The social network puts a number of measures in place to counter election interference and misinformation.

Under the new law, online platforms will have to sign licensing agreements with authors and publishers to use their work.

The company's services resume on its social networking platform, Instagram and WhatsApp after an outage over the weekend.

The company creates artificial intelligence-powered maps to help humanitarian aid and relief agencies better assist people in need.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg calls for updated rules to govern the Internet, suggesting new regulation in four areas.

The social network outlaws praise, support and representation of white nationalism and white separatism on its platforms.

The social media giant outlines plans to create an independent oversight board to provide guidelines around implementing a level of censorship on the platform.

As many as 20 000 Facebook employees had internal access to the files.

The mobile operator unveils its first public access WiFi hotspots at the University of the Western Cape, in partnership with Facebook.

The company says it aims to reduce the spread of misinformation and protect election integrity.

Companies should implement social media training programmes to stop reputational risks posed by staff online, says privacyconsulting's Russell Nel.

Legislators in the UK claim Facebook intentionally and knowingly violated the country's privacy and competition laws.