Australia’s trust in media at record low as ‘fake news’ fears grow, survey finds
Edelman Trust Barometer shows people are far more willing to trust traditional news media than Facebook and Twitter
Fake news sharing in US is a rightwing thing, says study
University of Oxford project finds Trump supporters consume largest volume of ‘junk news’ on Facebook and Twitter
Former Facebook and Google workers launch campaign to fight tech addiction
Campaign to highlights potential harm of digital platforms and social media on young people, alongside a call to regulate tech companies
Claws out: how Black Panther fought off a toxic Ghostbusters-style online campaign
The pushback against an attempt to lower the superhero movie’s score on Rotten Tomatoes has show that culture war’s latest battleground is still raging
Facebook posts $4.3bn profit as Zuckerberg laments ‘hard year’
Zuckerberg says company to focus on ‘meaningful connections’ as profit in final three months of last year climbs on $12.7bn revenues
Facebook enables ‘fake news’ by reliance on digital advertising – report
Paper co-written by former company exec recommends switching news feed back to chronological listing
Facebook bans cryptocurrency adverts because so many are scams
Social network blocks initial coin offering ads as they are ‘frequently associated with misleading or deceptive promotional practices’
Child development experts urge Facebook to pull Messenger Kids app
Open letter signed by more than 100 advocates warns of dangers social media poses to under 13s and asks Mark Zuckerberg to halt app
The big tech backlash
Tech giants are drawing political fire over fake news and Russian meddling
Denmark split as row over teenage Facebook sex video widens
Move to prosecute 1,000 people who shared explicit footage three years ago sparks online debate
May calls again for tech firms to act on encrypted messaging
Focus shifts to smaller platforms that can ‘quickly become home to criminals and terrorists’
May calls on social media giants to do more to tackle terrorism
Prime minister to ask shareholders to pressure firms such as Twitter and Facebook
Facebook should be ‘regulated like cigarette industry’, says tech CEO
Salesforce chief Marc Benioff is latest tech insider to raise alarm over social media’s effect on society with comments at Davos
Facebook to roll out new tools in response to EU privacy laws
COO Sheryl Sandberg also reiterates company’s promise to add 10,000 safety and security personnel, tackle fake news and end abuse
Rupert Murdoch tells Facebook: pay ‘trusted’ publishers for their content
Amid policy changes at social network, media mogul criticizes it for failing to ‘adequately reward’ publishers that add value and integrity