Npower reviews News of the World advertising amid phone-hacking row News International newspaper faces angry backlash amid growing campaign for advertising and reader boycott
Hacking of Fox News claimed by group with links to Anonymous Group loosely connected to hacker collective says it took control of Twitter feed to claim President Obama assassinated. By Charles Arthur
US Federal Trade Commission reportedly investigates Twitter Recently the company has clashed with developers as it has bought or built its own services
Google+ ‘blocked in China’ Great Firewall of China website shows users are unable to access any location within google.com. By Charles Arthur
Blogging from Bangladesh – more poverty tourism? Rowan Davies: Sending bloggers to developing countries is well meaning, but without a completion strategy risks being just groovy PR
Zane Lowe reaction to Beyoncé at Glastonbury causes Twitter storm Media Monkey: Zane Lowe's on-air outburst of laughter and admission he went to watch Queens of the Stone Age instead of Beyoncé riles Twitter users
Gay Girl in Damascus hoaxer accused of defending himself with new persona Tom MacMaster says complimentary anonymous commenter in online forum using same IP address was friend who was visiting
The Social Network’s Aaron Sorkin quits Facebook Writer of Oscar-winning drama is no longer a friend to Mark Zuckerberg's creation due to 'opinions on social media'
Who controls Laura Kuenssberg’s Twitter account? Jemima Kiss: The political reporter's move from the BBC to ITV highlights the problems around blending personal and professional tweeting
Facebook and Twitter are doing nicely, thank you. They don’t need free plugs from us The giants of the web are not public utilities but businesses focused on making money for their shareholders, says John Naughton
Online identity: Can we really be whoever we want to be? One of the net's original evangelists says that our experience of the web is changing our identity both on and offline, writes Aleks Krotoski
June’s best new music from across the MAP More sounds from around the world in June's edition of the Music Alliance Pact
Lessons learned from A Gay Girl in Damascus Robert McCrum: It was a travesty, but the fuss surrounding the fictional lesbian blogger has at least highlighted human rights issues in Syria
In defence of anonymity, despite ‘Gay girl in Damascus’ Dan Gillmor: After the 'Amina' fiasco, the media need more safeguards. But let's ask: whose interests are served by outlawing anonymity?
Outrage in US as ‘lesbian’ bloggers revealed to be men Male editor, who posted as a woman, of LezGetReal website claims he was acting in the interests of the gay community