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Facebook was founded in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg in his Harvard dorm room and as of June 2016 http://www.facebook.com has amassed 1.71 billion users.

In 2014, Facebook acquired both WhatsApp for $19bn and Oculus VR for $2bn.

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New York Times article forces Facebook’s comms team to fight back

15 November 2018

The Drum Network

The YouTubification of Facebook

15 November 2018

Facebook staff optimism plunges 32% as succession of scandals take their toll

15 November 2018

Facebook opens up content moderation processes to French regulators

13 November 2018

Facebook hires Essence UK chief Nick Baughan to handle agency relations

13 November 2018

Channel 4 to launch weekly news show on Facebook Watch

12 November 2018

Facebook reviews UK political ad verification process weeks after launch following abuse

07 November 2018

Facebook & Google adopt Sir Tim Berners-Lee’s ‘contract for the web’

07 November 2018

Facebook taps Rapha Vasconcellos to lead its Global Creative Shop

01 November 2018

Facebook rolls out 'Breaking News' label globally and says it's driving publisher traffic

01 November 2018

Facebook shifts focus from feed to Stories – and wants advertisers to follow suit

30 October 2018

The Drum Advertising Awards 2018 finalists announced

30 October 2018

'We’re over the tipping point when it comes to a FB feed with dogs on a skateboard': The Drum...

30 October 2018

Does programmatic encourage clickbait and fake news?

29 October 2018

PR misdirection: did Gourmet Burger kitchen cook up a distraction?

26 October 2018

Facebook issued £500k hit in Cambridge Analytica scandal

25 October 2018

Facebook embraces Messenger minimalism with streamlined app

24 October 2018

Facebook ad archive outs top spending political advertisers in the US

24 October 2018

Lego, Facebook and Just Eat on why video mobile matters

24 October 2018

Oculus co-founder Brendan Iribe becomes latest high-profile departure at Facebook

23 October 2018

The best Twitter reactions to Nick Clegg's shock Facebook hire

19 October 2018

Facebook makes Nick Clegg its head of global affairs and communications

19 October 2018

Facebook accused of 'deceiving' advertisers by inflating ad views by up to 900%

18 October 2018

Facebook concedes that Portal device data can inform targeted ads elsewhere

17 October 2018

Andrew Keller on working at Facebook: 'I now respect the media side more'

17 October 2018

UK Facebook political ads will now carry a disclaimer amid calls for regulation

16 October 2018

Facebook hack exposed companies’ direct messages with consumers

12 October 2018

Q&A: Facebook's Steve Hatch on rebuilding trust and the influence of the UK ad market

11 October 2018

Facebook pushes into smart home space with Portal – a camera-equipped speaker

08 October 2018

The Drum Network

Facebook Live campaign to stream natural beauty of Mid Wales

05 October 2018

Facebook: there's 'no evidence' third-party apps were impacted by data breach, yet

03 October 2018

Facebook chooses Singapore for second data innovation startup program in the world

03 October 2018

AI-powered copywriting for Facebook has arrived

02 October 2018

Facebook appoints Adam Mosseri as Instagram head

02 October 2018

European Union could fine Facebook $1.63bn for data breach

01 October 2018

Reaction: Facebook advertisers on alert as network breach exposes 50m user accounts

28 September 2018