Meta downplays concerns by Australia’s online safety regulator it is censoring pro-Palestinian content

Company says there was ‘briefly’ a problem with ‘inappropriate Arabic translations’

Sheryl Sandberg to leave board of Facebook parent Meta

Former chief operating officer was lead architect of Facebook’s digital advertising-driven business model

Revealed: US police prevented from viewing many online child sexual abuse reports, lawyers say

Social media firms relying on AI for moderation generate unviable reports which prevent authorities from investigating cases

Slew of deepfake video adverts of Sunak on Facebook raises alarm over AI risk to election

Research finds more than 100 paid ads impersonating PM were promoted on social media platform in last month

Facebook and Instagram ran content sexualizing minors next to corporate ads, lawsuit says

Filing claims Meta did not adequately respond to Walmart and Match Group’s complaints of ‘deeply disturbing’ images and videos

Instagram and Facebook will hide more harmful content from teenagers

Move comes as regulators around the world press Meta to protect children from sensitive posts on its apps

TechScape: Cybercrime, AI supremacy and the metaverse – the tech stories that will dominate 2024

From the future of X to Apple’s Vision Pro headset, we make a call on the deals, products and technologies that could define this year

Meta censors pro-Palestinian views on a global scale, report claims

Rights group says Facebook and Instagram routinely engage in ‘six key patterns of undue censorship’ of content supporting Palestine

The couch surfing predator: how a group of women were drugged and assaulted – then fought back

Dino Maglio, a former Italian police officer, opened up his home to young women travellers, many of whom suffered at his hands. As scattered as they were, legal action seemed impossible. But as their numbers grew, so too did their determination ...

Meta wrong to remove graphic Israel-Gaza videos, oversight board says

Board describes the two videos as important for ‘informing the world about human suffering on both sides’

UK anti-abortion charity with links to MPs ran misleading Facebook ads

Right to Life UK, which has links to MPs, has multiplied its spend tenfold

Rishi Sunak considers curbing social media use for under-16s

Reports suggest a ban is among potential options to protect young people from online harm

TechScape: Will Meta’s encryption plans be a ‘devastating blow’ to child safety online?

The Facebook and Instagram owner is miles ahead of the competition, say regulators, who suggest that could change when it rolls out default end-to-end encryption for Messenger

Child safety groups and prosecutors criticize encryption of Facebook and Messenger

Meta submitted nearly 95% of 29m reports of child sexual abuse material in 2022 and encryption will make it harder to detect

UK accuses Meta of empowering child sexual abusers with encryption rollout

Tech firm says it has developed ‘robust’ safety measures after home secretary and campaigners condemn move