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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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Facebook stages Christmas privacy pop-up to win back public trust

14 December 2018

Facebook Watch is scaling up its ad offering and testing live slots

13 December 2018

Mastercard CMO: holding duopoly to account is not about ‘one advertiser jumping up and down’

11 December 2018

Australian competition watchdog cracks down on Facebook and Google

10 December 2018

Is it time to unfriend Zuckerberg and Sandberg?

05 December 2018

Confidential Facebook emails suggest uncertain data exchanges with Netflix and Tinder

05 December 2018

Facebook looks to spark creativity globally with launch of 'Inspiration' resource

04 December 2018

Facebook begins political ad authentication in UK, exempts news ads from archives in US

29 November 2018

98% of people who do not trust Facebook will use it anyway, says Streetbees research

29 November 2018

Global MPs want to tighten the screw on Facebook – here's what you need to know

27 November 2018

The Drum Network

How to target your Facebook video marketing strategy

27 November 2018

The Drum Review 2018: fake news (part one)

22 November 2018

Facebook won't take action on ads targeting its employees to spill secrets

21 November 2018

Facebook lodges appeal against £500,000 Cambridge Analytica ICO fine

21 November 2018

Brazil, Latvia & Singapore pressure Zuckerberg to give evidence on political interference

20 November 2018

Facebook to fund 80 UK trainee local news journalists from £4.5m pot

19 November 2018

Sheryl Sandberg refutes ‘abhorrent’ allegations of Russian cover-up

16 November 2018

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

FB creative Caitlin Ryan loves the ability to create “Easter eggs” within a story for passionate...

02 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