California man runs for governor to test Facebook rules on lying
Adriel Hampton plans to run false commercials in protest at policy of letting politicians lie
EU disputes Facebook’s claims of progress against fake accounts
Commissioner says ‘still some way to go’ in battle against disinformation on social media
Facebook employees ‘strongly object’ to policy allowing false claims in political ads
A letter to Mark Zuckerberg says the exemption is “a threat to what FB stands for” and called for the same standards as other adverts
The right’s use of trolling is so predictable, why do we keep falling for it?
Wilfully provocative posts by your political opponents are hard to resist. But don’t react, it only helps spread the message, says political activist and author Richard Seymour
What happened when Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez came face to face with Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg
The New York politician has exposed the firm’s shameless disregard for the truth
Facebook fact checkers did not know they could vet adverts
Many third-party contractors learned of new policy from Mark Zuckerberg’s testimony to Congress
Facebook pledged $1bn to help California’s housing crisis. Can’t they pay their taxes instead?
The goodwill offer will buy temporarily for the tech behemoth which has wreaked havoc on democracies across the world
Facebook isn’t going to influence the next election – until it does
The social media giant’s election policy is to ignore its own power and hope for the best, says Alex Hern, Guardian technology editor
UK queries Facebook decision to exempt political statements from fact-checking
Commons committee demands explanation ‘given constraints it will place on combatting disinformation’
Facebook discloses operations by Russia and Iran to meddle in 2020 election
The company confirmed it had dismantled the four accounts and announced initiatives to prevent foreign interference in US campaigns
Little by little, big tech’s veneer of invincibility is starting to crack
Facebook, Google, Apple and Amazon are rattled. And two women, one on each side of the Atlantic, are leading the way, says Guardian columnist John Harris
‘Too much power’: it’s Warren v Facebook in a key 2020 battle
The presidential hopeful and Mark Zuckerberg are facing off over big tech and its influence over our lives
Big tech, big profits? Amazon sales poised to leap 24%
Shares have risen fivefold in five years and despite the shadow over tech analysts bet Amazon is immune to a backlash
How the wheels came off Facebook’s Libra project
Support for Mark Zuckerberg’s mission to reshape global finance is slipping away slowly but surely
Frederick Douglass, MLK and Facebook: Zuckerberg has a bizarre take on history
The CEO argues essentially, that the arc of the moral universe is long, but as long as people have a voice (on Facebook) it bends toward justice