Facebook urged to step up fake news fight before UK election
Select committee chairman Damian Collins says site does not act quickly enough and fake news could pose threat to ‘the integrity of democracy’
Live and death: Facebook sorely needs a reality check about video
Facebook Live was meant to be part of the social network’s optimistic vision. But in the wake of two violent crimes, its response has been woefully inadequate
From Wikitribune to StopFake: the battle against fake news
Jimmy Wales has launched a new site and Google is changing its algorithm – but they’re not the only ones offering innovative solutions to combat fake news online
Facebook under pressure after man livestreams killing of his daughter
Distressing footage of murder of 11-month old in Thailand was accessible to Facebook users for approximately 24 hours before being taken down
How Facebook became a home to psychopaths
The man who shot dead an innocent 74-year-old, then posted his confession on Facebook Live, points up a worrying trend on social media
Facebook has 60 people working on how to read your mind
Social network says it’s assembled a team to build technology that allows you to ‘think’ commands at your smartphone. But what if you think that’s scary?
Eight visions of Facebook’s future from its F8 conference
Mark Zuckerberg’s social network is betting big on augmented reality, hasn’t given up on VR – but doesn’t have much to say about the ‘Facebook killer’
Facebook’s key to building communities in divided times: augmented reality
Mark Zuckerberg at the F8 conference hinted that AR encourages people to interact with others – although that experience is still mediated by a screen
Netflix’s biggest competitor? Sleep
Uber v self-driving cars, Facebook v video games. Some of the tech industry’s biggest rivalries are not what you would expect
Facebook purges tens of thousands of fake accounts to combat spam ring
Global crackdown on ‘inauthentic likes and comments’ launched on Friday targeting a single operation
Facebook killing video puts moderation policies under the microscope, again
Question of the social network’s role in amplifying crime has intensified after it took several hours to remove a brutal video seen millions of times
Move Fast and Break Things review – Google, Facebook and Amazon exposed
Jonathan Taplin reveals how three companies subverted the internet’s utopian ideals
Sheryl Sandberg: ‘Everyone looked at me like I was a ghost’
As Facebook’s chief operating officer, she is one of the most powerful women in the world. How did she cope with the sudden death of her husband?
The Bernie Sanders Show is interactive TV talk for the era of Facebook activism
The Vermont senator’s atypical online show, which is broadcast on social media and will soon tour the US to highlight big issues, is attracting a sizeable fanbase
Apple launches Clips as it bids for a slice of the Snapchat action
App enables creative camera tomfoolery that Snapchat does so well, but without attached social network