Cambridge Analytica-linked academic spurns idea Facebook swayed election Aleksandr Kogan, who harvested Facebook profiles, dismisses idea as ‘science fiction’ during Senate hearing
‘Tone deaf!’: state department offers poorly-timed tips on traveling with kids Amid outrage over family separations, state department hosted #FamilyTravelHacks on Facebook Live
Facebook and Twitter: we can do more to protect disabled people MPs question social media giants following criticism from Katie Price over abuse of son
Could this be the end of Facebook controlling news? Two reports show signs of a shift in the wake of electoral and data misuse scandals
No, Facebook, I won’t be back. I’ve seen the dangers of habitual sharing Emerging from the grey brain-state felt like a restoration of the natural order where memories are allowed to fade, says Guardian columnist Emma Brockes
‘Login with Snapchat’ takes cold war with Facebook to next level Features for synching with other apps is most aggressive move yet to capitalise on Facebook’s problems
Apple strikes blow to Facebook as it clamps down on data harvesting Rules appear to target services like Onavo Protect, which claims to protect user data even as it feeds information to Facebook
WhatsApp increasingly popular for sharing news Reuters Institute report found that use of WhatsApp for news has almost tripled since 2014
Graduation selfies could lead to degree fraud, say experts Degree anti-fraud agency Hedd warns graduates not to take pictures of certificates
Apple inches closer to $1tn mark as Wall Street tech panic dissipates Tech’s stock market dominance is no longer a Wall Street fear as Apple is close to becoming first company valued at $1tn
EU tech czar Margrethe Vestager: ‘Social media could deactivate democracy’ Competition regulator eschews a personal Facebook account ‘to give her children free space’
Facebook advertises for ‘fake news’ fact checkers Firm changes initial ad for ‘news credibility specialists’ to ‘news publisher specialists’
Facebook apologizes for privacy glitch that affected up to 14 million users Company says it will notify users affected by bug that led to posts being published publicly that were intended to be private
Turnbull would ‘love to see’ Facebook’s Zuckerberg face Australian MPs Intelligence committee wants to know what data was shared with Chinese firms and why
Cambridge Analytica’s ‘victimised’ ex-chief lambasts liberal media Alexander Nix tells MPs ‘coordinated and effective attack’ led to firm’s downfall