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
Rinstagram or Finstagram? The curious duality of the modern Instagram user
Behind many Instagram accounts featuring filtered selfies and sunkissed beaches is a second account reserved for close friends and full of wilfully unattractive shots
Who is Palmer Luckey, and why is he funding pro-Trump trolls?
Under the name NimbleRichMan, Oculus founder secretly funded Reddit users dedicated to electing Trump by flooding threads with negative Clinton memes
Facebook inflated video viewing times for two years
Ad agencies voice concern as average viewing time is a key metric in deciding where to spend money online
Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg aim to ‘cure, prevent and manage’ all disease
Couple plans to invest $3bn over next decade to help scientists develop and utilise tools such as artificial intelligence and blood monitors to treat illnesses
Low-income families face eviction as building ‘rebrands’ for Facebook workers
A Silicon Valley apartment complex wants to attract high-income tenants who work at top tech firms – but critics ask, what is the human cost?
Norwegian editor challenges Zuckerberg to discuss censorship
Head of Aftenposten, which forced backdown over ‘napalm girl’ photo, accuses Facebook founder of hiding from debate
Don’t let WhatsApp nudge you into sharing your data with Facebook
The popular messaging app built its reputation on putting users first. Now its corporate owners are looking for payback at our expense
Facebook loses legal bid to prevent girl suing over naked picture on ‘shame page’
Lawyer for 14-year-old, whose image was posted on ‘shame page’ on social network, compared publication to child abuse
Facebook temporarily blocks Black Lives Matter activist after he posts racist email
The ban against Shaun King, which was revoked as a ‘mistake’ hours later, is the latest incident of site censoring users following Vietnam war photo removal
The Archers and social media – a case of 21st century media synergy
How the riveting plot about the relationship between an abusive husband and his wife in a radio soap opera first caught the public imagination
Face it, Mr Zuckerberg, you’re a news editor too
Anyone who decides to run or pull a difficult story from their website, like the Vietnamese girl fleeing napalm, is not just a technologist: he’s a publisher
‘Facebook needs an editor’: media experts urge change after photo dispute
Controversy over a censored Vietnam war photo highlights concerns over the social network’s vital – if reluctant – role as users’ primary news source
Twitter: 140 characters in search of a buyer
The social network’s latest results have left its investors more eager than ever for a takeover – but no suitors are visible on the horizon
Facebook fact-check: from Hillary’s health to 9/11, the latest lies we read
In a new column, we find the bogus stories, clickbait and disinformation framed as legitimate ‘trending’ news by one of the most powerful companies on Earth