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Critics Question Whether Move Is Just 'Marketing Fluff'Facebook is edging closer to launching its own cryptocurrency, with a rollout expected this year, The New York Times reports. But some...

Facebook Alone the Focus of 10 Separate Regulatory Investigations by Privacy WatchdogIreland's privacy watchdog has its eye on Facebook. Ten of the 15 major investigations that the Data Protection...

Facebook's feature allowing users to erase all their data is set to be released this year, many months after it was announced by the leading social network. read more

A Former Fact Checker Shares Her ExperienceFacebook's effort to stem the flow of fake news globally has been ineffective, allege some fact checkers who have collaborated with the social media...

New York governor Andrew Cuomo has ordered an investigation into how Facebook is still allowing blabby apps to violate its privacy policies.

Unsealed court documents show that Facebook referred to big-spending kids as "whales" - a term borrowed from the casino industry.

Several phone apps are sending sensitive user data, including health information, to Facebook without users' consent, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal. An analytics tool called...

Every app installed on your smartphone with permission to access location service "can" continually collect your real-time location secretly, even in the background when you do not use them. Do...

Facebook announced it's tweaking its Android version, which was tracking your location even when the app wasn't in use.

Can your phone reliably detect card skimmers using Bluetooth alone? Find out in the latest Naked Security Live video...