How to stop a norovirus outbreak: tweet when you vomit
The Food Standards Agency has enlisted Twitter to track the spread of the norovirus, based on people tweeting about being ill
Boris Johnson urged to take up case of jailed Saudi Arabian blogger
With the foreign secretary in Riyadh, international press freedom group calls on him to talk ‘at the highest possible levels’ about imprisoned journalists
Where is Bana? Fears for Syrian girl who tweeted from Aleppo
Seven-year-old’s account restored but new message suggests family in danger as Assad forces advance and Russia calls for opposition to withdraw
Chiara Ferragni – how a ‘crazy blogger’ turned her life into a shop window
With her blog The Blonde Salad, the former law student has used her social media style posts to create a multi-million pound business. ‘People like my story as a self-made woman,’ she explains
What are ‘cyber physical systems’ and why does Jeremy Corbyn care?
Jargon-tweeting by the leader of the Labour party has left some people wondering if he has been talking about a new Kraftwerk album
Welcome to Twitter city: is there no limit to Jakarta’s social media obsession?
How did the world’s largest Muslim country react to the election of Donald Trump? By satirising it mercilessly on social media, of course. So what’s behind Indonesians’ obsession with viral sharing?
In the new robopolitics, social media has left newspapers for dead
Much of the success of the Brexit and Trump campaigns was due to Twitter, Facebook and co. Who needs mainstream media when you’ve got algorithms?
Click and elect: how fake news helped Donald Trump win a real election
The ‘alt-right’ (aka the far right) ensnared the electorate using false stories on social media. But tech companies seem unwilling to admit there’s a problem• Become a Guardian supporter or make a contribution
Click plate: how Instagram is changing the way we eat
One in five Brits has shared a food picture in the past month, according to a supermarket survey. No wonder the dishes we cook are getting brighter and more photogenic. But does #instafood always taste as good?
Outdoor discos to kitsch schnitzel ads: Twitter account relives the Soviet era
Soviet Visuals curator says followers are hungry for propaganda nostalgia, whether they were born before 1991 or not
Twitter pays £1.24m in UK tax as revenues increase by 30.5%
Twitter UK’s 163 staff get £12.5m in shares as company reports revenues of £76m last year, but analysts say figure is much higher
Work those claws, ladies! The real reason Vogue declared war on fashion bloggers
The magazine’s sneering at street-style bloggers such as Susie Bubble was far too blunt not to be calculated and it has been the talk of the fashion shows ever since
‘I need peace’: seven-year-old Bana tweets her life in besieged Aleppo
Twitter account @alabedbana picks up 4,000 followers in weeks as Bana and mother Fatemah vividly describe their ordeal
Fashion’s old guard are right to fear the blogger
When the editors of Vogue.com hit out at the new social media generation of style commentators, they only showed their own weaknesses
Show’s over for veteran fashion elite as style insurgents seize front row
Vogue may think bloggers ‘herald the end of style’, but designers want social media stars in the best seats to tap into the buzz they generate