself.

In a letter to Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg, Damian Collins said the information is being sought for an investigation into "the role of foreign actors abusing platforms."

One of Britain's most prolific child sex abusers revealed himself to be a paedophile but no action was taken

This isn't the first time a tech company's automatic translation software has generated a serious error.

Facebook has irked the Thai government by being a platform for critics of the country's monarchy. In May, a Thai regulator threatened to block the popular site.

The barrister from London spoke to IBTimes UK about his experience on The Apprentice after being fired on the third episode.

British PM Theresa May has appealed directly to EU citizens living in the UK, vowing to make it as easy as possible to remain in Britain after Brexit.

EU has a new weapon against Google and Facebook - General Data Protection Regulation.

Dugan previously headed Google's Advanced Technologies and Projects group and was the director of Darpa.

The game sees children try to disappear for two days and compete to see how many times their disappearance is shared on social media.

The social media giant has recently come under intense scrutiny over the role it advertently played in Russia's influence campaign during the 2016 election.

Joshua Stanley, 19, has been jailed for raping an underage girl and committing sexual assaults against on two others after befriending them on Facebook.

Scams were set up in order to help boost "likes", steal personal information from unwitting victims and spread booby-trapped links to computer viruses and malware.

Ohio resident goes to court after parody Facebook account is deemed "satire" and protected under US law.