Facebook and Instagram could charge for ad-free services in EU
Meta’s social networks considering charge of €13 a month on mobile and €17 on desktop, say sources
‘Tech platforms haven’t been designed to think about death’: meet the expert on what happens online when we die
What happens to our digital profiles and possessions after our deaths? Tech companies are yet to offer a satisfactory solution, says the technology researcher Tamara Kneese
Meta to launch AI chatbots played by Snoop Dogg and Kendall Jenner
Host of celebrities to embody new assistants aimed at increasing young people’s interaction with AI
‘Different set of rules’: how FTC head Lina Khan is fighting tech giants such as Amazon
Youngest ever Federal Trade Commission chief and antitrust scholar is suing Amazon in latest effort to take on big tech – not always with success
A threat to Amazon and a test of the FTC: is this big tech’s antitrust reckoning?
At the core of the case is whether the company used its position to disadvantage rivals and the power of the agency to rein in tech firms
Meta encryption plan will let child abusers ‘hide in the dark’, says UK campaign
In in Home Office initiative, survivors urge Mark Zuckerberg to rethink changes to Messenger and Instagram
I quit Facebook and Twitter cold turkey – and I barely know myself
All of that humblebragging and oversharing – and my obsessive checking of it – was driving me insane. Why did I stay so long?
TechScape: TikTok took over social media with its uncanny algorithm – but at what cost?
In their attempts to mimic the video-sharing site’s uncanny success, Facebook, YouTube and others might have signed their own death warrants
Revealed: how US immigration uses fake social media profiles across investigations
Records from the Department of Homeland Security show it sought to expand undercover operations online despite pushback from Facebook
A moment that changed me: I stopped posting funny stories about my daughter – and she began to trust me again
For seven years I was a compulsive ‘sharent’, chronicling my daughter’s life on social media. Then she told me how much she hated it …
Meta closes nearly 9,000 Facebook and Instagram accounts linked to Chinese ‘Spamouflage’ foreign influence campaign
Company says users targeted in Australia, UK, US and elsewhere by political spam network across more than 50 platforms
Facebook groups exposed to hundreds of hoax posts, study shows
Charity Full Fact finds more than 1,200 false posts on topics from deadly snakes to serial killers at large
How is Meta’s news ban affecting communications amid Canada wildfires?
Concern over shortage of reliable news after articles blocked on Facebook in response to tech law
CEO regrets her firm took on Facebook moderation work after staff ‘traumatised’
Outsourcer Sama facing legal cases brought by Kenya-based employees alleging exposure to graphic content
Government targeting UK minorities with social media ads despite Facebook ban
Campaigns aimed at people interested in “hijabs”, “Hinduism” and “afro-textured hair” raise concerns over profiling and privacy