Facebook will no longer allow marketers to use its “ethnic affinity” option to exclude certain demographics from viewing housing, employment, or credit ads.

Facebook’s office chat platform Workplace just received a huge boost, thanks to its adoption by the Singapore government.

Facebook is facing renewed pressure over its “ethnic affinity” ad-targeting option courtesy of a lawsuit that claims the feature is racially biased.

Instagram live video will soon be a reality. A user of the beta version of the app has spotted a live-streaming button, and live video tiles on Android.

Facebook is strengthening its global data centers with the launch of a 100-gigabit, second-gen modular switch platform, dubbed "Backpack."

Twitter once again proved its value as the leading source of real-time interaction on election night. But Facebook may have won the election season.

Prisma, a photo and video retouching app, now lets iOS users apply its artistic style transfers to Facebook Live broadcasts in real-time.

Facebook is betting on artistic video filters, in the vein of the Prisma app, to get more users hooked on its live-streaming tool.

Snapchat wants you to start using your phone’s rear camera for more than just snapping selfies all the time, with the aid of its new World Lenses.

WhatsApp has finally introduced GIF support on its iOS app with a slew of new GIF-centric features to help jazz up your messages.

A mother of six from Stockton, California, could end up in jail for up to a year for selling homemade food, such as ceviche, on Facebook.

Facebook has agreed to put a temporary stop to its use of WhatsApp user information in the U.K. following pressure from the country’s privacy watchdog.

Facebook has its sights set on LinkedIn with the test launch of its latest feature: a "jobs" tab aimed at business Pages and job seekers.

Facebook is expanding its Audience Network advertising tool to sell ads on connected streaming devices, starting with Apple TV and Roku TV apps.

Germany is now targeting Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, and other company executives, as part of an investigation into hate speech on the social network.

Alphabet has quietly disclosed a Snapchat investment through its rebranded CapitalG venture capital arm, previously known as Google Capital.

Turkey has once again blocked access to a number of leading social media and messaging platforms, including Facebook, WhatsApp, and Twitter.

Twitter's Periscope is the latest live-streaming platform to jump on the selfie filter bandwagon with the launch of its very own Trump and Clinton graphics.

LinkedIn Salary is the business-oriented social network’s new tool that tells you how much you should be earning in your career, or in any other profession.

Twitter has introduced a couple of handy new direct messaging features for businesses in its ongoing bid to make itself the premier customer service portal.

Facebook claims its Internet.org initiative now has connected 40 million people in areas in emerging markets where connectivity is low.

Facebook today unveiled its open source telecom equipment, called "Voyager," designed to link data centers using a high-speed optical networking system.

Having acquired Instapaper in August, Pinterest is now scrapping the premium version of the app and making its features free for regular Instapaper users.

More than 70 advocacy groups have signed a letter addressed to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg urging transparency over his company’s content removal policy.

LinkedIn released its third quarter results today, posting impressive revenue growth and a solid increase in registered users ahead of its Microsoft merger.

Facebook reportedly tried to buy South Korean app (and Snapchat clone) Snow over the summer after learning about its popularity in Asia.

More than one-third of social media users are “worn out” by the amount of political content they encounter, claims a new study by the Pew Research Center.

Facebook is once again drawing controversy over its ad targeting tool that includes the option to exclude specific users based on “ethnic affinity.”

Facebook is finally starting to integrate the selfie filters offered by the MSQRD app (which it acquired in March) with Live video, in time for Halloween.

Following its highly anticipated third-quarter earnings release, Twitter announced extensive job cuts this week.

The NBA is expanding its content partnership with Snapchat to bring even more behind-the-scenes and in-game footage to the app.

Facebook is extending its branded content policy to allow users with verified profiles to rake in ad revenue from sponsored posts.

Twitter and the NBA have teamed up to give each team its very own hashtag emoji just in time for the beginning of the new season.

Donald Trump is launching a nightly Facebook Live show dedicated to news from the Trump camp. Does this mean Facebook will one day be home to Trump TV?

Facebook Live has gone beyond mobile with the latest version of the Facebook app for Windows 10, allowing users to broadcast from desktops and tablets.

Facebook is launching a large-scale ad campaign on the streets of the U.S. and U.K. in a bid to get more people on to its Live Video service.

Facebook will start allowing more “newsworthy” content on to its service even if those items break its rules regarding nudity and graphic violence.

Facebook has been engaged in an intense debate over the past year to remove certain posts by Donald Trump on the grounds of hate speech.