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Social network Facebook was founded in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg in his Harvard dorm room. In 2014, it acquired both WhatsApp for $19bn and Oculus VR for $2bn. Now it is facing the repercussions of its mass scale and faces regulatory friction around the world.

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There’s never been a better time to put social good at the core of business says Facebook

04 June 2020

Australian government says the media is responsible for reader's defamatory comments

02 June 2020

Brands can turn the tide during coronavirus by building new consumer journeys

02 June 2020

Facebook Shops: the timing couldn’t be better but it's not a play for Amazon

22 May 2020

Facebook buying Giphy means more to tech rivals than it does advertisers

19 May 2020

Facebook's alliance with Jio will help it unlock India

13 May 2020

Facebook rolls out whitelists and better live stream controls in brand safety tweak

12 May 2020

Facebook’s Dan Neary on reinventing togetherness

12 May 2020

Facebook sees a flattening of ad revenue as coronavirus impacts business

30 April 2020

Facebook spends on ads to celebrate the role of its communities in lockdown

29 April 2020

Facebook joins Google in providing financial support for publishers

29 April 2020

Can Facebook Gaming take Twitch’s advertising crown?

24 April 2020

Can Australia save local journalism by forcing Google and Facebook to share out ad revenue?

22 April 2020

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The beat goes on for Defected's virtual festival post-lockdown, but sponsors can wait

17 April 2020

Facebook launches chatbot and news hub in India to fight against misinformation on coronavirus

30 March 2020

Facebook braces for pandemic ad spend dip

25 March 2020

UK government’s coronavirus media strategy questioned as it forgoes official Facebook channels

24 March 2020

Facebook finds its Covid-19 purpose by issuing $100m in small biz grants and ad credits

17 March 2020

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How community can play a central role in your business strategy

16 March 2020

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How can brand marketers master closed ecosystems?

11 March 2020

Facebook India kicks off consumer marketing push with ‘more together’ campaign

03 March 2020

Facebook expresses censorship concerns after blocking Singapore users' access to fake news...

19 February 2020

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How community can play a central role in your business strategy

18 February 2020

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How digital technologies can transform your internal communications

14 February 2020

Facebook launches another edition of VC Brand Incubator Initiative for Indian startups

13 February 2020

Publishers want tighter relationships with advertisers post-cookie

11 February 2020

Why misinformation is a clear and present danger during the coronavirus outbreak

10 February 2020

10 advertising insights from Facebook’s earnings call

01 February 2020

Facebook issues privacy nudge and opens third-party tracking settings

28 January 2020

Facebook India sparks consumer marketing drive via new marketing director role

28 January 2020

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Why marketers must look beyond cookies and rethink data in the 2020s

23 January 2020

IPA: Facebook micro-targeted political ads ‘a clear and present threat’ to elections

10 January 2020

Branded content body on Teen Vogue Facebook gaffe: ‘Don’t be untruthful, not worth the risk’

09 January 2020

When Nicola Mendelsohn met John Bartle, Nigel Bogle and John Hegarty

25 December 2019

Facebook lifts the hood on its journey to becoming more brand safe

19 December 2019

Facebook nabs Sylvester Stallone and Chris Rock for first Super Bowl ad

19 December 2019

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