When Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg recently announced a "Like" button that publishers could place on their Web pages, he predicted it would make the Web smarter and "more social." What ...

It was summer 2007. Facebook was three years old and growing at a heady pace. Originally for college students, it had opened to the public the previous fall. Now it had 30 million users. What it ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The internet wouldn't be the same without the Like button, the thumbs-up icon that Facebook and other online services turned into digital catnip. Like it or not, the button has ...

Facebook has made a subtle but important change to the functionality of its Like button that will transform the way you share on the site and on the Web as a whole. Now when you click the Like button ...

The UK wants social media to turn off so-called "nudge" techniques, including Facebook's "Like" button and Snapchat streaks, for under-18s. The recommendations form part of a new 16-rule code of of ...

Facebook’s iconic Like button, one of the most recognizable symbols on the internet, is officially being phased out. Meta has announced that it will discontinue the Facebook Like and Comment buttons ...

A hot potato: Social media sites have long faced criticism for the negative effects they can have on children. In the UK, proposed guidelines have been put forward by the government to improve child ...