MediaGuardian 100: why 1 billion users put Facebook back on top
The 15th edition of the media power list finds change in the air, with digital challengers elbowing aside older moguls – but a long way to go on diversity
Mark Zuckerberg returns to top of MediaGuardian 100 power list
Facebook founder’s extraordinary year propels him to top spot of list that has highest proportion of women in its 15-year history
‘BBC won’t work with press because it is obsessed with Google and Facebook’
Guardian Media Group executive tells MPs that corporation does not offer ‘genuine partnership’ and has an unfair advantage internationally
How do I love thee? Let me Instagram it
Mobbed at signings, followed by millions and topping the bestseller lists: Instapoets such as Lang Leav, Rupi Kaur and Tyler Knott Gregson are poetry’s new superstars, publishing their love poems and haiku on social media. But are they any good?
Facebook introduces tools to help you stop stalking your ex online
Social network trials ‘take a break’ tools, offering a quick option to hide posts and pictures from a former partner after a user changes their relationship status
Digital disconnection is the last act of youthful rebellion
For the smartphone generation, a digital footprint is a cord connecting them to government and ecommerce – many are choosing to cut ties and go offline
‘Facebook thinks I’m a terrorist’: woman named Isis has account disabled
Isis Anchalee, a San Francisco-based engineer, claims to have had her Facebook account disabled because of her name
Facebook’s Safety Check leads technology’s support of Paris
Social network activates feature previously used during natural disasters, while other apps and tools help those caught in aftermath of terrorist attacks
The Internet Is Not the Answer review – death of the digital dream
Far from setting humanity free, the web is ceding power to a few giant companies, argues Andrew Keen in this sobering study
Facebook and Twitter libel actions rise as total defamation cases hit six-year low
Overall reduction in cases attributed to new law, which sought to discourage trivial claims
Facebook’s Notify: latest app is like Twitter – but for phone alerts
Company releases mobile software to unite news notifications and alerts, creating a single livestream on your phone’s lock screen
Sean Parker on tech industry’s ‘tricks’: ‘Social media feeds our narcissism’
Facebook’s earliest evangelist says company’s first responsibility is to its shareholders, and engineers’ algorithms have ‘unintended consequences’
Alphabet and Facebook develop rival secret drone plans
The tech giants are racing to provide internet access from unmanned aircraft flying higher than passenger jets, having quietly registered new drone designs
Which social media type are you? Do our quiz
Do you enjoy an online scrap or do you prefer to keep the world updated on your daily life? Or perhaps you are more of a lurker in the shadows?
Facebook ads are about to get even more personal
Site is offering small businesses new location-aware adverts, to let them distinguish between users in different places