John Redwood mocked for telling people to buy non-existent British cars

MP’s tweet suggests many models are available, but UK-owned and manufactured cars are all in the luxury market

Rose and Rosie: ‘We don’t really have a filter’

YouTube sensations Rose and Rosie have turned a vlogging hobby into a hit brand. They talk about coming out on camera, posting their wedding online – and why there’s no such thing as oversharing

How one teen’s plea for free nuggets became one of the biggest tweets ever

16-year-old Carter Wilkerson’s tweet is catching up on Ellen DeGeneres’s Oscars selfie but still has a way to go to get the 18m retweets needed for free food

Twitter drops ‘egg’ avatar in attempt to break association with internet trolls

The social network says it is introducing a new default profile photo – a gender neutral silhouette – in a bid to ‘prompt more self-expression’

Top tech firms avoid encryption issue in government talks

Executives commit to removing extremist material but do not address Amber Rudd’s concerns after Westminster attack

The selfie-takers dying just to prove how alive they are

More than 100 people have been killed taking selfies since 2014. What does this say about the power of a picture? By Eva Wiseman

Jack Monroe wins Twitter libel case against Katie Hopkins

Food writer and campaigner wins £24,000 from Mail Online columnist in row over tweets about damage to war memorial

How good journalists can face down fake newsmongers

The mainstream media can fight back against the poisoning of our public sphere by giving people narratives they can understand

#DeleteUber: how social media turned on Uber

After Uber lifted surge pricing during a protest at New York’s John F Kennedy airport against Trump’s travel ban, condemnation online was swift

Trump administration’s feud with the National Park Service is absurd

We’re in for a long four years. Time to go to a national park, admire the majesty of nature and take a deep breath in the fresh air

Gove’s ‘snowflake’ tweet is symptomatic of the nastiness that’s ruining politics

Twitter storms, online spats and insults are making it impossible to talk to one another and reach the compromises on which public life depends

Can Donald Trump save Twitter?

The president-elect’s musings are reported as news almost every day, but will the attention help make Twitter great again?

The curious case of James Woods, a dead tweeter and a $10m cocaine libel

The actor has won the right to discover the identity of a Twitter user who he says defamed him. The snag? The defendant’s lawyers says the tweeter is no longer alive

We need a mature Brexit debate – we’re not getting it from Michael Gove

My criticism of Change Britain’s report on the benefits of leaving the EU drew a childish response from the Brexiteer. It’s time for a discussion based on evidence

The Attention Merchants review – how the web is being debased for profit

Tim Wu on a decades-long campaign to monetise attention which has reached new intensity in the Facebook age