Facebook news

Most of the world's biggest brands have a presence on Facebook - the world's largest social networking site.

Read Campaign news stories relating to Facebook, and find out how advertisers are trying to use Facebook as a marketing tool.

Facebook to shut down Beacon

LONDON - Facebook is set to pay out $9.5 million to shut down its advertising platform Beacon, after users filed a lawsuit against the social networking site.

Facebook in major privacy clampdown

LONDON - Facebook has been forced to make a number of changes to its privacy policy following a raft of complaints about its handling of users' personal data.

Hotline: Rootzoo to sue Facebook

The US sport site Rootzoo is suing Facebook because it claims that the social networking site charged it for more clicks than its ads received. The site decided to sue...

Facebook reaches 300 million users

LONDON - Facebook has reached 300 million users and has also recorded an important milestone on the way to profitability.

Tesco pulls ads from Facebook

LONDON - Tesco has become the latest brand to remove its advertising from Facebook group pages in response to a report that the supermarket's ads were appearing alongside far-right political...

Media Lifeline: Facebook ad deals

Do new ad initiatives on the social networking site herald a new age in marcoms?

Facebook to host RDF showbiz brand

The content company RDF Media Group is launching an entertainment brand on Facebook called Unlimited.

Facebook buys social media company FriendFeed

SAN FRANCISCO - Facebook has acquired FriendFeed, a social media aggregator, for just over £30 million.

RootZoo sues Facebook over ad click dispute

LONDON - The US sports website RootZoo is suing Facebook, claiming the social networking site charged it for more clicks than it actually got.

The Week: City news - Facebook eyes investment

The Russian investment group Digital Sky Technologies has made a $200 million investment in Facebook, a deal which values the social networking site at $10 billion.

Facebook biggest online ad publisher during April

LONDON - Facebook was the top online display ad publisher in the UK during April, according to research released today.

Facebook plots introduction of 'credits' payment system

LONDON - Facebook is in the early stages of developing an internal payments system that will allow users to buy "credits", which they can exchange for virtual goods, according to...

The Week: City News - Facebook value plummets

Facebook's value has dropped by around two-thirds to between $5 billion and $6 billion.

The Week: Media News - Facebook's privacy change

Facebook has been forced to make changes to its privacy policy following complaints about its handling of users' personal data.

Facebook plans to share more user data with advertisers

LONDON - Facebook has amended its privacy policy to give its advertisers more information about how their ads perform.

The Week: People news - Burnett moves to Facebook

Gary Burnett, the man behind Google's AdWords business, has left to join Facebook.

Meerkat chooses Facebook to launch latest TV ad

LONDON - The latest installment of the comparethemeerkat series of ads from VCCP was unveiled exclusively on Facebook this morning, where the star of the ad, Aleksandr Orlov, has more...

The Week: Media news - Facebook seeks user input

Facebook has responded to criticism from users over how it uses their data by replacing its advertising terms and conditions with a new "statement of rights and responsibilities" that will...

The Week: i-Q - Web chat about ... Are Facebook and Twitter a waste of time?

It's so sad to see people moving "down" the hierarchy of communication. Frank Lowe used to insist we avoid using the internal telephone in his agency because: "The conversation you...