Mark Zuckerberg sets toughest new year’s goal yet: fixing Facebook
CEO reveals this year’s ‘personal challenge’ as site faces relentless criticism over spreading of misinformation and damage to users’ mental health
Take it from the insiders: Silicon Valley is eating your soul
Former Google and Facebook executives are sounding the alarm about the pervasive power of tech, writes Guardian columnist John Harris
Can Facebook win its battle against election interference in 2018?
Claims of Russian meddling dominated 2017. The US midterm elections will be first big test of Facebook’s effort to stamp it out
Safety Check: is Facebook becoming fear’s administrator-in-chief?
This year, Facebook turned on its notification function for attacks in London and Las Vegas, Stockholm and St Petersburg. But do we feel more secure?
The Guardian view on capitalism without capital
An idea whose time has come: Over the holiday season the Guardian is examining themes that have emerged to give shape to 2018. Today we look at intangible economies
The top US tech stories of 2017: the utopian dream comes to an end
Scandal at Uber, the backlash against Facebook, smartphone addiction: west coast editor Merope Mills shares the Guardian stories that captured the mood
Who’s doing Google and Facebook’s dirty work?
If the tech giants are the landowners of cyberspace, we’re the tenant farmers. And it involves a lot of muck…
Tech’s terrible year: how the world turned on Silicon Valley in 2017
From the #DeleteUber campaign to fake news, the industry found itself in the crosshairs this year – and it was a long time coming, experts say
New Facebook tool tells users if they’ve liked or followed Russia’s ‘troll army’
Tool allows users to see if they have engaged with Russian propaganda entity the Internet Research Agency, but won’t reach millions already exposed to fake news
Facebook use of third-party apps ‘violates data protection principles’
German watchdog accuses site of merging data from WhatsApp and Instagram into users’ Facebook accounts
France orders WhatsApp to stop sharing user data with Facebook without consent
Messaging app has one month to comply or it will face sanctions for sharing user phone numbers and usage data for ‘business intelligence’ purposes
Welcome to Techapella, where top firms trade hashtags for harmonies
Facebook’s Vocal Network, Twitter’s Songbirds and Google’s Googapella showcase their offscreen abilities in San Francisco concert
Facebook admits it poses mental health risk – but says using site more can help
Company acknowledges ‘passive’ consumption of material can make people ‘feel worse’ but argues more engagement could improve wellbeing
The new cold war: how our focus on Russia obscures social media’s real threat
We should welcome politicians’ growing skepticism about Silicon Valley – but not if it means authoritarian interventions into our digital lives
Facebook criticised for response to questions on Russia and Brexit
Chair of Commons committee says firm has not answered questions put to Mark Zuckerberg about ‘troll army’ activity