Your year in Facebook - for the blissfully unaware, this is an auto-generated selection of pictures that you’ve uploaded to Facebook over the past 12 months.

Facebook has apologised after a new feature inviting users to review a collection of their 2014 highlights caused some to be confronted with pictures of their recently deceased family members and friends.

Here are the 10 articles our readers engaged with the most on Facebook this year.

A serial fraudster who stole almost $6 million from a New Zealand family in an elaborate Facebook stock scam has been described by a judge as "evil incarnate".

Is Facebook the best judge of what's OK to hand over to investigators and what is not?

From the violent lyrics of rap music to the crude comments of teenagers in video-game chat rooms, the Supreme Court struggled Monday over where to draw the line between free speech and illegal threats in the digital age.

A bombshell report claims MI5 could've prevented the brutal murder of soldier Lee Rigby if Facebook had alerted authorities to his killer's violent threats online.

Mobile phone users are increasingly turning to messaging apps and shunning traditional calling and texting.

Facebook is testing a version of its social network that will let people communicate and collaborate at work.

Mark Zuckerberg has paid more than US$100 million ($127.7 million) for a swathe of land in Hawaii where he will create a private getaway befitting one of the world's richest men.

The Otago University student behind a "Rack Appreciation Society" Facebook page where members shared explicit pictures of young women says he's sorry.

A dramatic new report finds that the teens are over Facebook once and for all, fleeing it for the more forgiving embraces of Twitter and Instagram.

The University of Otago's reputation has been ''sullied'' by an explicit Facebook page, vice-chancellor Prof Harlene Hayne says.

Women are being urged to come forward to police if they think they have been exploited on a recently shut down Facebook page.

A secret Facebook page where students shared explicit pictures of young women is an example of an underlying "rape culture" at University of Otago, Rape Crisis says.

Advertisers on Facebook will now be able to measure how often an individual sees their ads and tailor promotions accordingly.

When Facebook announced it was going to list on the stock exchange, it became the hottest stock offering in internet history.

A Facebook marketing bungle sees Joan Rivers endorse iPhone 6 from beyond the grave.

As Facebook finds new ways to analyse the shopping behaviour of its more than 1 billion users, controversy has emerged regarding its methods.

When you are feeling in the depths of despair it does not help at all to be told to count your blessings, writes Deborah Hill Cone.

Facebook knew we'd broken up. I dunno how.

Researchers at Facebook were given almost free rein to manipulate the news feeds and sometimes the emotions of many of the company's 1.3 billion users without their knowledge, a former employee has disclosed.

When Facebook arrived here, it quickly became an emblem for progress and freedom in post-Taliban Afghanistan.

One of the problems with using passwords to prove identity is that passwords that are easy to remember are also easy for an attacker to guess, and vice versa.

Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg has admitted that the company made a string of blunders in underestimating the impact of mobile.

Facebook New Zealand, said sales rose 7.4pc last year, lagging behind an 11pc gain in expenses and resulting in a wider annual loss.

When Eileen Joy decided she'd like to replicate the Pay it Forward concept she'd heard of overseas she didn't expect such a positive reaction.

Almost four in 10 young UK adults describe themselves as digital addicts, according to research published by Foresters, the financial services company.

According to new research, we may well be affected by the emotional content we see every day on our Facebook feed, writes Luke van Ryn and Robbie Fordyce.