Study: Half of Facebook users cut time spent on site

Facebook faces another challenge after new research revealed that half of the social network’s users in the UK and US are using it less frequently than they used to.

The news comes two days after the social hub was identified in media reports as the platform that failed to identify a “graphic” conversation between one of Lee Rigby’s killers and another extremist, six months before the Fusilier was murdered.

According to the research, which was carried out by GlobalWebIndex, Facebook remains the most popular social network around, but is facing increasing challenges to keep users interested.