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Europe briefing: Six stories to know about today

Join us for live updates on the key stories for today, Wednesday, August 1.

United Kingdom

UK regulations for political ads don’t exist – but what if they did?

Political advertising in the UK is not regulated, meaning made-up claims can be printed and shared with near impunity.

World News

How worried should Facebook be after its market collapse?

Facebook's profit warning brought a record US stock market dive, but despite major challenges over privacy and fake news the social media giant remains... a giant.

Business

Facebook sends Nasdaq tumbling with biggest daily percent slump

Facebook sends Nasdaq tumbling with biggest ever daily percent slump.

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World News

Facebook: Five things to know after fortunes shift

Facebook shares lost as much of a quarter of their value on Wednesday after executives said that profit margins would plummet for several years. Euronews takes a look at how this happened.

World News

Parents should access dead daughter's Facebook account: German court

Germany’s top court ruled on Thursday that Facebook should give two parents access to their deceased daughter’s account.

World

How local artists are decorating Facebook’s walls

With more than 27,000 employees and 55 offices worldwide, Facebook is constantly seeking emerging artists to decorate its walls and office furnishings.

Romania

Romanian ex-deputy prime minister fakes photo with Obama

Romanian ex-deputy prime minister Gabriel Oprea put up a fake photo with Obama on his facebook page

World News

Facebook bug made some private posts public, affecting as many as 14M

Facebook bug made some private posts public, affecting as many as 14M users.

World News

Facebook faces more scrutiny over data sharing

New York Times investigation accuses it of breaching its users' data privacy rights.

Economy

Stage set for shareholders' revolt at Facebook

At the company's annual AGM six shareholder proposals, all opposed by Facebook, could end Zuckerberg's dominance at the helm of his company.

World News

Papua New Guinea to ban Facebook

Papua New Guinea will ban Facebook for one month

Papua New Guinea

PNG to shut down Facebook for one month to hunt down ‘fake users'

Communication Minister Sam Basil said the shutdown would allow officials to conduct research into how Facebook is being used in the island nation, which is home to some 8 million people.

My Europe Series

State of the Union: Liege mourns, Italy puts EU on edge

USA

Facebook accused of mass surveillance

Social media network allegedly gathered information on people who had not signed up to Facebook

World News

As it happened this morning, Wednesday, May 23

This is how we covered news emerging on Wednesday morning.

Belgium

Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook and your privacy

Mark Zuckerberg's visit to the European Parliament coincides with the introduction of the EU's new rules on data protection, which requires companies to give European citizens greater control over their personal data. But some believe that all publicity is good publicity.

World News

Why does everyone keep asking if they can use my data?

If you've been seeing a lot of messages on websites about your data, or getting bombarded with emails, here's why.

Europe News

Mark Zuckerberg apologises to European Parliament for massive data lea

Watch live as Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg meets lawmakers in the European Parliament.

Europe News

Zuckerberg comes to Europe to answer Facebook criticisms

The social media boss will be questioned by the heads of the political groups in the European Parliament in a session that will be livestreamed to the public.