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Police gave the all-clear at Facebook’s head office in Menlo Park, California, after a suspicious package was ruled safe around 8 p.m. local time.

The Facebook and Google approved fact-checking service Snopes has once again made a serious error when weighing the factuality of a recent popular meme, claiming the “general idea” of the meme was “correct,” despite it having been debunked.

Recently published internal Facebook documents reveal how the social media firm planned to charge advertisers and developers for access to user data.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg responded to a massive leak of internal Facebook documents earlier today, warning against coverage that “misrepresent[s] our actions or motives.”

Vice, Vox, BuzzFeed, HuffPost, and other left-wing digital outlets are struggling in an increasingly competitive marketplace.

A group of British MP’s, seemingly upset at Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s refusal to appear before the U.K. Parliament, have released a cache of seized Facebook documents. Here are five key facts from the documents.

Internal Facebook emails published by U.K. MP’s reveal some of Facebook’s most cutthroat business practices, including cutting off competitors’ access to their tools and in other cases, shutting down any possible competition altogether.

“Internal tensions” at Facebook are reportedly reaching a “boiling point,” with the company divided into three factions.

According to recently published internal documents, Facebook executives predicted a public backlash over an update to the company’s Android app which would send call and text data to Facebook.

Internal Facebook documents published by U.K. MP’s have revealed that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg discussed selling user data to developers and advertisers with staff.

A group of British MP’s, seemingly upset at Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s refusal to appear before the U.K. Parliament, have released a cache of seized Facebook documents. The documents outline many of Facebook’s practices around advertising. 

Michelle Malkin described former President George H.W. Bush’s legacy as an impoverishment of American workers and growing of the “deep state.”

The majority of users on the Internet were surprised to read that Tumblr had decided to ban “adult content” on its platform this week, and reacted accordingly. Here were some of the highlights.

280,000 protesters known as “Yellow Vests” took to the streets of France this week to protest the government’s increased carbon tax, and they used social media to organize these protests.

CNN’s “New Day” aired a sit-down interview with Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff wherein Benioff called social media powerhouse Facebook “the new cigarettes” that he said needed to be “regulated.” Benioff accused social networks like Facebook of “dividing us” by selling

Co-defendants accused of orchestrating a scheme in which they promised U.S. citizenship and other relevant documents for a fee, pleaded guilty on fraud charges in a South Texas federal courtroom.

A report claims that current Facebook employees are contacting former colleagues, asking for job references and advice as many seem to be preparing to leave the social media firm.

The Former First Lady of the United States, Michelle Obama, criticized Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg’s “Lean In” strategy during a recent event for Obama’s new book. The former first lady harshly commented on Sandberg’s advice for working women, saying: “that shit doesn’t work all the time.”

Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale swatted away a PBS interviewer’s attempt to blame President Donald Trump and tech platforms like Facebook for spreading “divisive” messages and “opinion” rather than news, in a long-form interview.

A new report claims that Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg directly ordered opposition research on billionaire philanthropist George Soros, a claim which she previously denied.

According to internal Facebook emails revealed by the Wall Street Journal, the social media giant considered cutting deals with third party companies in order to provide them with access to Facebook user data.

Rutgers University Professor James Livingston has been cleared by the school administration on charges of discrimination and harassment after posting on Facebook that he hates “white people.”

San Francisco supervisor Aaron Peskin wants Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s name removed from Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, because he believes Zuckerberg’s company no longer serves the “public interest.”

Lawmakers from nine countries, including Britain, Canada, and France, were reportedly “furious” after Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg decided to not show up at an international committee hearing. A Canadian MP described Facebook as “a high school company collecting adult paychecks.”

After virtually every election, Democrats go-to explanation for why they didn’t win X state or Y district is “voter suppression.” The midterms were no different — but the complaint was particularly egregious, given that it occurred on the back of outright election meddling from Silicon Valley.

Lawmakers from nine countries condemned Mark Zuckerberg for his absence at a recent committee hearing on Facebook, posting a picture of his empty chair to social media.

Despite long claiming to be a platform and not a media publisher — including in front of the Senate — Facebook is now claiming to be a media publisher in a lawsuit filed against the social media giant by an app company, which described the claim as “a complete 180.”

German police in Freiburg gave a stern warning to the public after a woman posted a picture of a migrant on social media she believed had molested her 12-year-old daughter in order to get help from the public in identifying the man.

DePaul University has introduced a new course that will examine what it refers to as “the more troubling aspects of social media,” as well as explore how these platforms can be censored to protect women and “queer people.”

In an attempt to hold Facebook accountable for the Cambridge Analytica data breach scandal, the U.K. Parliament has seized a cache of internal Facebook documents from an American software executive visiting the country for business.