Facebook apologises for storing draft videos users thought they had deleted
Facebook says ‘bug’ resulted in videos being kept, while CEO Mark Zuckerberg hits back at Apple chief Tim Cook’s ‘extremely glib’ attack
A radical proposal to keep your personal data safe
The surveillance imposed on us today is worse than in the Soviet Union, says president of the Free Software Foundation, Richard Stallman
Revealed: Facebook hate speech exploded in Myanmar during Rohingya crisis
Analyst says: ‘I really don’t know how Zuckerberg and co sleep at night’ after evidence emerges of a spike in posts inciting violence
Social media ad spend to overtake TV’s in spite of Facebook woes
Cambridge Analytica scandal unlikely to diminish sector’s dominance, says eMarketer
Civil liberties groups pressure tech companies to take ‘security pledge’
Groups including the ACLU, Color of Change and Fight for the Future launched a campaign asking tech companies to protect users’ rights
Australians ignorant about social media data, ACCC chief warns
Rod Sims says Cambridge Analytica revelations are ‘very relevant’ to competition watchdog’s inquiry into impact of tech giants on media
Trouble for big tech as consumers sour on Amazon, Facebook and co
Trump is after Amazon, Congress is after Facebook, and Apple and Google have their problems too. Should the world’s top tech firms be worried?
You’ve decided to delete Facebook but what will you replace it with?
After the Cambridge Analytica data-breach row many users are looking to switch their social media accounts. What sites and apps could prove an option?
Internal posts show Facebook workers condemning leakers and fearing ‘spies’
After revelation of controversial memo by senior executive, leaked posts show staff decrying disloyalty at company
Are you ready? Here is all the data Facebook and Google have on you
The harvesting of our personal details goes far beyond what many of us could imagine. So I braced myself and had a look
Facebook VP wrote site’s actions were ‘de facto good’ – even if they led to deaths
Zuckerberg says he disagrees with 2016 memo, which acknowledged site could cost lives or play role in terror attacks
Facebook offers plan to tackle fake news ahead of US midterms
With 2018 elections on horizon Facebook is trying to get ahead of misinformation, but won’t say whether it supports ad regulation
Apple launches iOS 11.3 with raft of privacy features
Sensing opportunity – and GDPR – the Silicon Valley company launches major data protection push across devices
Facebook logged SMS texts and phone calls without explicitly notifying users
Users complain of phone and SMS data collected by the company despite never having agreed to practice
Facebook to stop allowing data brokers such as Experian to target users
Company to shut down Partner Categories feature to ‘improve people’s privacy’ but analysts question potential impact of change