This column will change your life: With friends like these…
We all know not to judge a book by its cover, so why do we take people we 'meet' on social networking sites at face value, wonders Oliver Burkeman
Noises off: Michael Billington gets the animation treatment
Chris Wilkinson: Theatre bloggers report a new website allowing users to input dialogue and generate virtual drama – and some videos can't resist focusing on the industry itself
Cameron was ‘pimping himself out’ for World Cup bid, says Miliband aide
Twitter update from Labour leader's spokeswoman accuses prime minister of 'hypocrisy' for going on three-day Zurich trip
Ed Miliband’s spokeswoman apologises for Cameron ‘pimping’ tweet
Labour leader's spokeswoman apologises for Twitter comment accusing prime minister of 'pimping himself out in Zurich'
Twitter ‘did not suppress student protesters’ accounts’
• Social networking site rejects interference claims as 'absurd'• Twitter users say accounts were unavailable during protests
Celebrities take a vow of Twitter silence
Lady Gaga, Usher and friends are exercising cyber-restraint to raise money for World Aids Day
The outing of a fake sex blogger
Monica Shores: Sex workers knew Alexa Di Carlo was a faux creation, but the stigma attached to their profession meant no one believed them
Why Indonesians are all a-Twitter
How can a country where millions of people are so poor they've never even used a computer be the world's biggest user of Twitter?
Alan Rusbridger: Why Twitter matters for media organisations
In an extract from his Andrew Olle lecture, the Guardian editor-in-chief sets out 15 things Twitter does effectively
November’s best new music from across the MAP
It's the coalition that gives! Here's more free music from across the globe with the latest instalment of the Music Alliance Pact
Tory councillor arrested over Alibhai-Brown ‘stoning’ tweet
• Gareth Compton of Birmingham council bailed after questioning• Councillor 'suspended indefinitely' from Conservative party
Twitter ‘stoning’ jibe from Conservative councillor to be reported to police
Yasmin Alibhai-Brown regards Gareth Compton's remarks as racially motivated and incitement to murder
Twitter: The great pretenders
From the Chilean miners to Princess Diana, many of Twitter's most successful accounts are spoofs. We unmask the imposters
Stephen Fry forced to remove Harry Potter photographs from Twitter
A bad week turns worse for the veteran actor and entertainer as Warner Bros orders him to take down behind-the-scenes shots
Listen (and read this blog) very carefully: the internet is not the enemy
Jonathan Jones: The internet is not killing me or my attention span. It's the message that matters, not the medium