Instagram users will be able to buy from brands on platform
‘Checkout on Instagram’ is new e-commerce service available to US customers
Facebook, Google, Twitter: they’d still be dreadful without the fascists
But are they doing enough to stop the spread of white supremacy?
Online hate threatens us all. Platforms can and must do more to eradicate it
As a software engineer, I know extremist content can be curbed, says Dan Hett, co-founder of Survivors Against Terror
Mark Zuckerberg, four days on, your silence on Christchurch is deafening
In New Zealand we’re waiting to see if the all-powerful Facebook boss means what he says about ‘moral responsibility’
The Internet’s Dirtiest Secrets review – the human toll of detoxifying social media
A masterful edition of Storyville exposed the awful plight of the moderators tasked with purging tech platforms of violent and sexually abusive images
Facebook cracks down on discriminatory ads after years of backlash
ACLU hails ‘sweeping changes’ after company criticized over ad targeting based on race, gender and age
Social media addiction is not natural or normal – but is it really a disease?
We should be focusing on living with Facebook et al, rather then abandoning, restricting or censoring it, says technology writer Roisin Kiberd
Facebook and YouTube defend response to Christchurch videos
YouTube says spread of videos of attack was ‘unprecedented in scale and speed’
‘A perfect platform’: internet’s abyss becomes a far-right breeding ground
After Christchurch, many are asking what role the ‘darkest reaches of the internet’ play in radicalisation
Academic at centre of Cambridge Analytica scandal sues Facebook
Tech company’s attempts to pin blame on Aleksandr Kogan are defamatory, says lawyer
Facebook’s privacy meltdown after Cambridge Analytica is far from over
There was evidence as early as 2011 that Facebook had acquired data on millions of users, but it took the Cambridge Analytica scandal to give the privacy meltdown story a villian
The Cambridge Analytica scandal changed the world – but it didn’t change Facebook
A year after devastating revelations of data misuse, Mark Zuckerberg still hasn’t fulfilled his promises to reform
Social media addiction should be seen as a disease, MPs say
UK report suggests sites such as Facebook and Instagram could be harming mental health
BBC chair: UK media regulation is no longer fit for modern age
David Clementi to argue against limiting time iPlayer can make shows available for
Facebook removed 1.5m videos of New Zealand terror attack in first 24 hours
Site says it will remove any clip featuring gunman’s footage even if that would not normally break its rules