How Cambridge Analytica turned Facebook ‘likes’ into a lucrative political tool

The algorithm used in the Facebook data breach trawled though personal data for information on sexual orientation, race, gender – and even intelligence and childhood trauma

Facebook apologises for search suggestions of child abuse videos

Searches starting ‘video of’ returned autocomplete suggestions of sexual videos and child abuse content

‘They’ll squash you like a bug’: how Silicon Valley keeps a lid on leakers

Working for a tech company may sound like all fun and ping-pong, but behind the facade is a ruthless code of secrecy – and retribution for those who break it

Meet the tech evangelist who now fears for our mental health

Belinda Parmar was a passionate advocate of the digital revolution – but has started keeping her family’s smartphones and laptops locked away to protect her loved ones. Is she right to be so worried?

WhatsApp sharing user data with Facebook would be illegal, rules ICO

Data protection watchdog forces firm to sign an undertaking declaring it will not share user data with parent company before GDPR

Sri Lanka accuses Facebook over hate speech after deadly riots

Social network blamed for contributing to anti-Muslim riots that left three people dead

Facebook bans Britain First and its leaders

Social network bans far-right party’s page, saying ‘political views should be expressed without hate’

I downloaded all my Facebook data – here’s what I learned

After 11 years my account was a mausoleum of old photos. But requesting my archive proved a wakeup call about what other intel the company had on me

Sadiq Khan reads out racist tweets in call for tighter tech regulation

London mayor tells SXSW event that online abuse puts BAME people off political careers

Tim Berners-Lee: we must regulate tech firms to prevent ‘weaponised’ web

The inventor of the world wide web warns over concentration of power among a few companies ‘controlling which ideas are shared’

Labour suspends party members in ‘antisemitic’ Facebook group

Jeremy Corbyn was active in closed group Palestine Live but says he did not see offensive posts and left in 2015

Is Facebook killing online comedy?

Job cuts at Funny or Die suggest making money from comedy videos is harder than ever – and some blame the social-media titan. But a new wave of creators are finding ways to thrive

Social networks may have to reveal how they target users with ads

Information commissioner calls for more transparency over how individuals’ data is used for political ends

How a Tory MP’s tweeted apology proves Labour is still winning at social media

Ben Bradley’s apology to Jeremy Corbyn was retweeted 55,000 times. Does this mean social media is the future of political recourse?

Facebook asks users: should we allow men to ask children for sexual images?

Social network admits survey asking whether it should permit adults to ask 14-year-old girl for sexual pictures was a mistake