Meet the people who still use Myspace: ‘It’s given me so much joy’
Once it was the biggest social network; now it’s a ghost town. But for a handful of hardcore users, Myspace remains essential
Australia drafts laws forcing Facebook and Google to reveal encrypted data
Security agencies would be given access to encrypted messaging apps under bid to ‘modernise’ laws
Apple escalates war against Facebook, but doesn’t mention it at WWDC
ITP2 anti-tracking and limiting Screen Time app clearly targeting Facebook and Instagram
The tech giants’ empire must fall – but they won’t go without a fight
A regulatory assault on the empire of Google, Amazon, Facebook and Apple seems inevitable – and impossible, says the Guardian staff columnist Rafael Behr
Political advertising online to be reformed, says UK data regulator
Twitter and Facebook told they will be held more responsible for the content they publish
Although we now live in a world of faked murders, the truth is still out there
Facts are a matter of life and death and lies increasingly difficult to discern. It is up to all of us to learn how to distinguish them
Teens are abandoning Facebook in dramatic numbers, study finds
Numbers using Facebook have dropped significantly since 2015, with YouTube, Instagram and Snapchat more popular
Angry Facebook shareholders challenge Zuckerberg over ‘corporate dictatorship’
At annual meeting, investors condemn CEO’s level of sway at the company, telling him: ‘Emulate Washington, not Putin’
Pop, passion and enemas: how online forums created a new musical culture
In the first of a new monthly essay series on music, we explore how messageboards became a meeting point for 00s music fans – and how, after being killed off by social media, they might rise again
Papua New Guinea bans Facebook for a month to root out ‘fake users’
Analysts will explore how fake news and pornography spreads, and assess whether country needs its own version of the platform
Facebook and Google targeted as first GDPR complaints filed
Users have been forced into agreeing new terms of service, says EU consumer rights body
Facebook launches disclaimers on political ads showing who bought them
After controversy over Russian ads targeting US election, company creates searchable archive of political advertising
Child campaigners to Zuckerberg: scrap Messenger Kids
Renewed call to drop Facebook’s under-13s chat app backed by 21,000-strong petition
Mail Online’s falling traffic blamed on Facebook’s newsfeed overhaul
Site loses nearly 10% of global audience after Facebook refocuses on ‘meaningful’ content
Facebook accused of conducting mass surveillance through its apps
Company gathered data from texts and photos of users and their friends, court case claims