Now playing Next Germany Germany orders Facebook to stop collecting WhatsApp user data Facebook in Hamburg has been ordered by the German data protection agency to stop collecting and storing user information from its WhatApp messaging app. 27/09/2016
Now playing Next Norway Facebook backs down over 'Napalm girl' photo Facebook has reinstated the iconic photograph of a naked girl fleeing a napalm attack during the Vietnam War. 09/09/2016
Now playing Next Norway Child nudity concerns see Facebook delete post including Pulitzer Prize-winning photo Social media giant Facebook has provoked controversy by censoring an iconic photo over child nudity concerns. 09/09/2016
Now playing Next Sci-tech Hausa speakers can now hit "so" on Facebook Hausa, joins the the 'African class' of Somali, Swahili, Afrikaans and Kinyawrwanda. The social network site currently has over 100 languages available to users. 01/08/2016
Now playing Next Business Series Facebook's revenue soars, monthly users total hits 1.7 billion Facebook's shares have hit a new all time high after it announced a 59.2 percent jump in quarterly revenue. 28/07/2016
Now playing Next Business Series Facebook faces tax probe over transfer of assets to Ireland The US tax authorities say Facebook may have unfairly cut its tax bill by understating by "billions of dollars" the value of intellectual property it transferred to Ireland in 2010. 08/07/2016
Now playing Next USA Chicago man shot dead while live streaming on Facebook A Chicago man was shot and killed while live streaming a video on Facebook, police said on Friday just days after a double-homicide in France in which the killer later took to Facebook Live to encoura 18/06/2016
Now playing Next Business Series Twitter rejects study saying it is losing social media ads to Instagram Advertising agencies are turning to Instagram more frequently than Twitter for social media ad campaigns, according to a new survey. 10/06/2016
Now playing Next Spain Faster internet speeds for Europe from Microsoft and Facebook Europe will have faster internet speeds by the end of 2017. 26/05/2016
Now playing Next Business Line Greece's good Eurogroup meeting and Facebook bias allegations In Business Weekly we analyse Greece's anti-crisis efforts while satisfying its people and the eurozone finance ministers, and Facebook is accused of political bias by ignoring right-wing subjects. 11/05/2016
Now playing Next USA Facebook triples profits: social media can be addictive to investors, too Facebook’s latest financial earnings smashed expectations, propelling shares in the social network to a fresh all-time high on Thursday (April 28) 28/04/2016
Now playing Next Business Series Facebook goes 'chatbots' to reach into customer services and business transactions Facebook has opened up its Messenger app to create “chatbots,” as the compny looks to expand its reach into customer services and business 13/04/2016
Now playing Next Economy Facebook pumps up profile and features of 'Live' video service Facebook is upping the ante to seal its share of the booming online video market. It is giving Facebook Live, which offers streaming video in real 07/04/2016
Now playing Next Economy Facebook armours WhatsApp with full encryption Facebook has announced it is providing strengthened encryption for its popular WhatsApp messaging service. The company says this means that 06/04/2016
Now playing Next Business Series Facebook's UK tax bill could jump from thousands to millions Changes in the way Facebook does business could mean it has to pay millions more in tax in Britain as it no longer shifts some profit offshore. 04/03/2016
Now playing Next Business Series Facebook faces competition investigation in Germany Germany's competition regulator is looking into whether Facebook abuses its dominant market position by forcing users to agree to the use of their personal data without them fully understanding what t 03/03/2016
Now playing Next Brazil Brazilian judge frees Vice President of Facebook in Latin America Argentinian Diego Dzodan was arrested for refusing to hand over to the police information about a user of the message service WhatsApp 02/03/2016
Now playing Next Brazil Brazil jails Facebook executive for refusing to share WhatsApp data Facebook has called the arrest of its Latin America vice president over a court order in a drug trafficking case “extreme and disproportionate”. 02/03/2016
Now playing Next Business Series Facebook executive's arrest in Brazil called 'extreme and disproportionate' Facebook has denounced the arrest in Brazil of Diego Dzodan, its vice president for Latin America, over a court order for the company's WhatsApp division to cooperate with a drug case. 01/03/2016
Now playing Next USA Wow, it's time to do more than just 'like' - emojis arrive on Facebook Facebook newsfeeds began to transform on Wednesday as ‘reaction’ buttons arrived on the social media site. Five emojis have been added alongside the 24/02/2016