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Spotify soared on April 3 to a value of more than $26 billion in its long-awaited stock debut as the market delivered a ringing endorsement of the future of music streaming.     

Three users of the Facebook Messenger app sued Facebook on March 27, saying the social network violated their privacy by collecting logs of their phone calls and text messages, in the latest legal challenge facing the company.

Facebook  Chief Information Security Officer Alex Stamos is reportedly leaving after disagreements over how the social media network should handle the spread of disinformation. The news was first reported by The New York Times, and later independently reported by Reuters and the Wall Street Journal.

Twitter may soon join Facebook and Google in cracking down on ads for cryptocurrency-related products. Sky sources have claimed the social network will institute worldwide ban against ads for initial coin offerings, cryptocurrency wallets and token sales within the next two weeks.

A data analysis firm employed by President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign tapped the Facebook profiles of more than 50 million users without their permission, allowing it to capitalize on the private social media activity of a large portion of the U.S. electorate, newspapers have reported.

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Facebook Inc on Thursday put an end to a test of splitting its signature News Feed into two, an idea that roiled how people consumed news in the six countries where it occurred and added to concern about Facebook's power, reported Reuters.

A Chicago woman who was in a café in Paris during the 2015 terrorist attacks is sueing Twitter, Facebook and Google, claiming that they had helped to expand the Islamic State group by giving it access to social media, the Associated Press reported.

The Chicago Sun Times newspaper reported that Mandy Palmucci has filed a lawsuit in Chicago last week.

Europe’s justice commissioner told Facebook, Twitter and Google on Feb. 15 to do more to bring their user terms in line with EU law, ramping up pressure on the tech giants after their efforts were deemed too little.

People in Kosovo reacted enthusiastically as instant messaging and internet call service Viber became the first telecommunications application to use Kosovo’s own international dialling code.