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#BreakUpBigTech: Elizabeth Warren says Facebook just proved her point

The platform briefly blocked some of Warren’s ads attacking it. Her response: ‘Curious why I think FB has too much power?’

Authorities can do nothing about pro-coal ads linked to Glencore campaign

Australian Electoral Commission unable to take further action as Facebook page carried an authorisation

Social media polarises and radicalises – and MPs aren’t immune to its effects

Politicians in closed Facebook or WhatsApp groups become more extreme in their views. They need to recognise this, says Charles Arthur, author of Cyber Wars: Hacks That Shocked the Business World

‘A cop on the beat’: Elizabeth Warren defends plan to break up tech giants

In echo of 2020 attacks from Trump, Massachusetts senator faces question about being ‘labeled as a socialist’

How Instagram became the politicians’ playground

Free from viral abuse, Instagram has become our MPs’ preferred platform to show off their human side

Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook mission statements hide his real aim

Social media founders proclaim their idealism, like modern day messiahs. Yet all they want is global market domination

Elizabeth Warren is right – we must break up Facebook, Google and Amazon

The titans of the new Gilded Age must be busted and the idea has bipartisan support. It’s time big tech was brought to heel

The EU’s plan to rein in Facebook and Google will do exactly the opposite

The proposed shake-up to copyright law will only entrench the dominance of tech giants. There are other, better ways, says Carlos Fernandes

Elizabeth Warren vows to break up Amazon, Facebook and Google if elected president

Democratic candidate would rein in influence of tech giants and impose sweeping regulation on Silicon Valley

Facebook to ban anti-vaxx ads in new push against ‘vaccine hoaxes’

Move comes as social media faces growing scrutiny over its role in promoting anti-vaccine propaganda

Facebook takes down fake account network used to spread hate in UK

More than 100 false accounts posed as far-right and leftwing activists to sow division, says company

Mark Zuckerberg’s privacy blogpost: what he did and didn’t say

The Facebook founder talks about his company’s new focus, but what does it all mean?

Is there a way to use Facebook without giving up my privacy?

Eira wants to join because she is missing out on things, but doesn’t want to build a profile

Zuckerberg says Facebook is pivoting to privacy after year of controversies

The Facebook CEO says integrating messaging apps will help protect users’ privacy, but experts disagree

Facebook criticised after women complain of inaction over abuse

Amnesty says social media firm must do more to support users who report harassment

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  • ‘Tech firms are losing the public’: social media age bans near tipping point
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  • Two prime ministerial resignations, 10 years apart: ‘Brexit represents a kind of faultline in British history’
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  • ‘Enforcement mode’: Australia must take fight to tech giants to make social media ban stick, experts warn
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