Facebook will hire an additional 3,000 people to its community operations team to aid in efforts to review posts that could violate the network’s standards.

On Monday night, New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker and Georgia Rep. John Lewis walked from the House side of the US Capitol to the steps in front of the Senate. There, with Booker live-streaming on his Facebook page, they started talking about the health care bill the Senate is currently debating. Three and a half hours later, in front of a cheering crowd numbering more than 100, Booker brought the whole thing to an end by insisting "this is a moral moment ... this is not a political moment."

Fox Sports said on Tuesday it had partnered with Facebook Inc to livestream UEFA Champions League matches during the 2017-18 season.

Facebook is deleting about 66,000 posts a week as the social media giant cracks down on what it considers to be hate speech.

A military installation in Alabama says in a tweet it is on lockdown amid reports of a possible active shooter.
Redstone Arsenal near Huntsville tweeted Tuesday that it is on lockdown. The base said on its Facebook page Monday that it would be conducting an active shooter training exercise this...

Facebook has scored more live sports for its growing entertainment play: Fox Sports reached a deal with the social giant to stream matches from the UEFA Champions League - Europe's top soccer tournament - during the 2017-18 season to U.S. users. Under the terms of the deal, Fox Sports will stream UEFA Champions League matches...

Rivals join forces to curb online terrorist propaganda through the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism.

Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) held an almost four hour long Facebook live stream to advocate against the Republican health-care bill on June 26. He was joined by several other members of Congress.

The University of Delaware has cut ties with an anthropology professor who posted on Facebook that an American student who died last week after his release from a North Korean prison "got exactly what he deserved. "

Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Microsoft launch a joint forum to beef up efforts to remove extremist content from their sites.