Caught in the web: case histories of people whose digital past haunts them
Deleting false or embarrassing profiles, pictures and reports from websites can prove impossible as these personal stories show
Britain seeks opt-out of new European social media privacy laws
'Right to be forgotten' laws, giving users – rather than services such as Facebook – control of personal data will save billions of euros and thickets of red tape. So why is Britain resisting?
What’s the most embarrassing thing you’ve ever linked to?
After Tory MP Rob Wilson accidentally linked to hardcore porn on Twitter, we want to know if you've done similarly embarrassing things – I know I have …
Twitter fiction: Patrick Ness
The award-winning novelist takes up our Twitter-based challenge to come up with a story in 140 characters or fewer
Twitter fiction: Deborah Levy
The writer takes up our Twitter-based challenge to come up with a story in 140 characters or fewer
BBC Weather Twitter account taken over by Syrian regime supporters
Hackers from 'Syrian Electronic Army' post tweets on BBC account apparently backing Bashar al-Assad
How Brown Moses exposed Syrian arms trafficking from his front room
Leicester-based blogger's monitoring of weapons used in conflict has been taken up by media and human rights groups
Hashtags: from Twitter to Facebook
Tweeters have been organising their thoughts using hashtags for years. Now Mark Zuckerberg wants to bring them to his social networking site
Twitter fiction: Philippa Gregory
The novelist takes up our Twitter-based challenge to come up with a story in 140 characters or fewer
Benjamin Lee: I didn’t expect the real Michael Haneke to be a goofball
Benjamin Lee: The writer of the spoof Twitter account about the notoriously chilly film-maker shares his view of the 'charming' man seen in a new documentary – and on being right about the stinky cat
Why Beppe Grillo won in Italy: it wasn’t because of social media
Serena Danna: Grillo is no social media pioneer. His blog broadcasts his message, but the key point is that Italy is tired of its ruling class
Twitter fiction: Niall Griffiths
The writer takes up our Twitter-based challenge to come up with a story in 140 characters or fewer
Climate sceptics ‘capture’ the Bloggies’ science category
Leo Hickman: Founder of the Bloggies admits that climate sceptic bloggers have pushed out 'legitimate' science blogs from his awards
How Beppe Grillo’s social media politics took Italy by storm
Jamie Bartlett: Grillo's Five Star Movement won 25% of the votes in Italy's election through mixing new technology with old-style activism
Twitter fiction: Chris Cleave
The journalist and novelist takes up our Twitter-based challenge to come up with a story in 140 characters or fewer