The first wave of American mega-philanthropy in the late 1800s and early 1900s was hugely controversial.

The letter was signed "Mom and Dad" but it was aimed, of course, at the world.

Deep inside Facebook's massive new HQ, the largest open-office workspace in the world, sits the desk of Lindsay Russell.

Facebook founder and his wife celebrate birth of their baby girl with plan to donate 99 per cent of their Facebook fortune to charity.

Facebook's new headquarters is the largest open-office in the world, and shows everyone the future of work.

Internet users seeking to hide social media posts under Europe's 'right to be forgotten' law.

With a picture on his Facebook page of a car seat, a stroller and his dog, Mark Zuckerberg announced he'd be taking two months of parental leave.

Secondary Principals' Association executive discussed fresh incidents involving schoolboys and shocking posts on social media with police last week.

Mark D'Arcy, the West Auckland-raised chief creative officer of Facebook is a mercurial potato head.

Facebook's chief creative officer spoke to Ad:tech about the opportunities in mobile for business in New Zealand.

As research discovers Facebook can increase feelings of sadness, Rachel Halliwell explains how she found the social media sweet spot.

Dumped on Facebook by a friend? Me too, writes Laura Marcus, and it stings. Here she looks at online friendships and their effect on your self-esteem.

The latest prescription of this sort comes from a Danish think tank called the Happiness Research Institute, which this week published a new report on the connection between Facebook use and basically every negative emotion a human can feel.

Facebook wants to take all your information and route it through a platform it controls: Notify, an app that's purpose is to send you notifications.

Facebook has finally taken down photos of a murdered woman with the man who killed her after previously refusing to do so.

A group of secondary school boys have been assaulting young women in broad daylight and posting videos to social media.

Police have let school boys off with warnings after they performed lewd acts on drunk girls and posted pictures online.

It's something of a tradition now to film drunk girls - sometimes guys - at the Melbourne Cup and upload them for others to laugh at, Heather writes.

The heartbroken mother of a bullied teen has appealed to her daughter's tormenters to stop their dangerous words.

A wildlife sanctuary boss is lost for words after photos of him dressed in drag were sent to Wellington City Councillors with a poison pen letter.

Spam filter accidentally blocked a simple phrase "everyone will know".

Schuler Benson was accidentally logged into a random stranger's Facebook account, a twist of fate that led to a love affair and marriage.

A single mother fed up with her son's bad behaviour penned a letter to him and posted it to Facebook - with a huge response.

We may have stopped forwarding them years ago, but the chain email never really died: It just migrated to Facebook.

Facebook should launch its experiments with online payments in places such as Latin America, Asia and Africa - instead of the US.

"Without it, we wouldn't have been able to come out with the studies as quickly as we did."

Shelley Bridgeman on why pregnant bellies and discreet breastfeeding is ok - but the act of giving birth and exhibitionist breastfeeding is not for online posting.

Facebook has announced that other companies can use its internal diversity training. But is this a case of "Do as I say and not as I do?"

"I can't believe I'm stuck with this stupid name and I still can't get into my Facebook. It's ludicrous and I am embarrassed to tell people what has happened."

For the first time, users will be able to choose for themselves which posts and pages appear at the top of their feeds.