Facebook plans to extend Free Basics internet service to Americans – report
The tech company’s program, which has been criticized for obstructing net neutrality, would allow third parties to provide scaled-down content and services
Facebook censors Le Monde’s mammogram screening photo
Social networking company apologises after picture of woman having mammogram with her breast exposed falls foul of its anti-nipple policy
ACLU finds social media sites gave data to company tracking black protesters
ACLU revealed Tuesday that Facebook, Twitter and Instagram gave ‘special access’ to Geofeedia, a controversial social media monitoring company
Galaxy Note 7: what to do with Samsung’s potentially exploding phone
Samsung have advised Note 7 owners to power off. Find out who is affected, what happens next – and if you should be worried about other people’s phones exploding
Workplace: now you can use Facebook at work – for work
The company’s office communication platform, a competitor to marketplace leader Slack, gets a makeover and a pricing structure
Facebook enjoys £11m UK tax credit despite £5bn global profit
Credit, which can be offset against future tax bills, may raise further questions about whether US group is paying its fair share
Facebook revenge pornography trial ‘could open floodgates’
Case of 14-year-old taking social network to court over naked picture has already resulted in others seeking legal advice
Machine logic: our lives are ruled by big tech’s ‘decisions by data’
Aiming at population-level predictive gambles, they filter who and what counts – including who is released from jail and the news that you see, researchers warn
Virtual reality for the masses is here. But do the masses want VR?
The next six months are of crucial importance for the future of VR, if products such as Oculus Rift are to avoid being remembered as yesterday’s tomorrow
Facebook invests $250m more in VR as Zuckerberg shows off wireless Oculus
The company’s virtual reality wing will spend another $250m to develop new virtual reality content, as CEO says the future of VR will be social
Facebook’s inflated video metrics signals a need to define what a ‘view’ is
Shifting to video advertising may seem simple, but as Facebook’s inflated figures show, the industry needs to know what viewability really means
Inside Facebook’s robotic inner sanctum: a tour of its highly secretive hardware lab
Facebook wants the world to know it’s serious about hardware, but just how much is it willing to reveal?
Facebook takes on Craigslist and eBay with new classified ad service
Marketplace will let Facebook users list items for sale, and could be an attempt to upend the crowded world of peer-to-peer selling
A tough sell: why Facebook’s e-commerce dream failed to take flight
The social network has never become the online shopping emporium once predicted. Will its most ambitious strategy yet change all that?
VR developers turn against Oculus Rift over founder’s pro-Trump support
Financial backing of pro-Trump trolls causes rift with VR games developers as Palmer Luckey attempts to backtrack