Why has Facebook coined their new cryptocurrency Libra? Cryptocurrency is a new word with ancient roots – and Libra is just the latest to enter the digital money market
Adult performers picket Instagram HQ over company’s nude photo rules Artists, activists and models join in condemning confusing guidelines leading to account suspensions
Alarming and unnecessary: Facebook’s new cryptocurrency must be resisted The tech giant has big ambitions for ‘Libra’. Privacy and regulation are just the start of the problems, says Charles Arthur, a former Guardian technology editor
Facebook cryptocurrency: dawn of the corporation-government If it gets the green light from regulators, Facebook is on its way to creating its own currency – a prospect that should alarm us
Is Facebook’s Libra currency a case of corporate megalomania? The planned cryptocurrency has big questions to answer, not least on transparency and trust
What is Libra? All you need to know about Facebook’s new cryptocurrency Facebook claims it wants to reach people without access to a bank account, and that Libra is the best way
Libra: Facebook launches cryptocurrency in bid to shake up global finance Digital currency will let billions of users make transactions, but is already facing opposition from US lawmakers amid privacy concerns
Facebook’s Libra launch will extend its global domination Cryptocurrency could wipe out many businesses and further concentrate corporate power
Crypto is coming: get ready to spend Facebook’s money The social network is likely to release details of its cryptocurrency this week: and it won’t be much like Bitcoin
How Silicon Valley’s whiz-kids finally ran out of friends The tech founders said they were not like the evil capitalists of old. We should have known better
Let’s get real before deepfake videos corrupt our democracy As Mark Zuckerberg has discovered, you can make anyone say anything, says Guardian columnist Hannah Jane Parkinson
Facebook emails seem to show Zuckerberg knew of privacy issues, report claims Firm has uncovered emails that appear to show chief executive’s connection to potentially problematic practices, WSJ reports
Doctored video of sinister Mark Zuckerberg puts Facebook to the test Last month Facebook declined to remove a manipulated video of Nancy Pelosi even after it was viewed millions of times
Google made $4.7bn from news sites in 2018, study claims According to report by the News Media Alliance, revenue was almost as much as that of the entire online news industry
Huawei security threat derives from its sheer scale, says analysis Cybersecurity report warns Chinese tech firm’s breadth exposes customers to risk