Two of the company's executives have written to the Department of Justice as Congress prepares to look closely at the issue.

Longstanding concerns with the way Facebook handles user data resulted in more worries this week.

The update increases the amount of people impacted by a March security notice.

Trend Micro research on the phishing of Instagram users underscores how hackers are exploiting the value of social-media brands.

Some users spreading disinformation were government empoloyees, Facebook said.

Data including users’ profile names, stored links to profile pictures and their Instagram ID is available in the database,