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A leading volunteer commander in Ukraine triggered protests against the government after a series of angry Facebook messages.

• 28 августа 2014, 10:50

Facebook awarded a Internet Defense Prize to a pair of researchers with a viable approach to detecting vulnerabilities in Web applications.

• 21 августа 2014, 10:43

Facebook said that it is testing a way to let members know when articles posted to the social network are tongue-in-cheek instead of hand-on-heart.

• 19 августа 2014, 10:01

A Malaysian teenager is being investigated by police for sedition after "liking" a pro-Israel Facebook posting

• 14 августа 2014, 14:44

Facebook announced it was buying California-based cybersecurity startup PrivateCore, in a move to boost defenses of its vast server network.

• 08 августа 2014, 10:03

Facebook said it was testing a feature that lets users of the leading social network make purchases by simply pressing an on-screen "Buy" button.

• 19 июля 2014, 02:38

Facebook is going to be listed at the Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) by the end of this year.

• 01 июля 2014, 19:07

Facebook secretly manipulated the feelings of 700,000 users to understand "emotional contagion" in a study that prompted anger and forced the social network giant on the defensive.

• 30 июня 2014, 14:06

Facebook announced Monday it hired the top executive of eBay's PayPal division to lead the social network's efforts to boost its mobile messaging.

• 11 июня 2014, 10:10

The secretive US spy agency joined the world of social media Friday, and quickly had the Twitterverse talking.

• 07 июня 2014, 11:37

Kazakhstani banks are starting to provide consultations over WhatsApp.

• 22 мая 2014, 19:28

California police have arrested a 41-year-old man accused of kidnapping a teenager and sexually abusing her for a decade, after the alleged victim got in touch via Facebook.

• 22 мая 2014, 11:40

Facebook on Wednesday said its mobile application will be getting an ear for music, as well as for film or television show sound tracks.

• 22 мая 2014, 11:16

Several explosions and gunfire could be heard near the flashpoint eastern Ukrainian town of Slavyansk Monday, according to an AFP reporter there, as Kiev seeks to flush out pro-Moscow rebels holed up there.

• 12 мая 2014, 14:46

A priest dances in a famous piazza in Rome surrounded by four gyrating parishioners. Tourists stare and dozens of children on a school trip from France start to twist and turn to the music.

• 26 апреля 2014, 11:44

The founder of Russia's biggest social network VKontakte (VK) said Russia's security services demanded to know the identities of people running group pages of Ukrainian pro-EU protest last year.

• 18 апреля 2014, 09:59

Facebook has hit more than 100 million users in India, making it only the second country after the United States to achieve the milestone, the social network company has said.

• 09 апреля 2014, 14:21

Argentina's President Cristina Kirchner has agreed to be godmother to the baby daughter of a lesbian couple, one of the mothers told AFP.

• 02 апреля 2014, 14:25

The founder of Russia's top social network VKontakte, Pavel Durov, on Wednesday said he has resigned as chief executive in a bitter conflict with a major shareholder, a dramatic announcement some initially saw as an April Fool's joke.

• 02 апреля 2014, 12:45

Facebook revealed it has a lab working on using drones, satellites and solar-powered planes to provide web access around the world.

• 28 марта 2014, 20:56