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Young Americans are reading more than just status updates and 140-character tweets. A new study by the Pew Research Center shows that among 16- to 29-year-olds, 8 in 10 have read a book in the past year. That's compared with 7 in 10 among adults in general.

Facebook's "cross-check" program applies to millions of accounts, but the board says the company is not being transparent about how it applies its rules to those prominent users.

How can one company be so wildly successful — and so thoroughly distrusted? Tech writer Steven Levy reflects on Facebook's enigmatic leader and its drive for expansion in his new book.

A resident of North Pole, Alaska, whose legal name is Santa Claus, recently got a notice from Facebook saying he needed to prove his identity. Mr. Claus provided his passport and driver's license.

Female Marines are being humiliated and generally degraded by their peers on Facebook. The groups' pages are frequently shut down, but return within days due to a dedicated following.

In a question-and-answer session in China, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg showed that he's conversant in Mandarin — but far from perfect. He doesn't quite have his tone down.

The result is only binding if more than 30 percent of registered users cast a ballot.

"Huawei worked with Facebook to make Facebook's services more convenient for users," the smartphone-maker tells NPR. "Huawei has never collected or stored any Facebook user data."

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro about his office's intent to look into how the data of 50 million Facebook users got into the hands of the political data-mining firm, Cambridge Analytica.

Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen's disclosures about the social media giant are fueling new, urgent calls for regulation.