The Bodyguard sets record as BBC’s most popular box set Drama’s 35m iPlayer requests tops Killing Eve and Taboo to become biggest streaming hit
Brazil battles fake news ‘tsunami’ amid polarized presidential election Electoral court orders Facebook to remove links to 33 fake news stories targeting Fernando Haddad’s vice-presidential candidate
Coalition calls on Google and Facebook to get on side with encryption bill Peter Dutton says the internet giants have a responsibility to help combat organised crime
Facebook Portal smart screen to launch amid concerns over privacy Company reveals details about voice-controlled device, which was delayed after data breach
Facebook’s UK tax bill rises to £15.8m – but it is still just 1% of sales Margaret Hodge MP says it is ‘outrageous’ how little tax the company pays in Britain
Facebook’s security is so bad it’s surprising Zuckerberg hasn’t deleted his account Facebook missed serious holes in their security system. Their incompetence warrants outrage
#BeingMicronesian: online hatred spurs positive fightback When Sha Ongelungel saw yet another derogatory post directed at Micronesians, she decided enough was enough
Viral publisher Unilad blames arch-rival LadBible for collapse LadBible’s purchase of Unilad’s debt prompts accusations rival is driving Unilad out of business
Fat Bear Week: Alaska’s brown bears face off in battle of the plumpest It’s up to the public to crown the fattest bear before their hibernation – does that mean most rolls? Neck flab? You decide!
Unilad: Facebook viral publisher goes into administration Hundreds of jobs at risk with parent company owing £6m and administration looming
Facebook faces $1.6bn fine and formal investigation over massive data breach Irish data regulator could penalize the social network after hack of nearly 50m accounts
Google and Facebook join rights groups to fight Australia’s encryption bill Unusual alliance calls on government to ‘slow down’ and listen to ‘legitimate concerns’
Huge Facebook breach leaves thousands of other apps vulnerable The breach that compromised 50m accounts took advantage of ‘tokens’, a system used by third-party platforms such as Spotify and Pinterest
Could this EU crackdown on fake news be a gamechanger? The new EU code of practice on disinformation indicates progress has been made, says Paul Chadwick, the Guardian’s readers’ editor
Should anonymous social media accounts be banned? There are growing calls for an end to people being able to hide their identity online. But is this a threat to free speech? Labour MP Jess Phillips and tech author Jamie Bartlett swap ideas