Like it or hate it, you can't escape it. The original social network has links everywhere. On its 15th birthday, we're asking: how is Facebook doing in its difficult adolescence? 2018 was a difficult year, with data hacks and personal account details mined by suspicious online shady characters. Facebook, already the "bête noire" of the authorities with an eye on "fake news", was the prime reason for a whole revamp of world wide data protection to patch up the problem.