Kanye West: followers galore, yet social media’s unlikely critic
The American rapper is raising essential points about how we intereact with sites such as Twitter
Katie Hopkins applies for insolvency agreement to avoid bankruptcy
Jack Monroe, who won a libel action against columnist, says ‘it’s sad two tweets cost Hopkins her house, job and credit rating’
Rachael Bland obituary
Radio presenter who chronicled her experience of cancer with a mix of heartbreak and humour
The Tusk supremacy: Donald opens his diary, action movie-style
Boom! Informal meeting Salzburg. Boom! Managing Brexit. Bring it on, says the European council president
Twitter’s Jack Dorsey faces more questions as Google snubs Congress – as it happened
Facebook chief Sheryl Sandberg among those called to testify, and Alex Jones makes an appearance – but Google bosses stay home
You, Me and the Big C host Rachael Bland has ‘only days to live’
BBC presenter, 40, diagnosed with breast cancer in 2016, tweets ‘the time has come’
Scroll Free September: can you ditch social media for a month?
Did a gym visit even happen if you didn’t post a selfie of it? Scroll Free September is urging online addicts to take a break
Logged off: meet the teens who refuse to use social media
Generation Z has grown up online – so why are a surprising number suddenly turning their backs on Instagram, Facebook and Snapchat?
Russian trolls ‘spreading discord’ over vaccine safety online
Study discovered several accounts, now known to belong to the same Russian trolls who interfered in the US election, tweeting about vaccines
Twitter was supposed to spread democracy, not Trump’s ravings
Techno-utopians like me believed the internet would end authoritarianism. The president proves how wrong we were
Twitter suspends Infowars’ Alex Jones for abuse
Far-right conspiracy theorist will not be able to tweet, retweet or favourite tweets for seven days
Twitter is the last major host for Alex Jones’s rants. Why does he get to break their rules?
The tech giant is scared of losing power, yet as a media platform it must be responsible for its content
No one’s civil liberties are violated by a ban on the far-right Infowars
Platforms are not silencing voices or engaging in censorship – they are deciding not to profit from hate, says freelance journalist Michael Segalov
The trillion-dollar question: can the tech giants keep growing?
A startling stock-market landmark for Apple has been offset by big falls for Facebook and Twitter. Is this tumultuous period just a blip, or the first sign of trouble?
Aggression, abuse and addiction: we need a social media detox
Facebook and Twitter are changing our behaviour for the worse. This August, we should seize the chance to take a break, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland