If you missed it last week, Facebook announced big news for social entrepreneurs and community leaders at the Facebook Communities Summit in London on February 9 th. The global tech giant revealed ...

Facebook has a new mission. Rather than "make the world more open and connected," CEO Mark Zuckerberg wants to "give people the power to build community and bring the world closer together." Grandiose ...

Facebook announced today that it’s rolling out new features to help Facebook Group administrators keep their communities safe, manage interactions and reduce misinformation. Most notably, the company ...

It will come as a surprise to many, particularly given its prominence in the never-ending Facebook news cycle, what a recent invention “privacy” is. The right to live as a stranger among strangers, ...

At Facebook, mere “sharing” is getting old. Finding deeper meaning in online communities is the next big thing. CEO Mark Zuckerberg is no longer satisfied with just connecting the world so that people ...

Facebook users are now engaging with more content from groups as part of the social network's shift toward meaningful communities. Facebook says there are more than 400 million people in groups that ...

Facebook will award up to $1 million to five community leaders and $50,000 to 100 more to fund their ideas for how to strengthen people’s online and offline connections. Facebook will also hire double ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

The social network, dealing with existential questions about its role in the world, isn't just about connecting everyone. It now wants to try to help people get along. Richard Nieva was a senior ...