Facebook unveils measures to promote stronger ties with news industry
The Facebook Journalism Project comes after company accused of failing to tackle misinformation and at a time when newsrooms are cutting costs
WhatsApp, Facebook and Google face tough new privacy rules under EC proposal
European ePrivacy directive revision looks to protect communication confidentiality, block nonconsensual tracking and lessen cookie warnings
How two congressmen created the internet’s biggest names
The cautionary tale of a well-intentioned clause that wound up allowing the likes of Facebook and Twitter to bestride the globe
Facebook lets rightwing site repost torture video after it was removed
Daily Caller repackaged footage, days after Facebook removed it for violating community standards, and asked users to share if they ‘think this is a hate crime’
Facebook hires TV journalist Campbell Brown as media liaison after fake news fallout
Campbell Brown will lead efforts to improve partnerships with news organizations that depend on social media company’s content distribution
Facebook refuses to explain why live torture video wasn’t removed sooner
Company won’t say why video showing a man bound, gagged and cut with a knife amid shouts of ‘fuck Donald Trump’ wasn’t taken down for 30 minutes
Facebook Live is changing the world – but not in the way it hoped
Facebook’s betting big on everyone streaming their lives in real time, but has it unleashed a monster it can’t control?
Mark Zuckerberg’s 2017 plan to visit all US states hints at political ambitions
Facebook CEO’s ‘personal challenge’ to have visited and met people in every state is latest move that indicates his intention to pursue government service
Facebook blocks photo of Neptune statue for being ‘explicitly sexual’
Social network admits error after photo of 16th-century statue in Piazza del Nettuno was blocked for showing the body ‘to an excessive degree’
Facebook temporarily bans author after he calls Trump fans ‘nasty fascistic lot’
Temporary ban of Kevin Sessums, well known for celebrity profiles and memoirs, is latest example of social media platform’s censorship of journalists
Exploding phones and Snapchat clones: the biggest tech letdowns of 2016
There were many products that promised so much and delivered so little
Why the future of VR is all down to touch control
The new controllers from Oculus represent a glimpse of a virtual reality people can really lose themselves in
The Attention Merchants review – how the web is being debased for profit
Tim Wu on a decades-long campaign to monetise attention which has reached new intensity in the Facebook age
Avril Lavigne attacks Mark Zuckerberg over Nickelback put-down
The singer and ex-wife of Nickelback’s frontman says Facebook CEO is ‘promoting bullying’ after a video suggesting the band have no good songs
Facebook break can boost wellbeing, study suggests
Research finds leaving social network for a week increases life satisfaction, especially among heavy users and ‘lurkers’