How Marvel film director James Gunn was demonised by the alt-right

The Guardians of the Galaxy director was fired after old, offensive tweets came to light. But who was behind the revelations, asks film journalist Seb Patrick

Ignore Zuckerberg. With skill and imagination we can drive the haters offline

The idea that tech giants are too big to control is nonsense, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

The Female Persuasion by Meg Wolitzer review – a timely study of activism

Second-wave feminism and the intersection between the political and the personal are explored in a lively novel that brings us up to Donald Trump’s America

When Phil Mitchell met Trump: Coldwar Steve and his Brexit Britain mashups

They are a Twitter sensation, portraying a grotesque future Britain full of world leaders and football managers – with EastEnder Phil looking on in horror. Meet the man who knocks them out on his bus to work

The Guardian view on Elon Musk: a billionaire in need of humility

Editorial: Attacking a British diver involved in the Thai cave rescue was ridiculous. He should concentrate on fixing his business

Twitter axes locked or suspended accounts from follower counts

Some of most popular users appear to lose millions of followers after crackdown

Japanese blogger stabbed to death after internet abuse seminar

Cybercrime expert Kenichiro Okamoto reportedly killed by man who abused him online

WhatsApp increasingly popular for sharing news

Reuters Institute report found that use of WhatsApp for news has almost tripled since 2014

You, Me and the Big C: ‘When you talk about cancer, you normalise it’

We talk to the three women with cancer behind a no-holds-barred BBC podcast that’s become a surprise hit

Pop, passion and enemas: how online forums created a new musical culture

In the first of a new monthly essay series on music, we explore how messageboards became a meeting point for 00s music fans – and how, after being killed off by social media, they might rise again

The ‘sharent’ trap – should you ever put your children on social media?

It’s more and more usual for people to share pictures of their children online – and some have even turned it into a lucrative business. Is it always wrong to mix kids and social media?

Twitter announces global change to algorithm in effort to tackle harassment

The system will use behavioral signals – how users react to a tweet – to assess if an account is adding to or detracting from conversations

Klout is dead – how will people continuously rank themselves online now?

The app that analysed and scored users’ online followings has closed after 10 years – to make way for a tool that may cheapen social media even further

Karley Sciortino: the sex blogger and Slutever presenter redefining sexuality

Sciortino – a real-life Carrie Bradshaw – uses humour, parody and satire to open up conversations about sex