The government has ordered blocking popular social networking platform Facebook and online messaging and calling services WhatsApp and Viber this morning.

PM Hasina tells the Jatiya Sangsad that WhatsApp and Viber will be blocked, when needed, to nab people who are carrying out criminal activities in the country using the apps.

The man suspected of an attack on a factory in France has sent a selfie posing with the severed head of the victim.

A Europe-wide police team is being formed to track and block social media accounts linked to Islamic State (IS).

Mark Zuckerberg unveiled Messenger Platform, describing it as a way for software developers to boost appeal to the more than 600 million people using the application.