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The world's largest social network has more than 2 billion daily users, and is expanding rapidly around the world. Led by CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his chief operating officer, Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook undergirds much of the world's communication online, both through its flagship app and its subsidiaries Instagram, WhatsApp, and Oculus. Despite huge financial success, Facebook is also confronted with questions about data privacy, hate speech on the platform, and concerns that frequent social media use can lead to unhappiness. The Verge publishes a nightly newsletter about Facebook and democracy, subscribe here.

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Facebook is temporarily disabling some Messenger and Instagram features in Europe

Facebook hits back at Apple with second critical newspaper ad

Facebook isn’t done criticizing Apple just yet

Apple defends upcoming privacy changes as ‘standing up for our users’

The year Instagram became Facebook

Facebook criticizes Apple’s iOS privacy changes with full-page newspaper ads

Facebook will combat COVID-19 misinformation more directly with notifications to users

Facebook’s UK users will lose EU privacy protections next year

Facebook will resume political ads just for Georgia’s Senate runoff election

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The FTC is investigating data collection at YouTube, Facebook, and seven other companies

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Instagram would be better off without Facebook

The good and the bad in the government’s case against Facebook

Facebook outage disrupted Messenger and Instagram DMs

Shopping is coming to Instagram Reels globally, turning the whole app into a catalog

Shop all over the app

Facebook calls antitrust lawsuits ‘revisionist history’

The FTC is suing Facebook to unwind its acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp

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Facebook Gaming starts Black creator program with guaranteed monthly pay

WhatsApp’s new carts feature is aimed at simplifying in-app shopping

Biden coronavirus appointee has cut ties with Facebook, transition team says

The Justice Department is suing Facebook for side-stepping visa rules

Facebook is stepping up moderation against anti-Black hate speech