Following a turbulent year fraught with controversy, the news of Facebook's potential plans to unify the services under its umbrella has been alarming to many.

From the less controversial changes to its newsfeed to the massive Cambridge Analytica scandal, here’s a look at what Facebook went through this year.

Facebook is in talks with American banks to add customers' financial information to its Messenger platform, including transactions and chequing account balances, recent reports indicate.

As it reels from the data scandal that helped lower its stock price and people’s opinions of it, Facebook is taking steps to limit the amount of applications that can see your personal data. 

The company has been accused of lying to MPs on two separate occasions — first from whistle-blower Christopher Wylie, and later from a security researcher.

Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg apologized to European Union lawmakers on Tuesday, as the social media giant continues damage-control after a massive data scandal.

Facebook said the number of monthly users in the United States and Canada rose to 241 million on March 31, from 239 million on Dec. 31.

In simplest terms, one expert said that Facebook's new online dating feature "doesn't really pass the creepy test."

Alexander Nix hasn’t been charged with a crime and there are no active legal proceedings against him.

Cambridge Analytica whistleblower Chris Wylie will appear before a Canadian parliamentary committee and while no date has been set, Global News has learned that appearance could come within the month.