Facebook allowed advertisers to target ‘Jew haters’
Embarrassing discovery that Facebook let advertisers target users interested in antisemitic topics comes as the social network’s ad practices are under scrutiny
Cambodia’s YouTube provocateur: ‘Is a woman’s value measured by virginity?’
From menstruation to masturbation, no topic is off limits for a candid online activist who has established a big following in culturally conservative Cambodia
Facebook claims it can reach more young people than exist in UK, US and other countries
Social media company’s advertising data doesn’t tally with census data for millennial and other demographics to the tune of millions of people
Facebook says likely Russia-based group paid for political ads during US election
Findings support conclusions that Russia was active in shaping the US election, though company says it found no links to any presidential campaign
Apple, Facebook and Microsoft lead fightback against Trump over Daca
Microsoft promises legal support for any employee facing deportation, while Facebook and Apple issued statements criticising decision to end migrant program
Why this woman strikes fear into the net’s big boys
US senator Claire McCaskill’s bid to clarify the act that gives internet firms a get out of jail card over content published on their sites has alarmed Silicon Valley
Forget Wall Street – Silicon Valley is the new political power in Washington
It used to be banks, but now it is tech giants that dominate the US lobbying industry. Can money buy them what they want: less competition, less tax ... and more data?
Can Facebook take on Netflix with its first season of original shows?
The launch of the social network’s new streaming service, Watch, sees a range of offerings – but the strategy to focus on reality TV might limit long term success
‘We love the Dreamers’: Trump close to decision on future of Obama program
The president to make a decision on Daca, as Mark Zuckerberg, Sheryl Sandberg and Tim Cook among tech leaders urging him not to end the program
You can’t block Mark Zuckerberg or Priscilla Chan as too many already have
On Facebook, the only member of the immediate Zuckerberg family you can block is Beast, their dog – plus Mark’s sister Randi
The far right is losing its ability to speak freely online. Should the left defend it?
Free speech was the left’s rally cry. But the fate of the Daily Stormer, a hate site ‘kicked off the internet’, signals the increasing irrelevance of the first amendment
UK TV industry risks losing £1bn a year to Amazon, YouTube and Facebook
Traditional broadcasters such as the BBC, ITV and Sky could follow other industries in losing out to digital ‘middlemen’, says report
Facebook removes posts made by people smugglers aiming to lure migrants
Social media content painting a positive picture of risky Mediterranean sea crossings is removed after Guardian highlights nature of material
#Hashtag10: the best hashtag fails in a decade
The ‘funny little hack’ started a decade ago with #barcamp, and now 125m of them are shared daily on Twitter alone – but not without a few misfires
Mark Zuckerberg on Charlottesville: Facebook will remove violent threats
CEO says Facebook is ‘watching closely’ and will ‘take down threats of physical harm’, joining raft of tech companies purging white nationalists and neo-Nazis