Facebook is closing an uncomfortable chapter in its 5-year history. The social network says it will shut down Beacon, a program that tracks users' activities on other Web sites. When it launched in 2007, Beacon was immediately attacked by users as a privacy violation. ...more

September 22, 2009

Facebook is trying its hand at democracy. The fast-growing online hangout said this week users will play a "meaningful role" in deciding the site's policies and voting on changes. ...more

February 28, 2009

NEW YORK - Tens of thousands of Facebook users are protesting new policies that they say grant the social-networking site the ability to control their information forever, even after they cancel their accounts. ...more

February 17, 2009

Since he started Facebook in college 4 1/2 years ago, Mark Zuckerberg has learned - sometimes painfully - that he can't make significant changes to the popular online hangout without triggering an uproar among indignant users who preferred the status quo. ...more

September 15, 2008

SAN FRANCISCO - Since he started Facebook in college 4 1/2 years ago, Mark Zuckerberg has learned - sometimes painfully - that he can't make significant changes to the popular online hangout without triggering an uproar among indignant users who preferred the status quo. ...more

September 10, 2008

Saying it went too far in its pursuit of profit, the popular Internet hangout Facebook Inc. is allowing its 55 million users to permanently turn off a new marketing tool that tracks their activities at other Web sites. ...more

December 6, 2007

Rapidly rising Internet star Facebook has sold a 1.6 percent stake to Microsoft for $240 million, spurning a competing offer from online search leader Google. ...more

October 25, 2007