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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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Facebook backtracks on Modibodi ad ban after claiming period blood violated rules

02 October 2020

Future of Media: branded content recovery, Reddit ad offensive, new Facebook CMO

02 October 2020

US Presidential Election

Facebook is banning vote-suppressing political ads ahead of the US presidential election

01 October 2020

Future of Media

Why APAC broadcasters are using Facebook Watch to reach untapped audiences

01 October 2020

Who is Facebook’s new marketing chief Alex Schultz?

30 September 2020

Facebook pauses plan to stop Apple advertising ID tracking on iPhones

11 September 2020

What you need to know about Facebook’s US political ad compromise

03 September 2020

Future of Media

Facebook threatens to ban Australian publishers and users from sharing news on its platforms...

01 September 2020

Facebook launches news service in India that will pay publishers for content

26 August 2020

Thai government successfully orders Facebook to block page criticising monarchy

25 August 2020

What the departure of CMO Antonio Lucio means for Facebook

24 August 2020

What SMBs need to do next about e-commerce

21 August 2020

Facebook’s close ties with India’s governing BJP party under scrutiny

21 August 2020

Facebook shows its hand on ‘community enforcement’ during pandemic boycott

11 August 2020

Despite ad boycott, monopoly probe and a pandemic, Facebook revenue grows 11%

31 July 2020

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Planning for a Christmas like no other

29 July 2020

Future of Media: Amid cuts ravenous industries eye Facebook spend

16 July 2020

Imagine there's no Facebook, where's the easy media buy?

16 July 2020

How LifeAid sales stayed healthy despite CrossFit controversy, gym closures

14 July 2020

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Marketing has the power to change the world

13 July 2020

Facebook should feel ad boycott pain in wallet, not influencers

09 July 2020

Why this Facebook advertising boycott is different

08 July 2020

How DTC furniture rental brand Feather has stayed afloat amid coronavirus

08 July 2020

Conversation, not boycotts, is the way to fix social media says Unilever marketing boss

07 July 2020

What's next for social ad spend as one third of brands plot hate-speech boycott?

01 July 2020

Starbucks and Levi's join Facebook ad boycott – but what will be the impact?

29 June 2020

Facebook announces new hate speech policies after Unilever joins advertiser boycott

26 June 2020

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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