Tony Hall: BBC must fight US tech firms to protect British values

Director general to warn of threat to social unity amid rising dominance of ‘west coast giants’

Has dopamine got us hooked on tech?

Silicon Valley is keen to exploit the brain chemical credited with keeping us tapping on apps and social media

As the internet giants run amok, a visionary critic calls for governments and citizens to tackle a crisis of historic proportions

Commission says internet companies also including YouTube and Twitter need to show progress on issue or face legislation

Investigation uncovers no coordinated Russian-linked activity in addition to the 71p of ad spend reported in December

New role created after fears about questionable content, following Unilever’s public stand against ‘fake news, racism, sexism and hate’

As YouTube and Facebook remove videos calling shooting survivors ‘actors’, some say it’s given false claims more power

A diss from Kylie Jenner, an ‘annoying’ redesign, competition from Facebook and Musical.ly … why does Snapchat keep getting it wrong?

In light of the Florida massacre, the company expresses ‘regret’ over its decision to bring the game to CPAC

Rapid technological changes are at last being reflected in a shift in attitudes to funding public interest journalism

Lure of video-sharing site’s 1.3bn users finally has club ready to play catchup with football rivals

Social network instructed to delete illegally collected data or face €100m in fines after it loses case over consent and tracking

This year more than 3 million under-25s in the UK and US are expected to leave the site