"Meeting men is not a problem. Meeting one who wants a baby is. So, rather than wasting my time on a pointless relationship I'm going to pay for it."

'We take our obligations under the Privacy Act seriously" is a common refrain, sadly, observed more in the breach, writes Gehan Gunasekara.

Apple boss Tim Cook's been on tour - saying he too is worried about online privacy.

People who Facebook-post frequently about their relationships actually have better relationships than people who don't assault their friends, research suggests.

Mark Zuckerberg fights off a lawsuit from the man who planned to invade his privacy, then offered a way out if he opened the door to his business world.

Mark Zuckerberg is in a dispute with a property developer who claims the Facebook chief executive broke his promise.

If you're one of the world's 1.3 billion regular Facebook users, you'll know the feeling of being consumed by your news feed.

If your social media is filling up with pictures of women with smeared lipstick, don't worry, you're not alone.

Researchers have found that computer predictions of personality traits based on Facebook 'likes' are more accurate than those made by participants' own Facebook friends.

Parents and children have been warned to be more vigilant when using social media sites after a 12-year-old boy from Christchurch was allegedly threatened by an unknown Facebook user.

Silicon Valley has given its approval to America's burgeoning legal cannabis industry after the investors who bankrolled Facebook gave millions of dollars to drug start-ups.

Facebook's boss is the latest to hail an ancient pleasure, but he may have missed the point, writes James Walton.

"The Oprah Effect" could turn minor works into million-sellers. Mr Zuckerberg may just do the same.

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?

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.

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg wears a grey T-shirt every day to avoid wasting time on 'silly' decisions. It could be the reason he's so successful, says Simon Usborne.

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.