Is Facebook a publisher? In public it says no, but in court it says yes In its defense against a former app startup, Facebook is contradicting its long-held claim to be simply a neutral platform
Facebook reveals it gave 61 companies access to widely blocked user data Company tells Congress it provided Nike, Spotify, a dating app and other services with special rights to information
US cities and states give big tech $9.3bn in subsidies in five years Apple, Amazon, Facebook, Google and Foxconn among companies taking increasingly large tax breaks in return for the promise of jobs
Faang-tastic five: can US tech giants continue their stellar rise? Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix and Google have dodged impact of trade war
Lite fantastic: why slimmed-down phone apps are the fast way forward Over-complicated, storage-filling apps can slow us down. Instragram Lite is the latest brand to shed unwanted features and help us work better
Facebook patents system that can use your phone’s mic to monitor TV habits System would allow Facebook to identify what adults and children are watching based on ambient noise
Facebook scraps plans to build drone to deliver internet access Facebook will not build its own aircraft due to aerospace companies’ competition
Labour MP calls for takedown law to tackle extremism online Firms could be required to remove extremist material within 24 hours of a complaint
UK democracy under threat and need for reform is urgent, says regulator Electoral Commission asks government to change law after series of online political campaign scandals
Anti-Social Media: How Facebook Disconnects Us and Undermines Democracy by Siva Vaidhyanathan – review An excellent critique of the social media giant underlines the threat it poses to us all – and suggests how it can be tamed
Facebook’s Grow magazine – for the business leader who wants to be cool as well as rich The semi-evil social network has launched its latest venture, a lifestyle magazine for the elite. Just don’t call it a publisher ...
Facebook creates Orwellian headache as news is labelled politics Archive of political content becomes battleground between publishers and platforms
‘Google and Facebook won’: old guard of advertising under threat in Cannes Internet giants’ growing control of ad spend brought a sense of change to Cannes Lions festival
‘Facebook is taking everything’: rising rents drive out Silicon Valley families Property companies advertising their proximity to Facebook’s campus are giving low-income residents a choice: pay a huge rent increase or move out
Facebook campaign to help separated children seeks $1,500 but gets $7.5m Texas-based campaign to provide legal advice to families becomes Facebook’s largest ever single fundraiser