Facebook has introduced to New Zealand users a feature, called Legacy Contact, that allows a friend or relative to access a person's account after they die.

Prime Minister John Key’s social media adviser registered the changetheflag.nz website - but the group says that does not undermine its claim to independence.

Facebook is seeking to understand its cultural effects for insight into how to create products and for academic purposes.

A 15-year-old girl has been arrested following an assault in Kaikohe that was filmed and posted online.

Facebook's notifications tab is about to get a whole lot busier, thanks to a planned overhaul of the feature by Facebook developers.

How does Facebook know who all your friends are, even better than you do? Caitlin Dewey solves the social networking mystery.

"It's a popular belief that all of us have seven people in the world who look like us. Wouldn't it be amazing to find them? To know what they are doing with themselves?"

Kiwis use Facebook to find sources of entertainment, new recipes and to read breaking news, according to the first release of data about New Zealand users.

Tens of thousands of good Samaritans on social media have helped reunite an Ashburton man with his late wife's stolen jewellery.

'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.

Just how accurate - and how worrying - is a personality test based on our 'likes'?

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?

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.