Facebook is trying to tackle fake news, but what should we do?
Frontline Club panel discuss the problem of ‘alternative facts’ and concede that social media is not the only organisation publishing falsehoods
Post-truth politics will be debunked by online facts
Donald Trump’s lies are part of a long tradition of political mendacity that holds far fewer fears in the age of digital media
Panel debate on what can, or should, be done about fake news
Frontline Club hosts discussion about the phenomenon that has exposed sharp differences between mainstream media and social media
Is Facebook Live dead and buried?
Less than a year after Mark Zuckerberg paid millions to media companies to promote online live video coverage, the Facebook founder is changing tack
The reality of rape is still clouded in myth
Findings by the Fawcett Society show a woeful ignorance of the facts surrounding sexual assault
Gove’s ‘snowflake’ tweet is symptomatic of the nastiness that’s ruining politics
Twitter storms, online spats and insults are making it impossible to talk to one another and reach the compromises on which public life depends
Ohio mother who taped son to wall on Facebook Live faces charges
Police say child is in custody after the woman live-streamed the two-year-old taped to a wall and said ‘now sit still’
Russia threatens retaliation over Facebook ‘censorship’ of RT
Government-backed network was temporarily banned from posting images, videos or live streams for about 20 hours, possibly over a copyright issue
In the post-truth era Sweden’s far right fake fact checker was inevitable
A Swedish Facebook group called Mediekollen promises to debunk false information on the web. The twist? Mediekollen is faking its facts
Civil rights groups urge Facebook to fix ‘racially biased’ moderation system
A coalition of more than 70 social and racial justice organizations urged Facebook to adopt reforms that would better target abusive content and harassment
Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg testifies in Oculus Rift lawsuit
Speaking for the company, which is accused of stealing code from Id Software, Zuckerberg said: ‘It’s common that people claim they own some part of the deal’
Dissidents disappointed but not surprised by WhatsApp security trade-off
Many activists say they were already wary of trusting Facebook-owned app’s promise of total privacy
Self-segregation: how a personalized world is dividing Americans
Most people aren’t looking to self-segregate, but they do it anyway in an age of military privatization and social media on college campuses
Should I be worried about WhatsApp security?
Why is there a trade-off in WhatsApp between security and usability, what is the Signal protocol, what does it mean for my privacy and are there any alternatives?
WhatsApp design feature means some encrypted messages could be read by third party
Trade-off between security and usability unlikely to permit systematic surveillance, experts say