App allowed social network to monitor user’s web and phone activity

Attorney general confirms US capital has taken action against social media giant

Privacy rights advocates say social media group ‘should know when to stop digging and when to start taking responsibility’

Free market approach not working amid series of data privacy scandals

Gareth Lambe, head of Facebook Ireland, talks data breaches, hate speech and EU threats

Karlin Lillington: Although I knew the specific threat was a bluff, I had wider worries

Massive data breach made headlines but Facebook’s trade in user data is as scandalous

Sam Patten, who also worked for Cambridge Analytica, pleads guilty to illegal US lobbying

Social media giant’s US stock plunge comes on foot of slower revenue growth warning

Platform suspends analytics firm Crimson Hexagon amid surveillance suspicions

Fine is less than 1% of company’s daily revenue in 2017

Net Results: Social media giant opaque on referendum advertising campaigns

Rebellion from ordinary shareholders targets Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg

Helen Dixon says her office needs to at least double to cope with its expected workload

Social media group’s founder admits it has not done enough to stop abuse on its network

The General Data Protection Regulation is a 99-chapter piece of legislation that returns to people control of their personal data

Researchers say ‘no way of knowing’ how much is being spent on online ads ahead of referendum

Vera Jourová says countries must ensure laws facilitate ‘free political choices of people’

Nine in 10 are concerned about their online security following Facebook scandal

No side claim Facebook and Google announcements are the result of Yes lobbying