Social media company signs charter, holds inaugural meeting for project after PayPal, Visa and Mastercard drop out and US lawmakers criticize plans

Regulators and legislators increasingly wary of social media giant's motives, with its business model regarded as too invasive of users' privacy

In letter, top officials urge social media giant to build backdoor to ensure law enforcement will be able to see content if need arises

In leaked internal audio, CEO blasts plan by presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren, threatens 'major lawsuit' if government moves to split social media giant

Visit comes as Facebook faces a myriad of regulatory and legal questions surrounding issues like competition, digital privacy, censorship and transparency in political advertising

Opening social media giant's new space for startups and businesses in Israel, chief operating officer says firm is 'committed' to fight spread of fake news

Social media giant to pay out for undermining privacy concerns of users and allowing sharing of their data; Zuckerberg held only partially responsible

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, 31, tops the list as the wealthiest person in California with a net worth of $71 billion

Ultra realistic AI-generated clip shows Facebook CEO seeming to brag about having 'total control of billions of people's stolen data'

Social media giant's size and focus on expanding among the key obstacles to weeding out bad actors: 'Basically Facebook is made for a better species than ours'