Facebook London checks in to a new identity
The social network’s UK headquarters searches for a hit in its drive to be more than a satellite office
Twitter, Facebook, Instagram: who are the world’s most popular football clubs?
Barcelona and Real Madrid lead the way as Manchester United, Manchester City and Liverpool try to keep up. But are clubs attaching too much importance to social media followers?
Facebook’s ’emotional experiment’ is most shared academic research
A paper revealing Facebook’s secret experiments on its users received more online attention than any other scientific paper published this year, a new study finds.
Candy Crush killer? Facebook names Cookie Jam as its best game of 2014
Social network says it now has more than 375m people playing games across web, smartphones and tablets
Are anonymous apps a haven for cyberbullying? Open thread
Have your say on After School app, as well as Royal Mail 3D printing, Europe’s possible Google breakup and more
Facebook accused of refusing to listen to ‘voice of public opinion’
Margaret Hodge, chair of Commons public accounts committee, reiterates criticism of group’s financial structure
When data gets creepy: the secrets we don’t realise we’re giving away
Ben Goldacre: We all worry about digital spies stealing our data – but now even the things we thought we were happy to share are being used in ways we don’t like. Why aren’t we making more of a fuss?
Can Uber become a ‘smarter and more humble’ company? – Open thread
Have your say on $1.2bn funding round as well as Facebook, mobile games v console games, Russian dark web drug lords and more
Google and Facebook will have more than half of UK digital ad market
Advertising on websites, smartphones, video and social media will see UK operations make £4.1bn in 2015, according to report
Facebook video app ads will now auto-play on mobile – Open thread
Have your say on the latest change to social network’s news feed, as well as Kim Dotcom, Stephen Hawking, Stampy and more
The touching hug photo from Ferguson protests is a blatant lie
Jonathan Jones: Framing the debate: It’s absurd that a nation’s new, yet old, encounter with its most destructive division can be summed up by this soppy picture of a tearful hug
If tech companies wanted to end online harassment, they could do it tomorrow
Jessica Valenti: The courts may decide that sending threats over social media isn’t threatening enough to be a crime. Silicon Valley needs to step up or lose customers
When is a threat to kill a joke? Or art? Supreme court weighs online abuse
Should courts care what someone really means when he says he wants to make his wife a bloody corpse or is the fear such comments create what is important?
Europe’s next privacy war is with websites silently tracking users
European data protection watchdogs publish guidance on web tracking using device fingerprinting that could result in more ‘I agree’ forms
What have we learned from the Uber privacy debate? Open thread
Have your say on the American Civil Liberties Union’s lessons, plus eBay’s magic mirrors, Anita Sarkeesian, and a new way to respond to rape threats on Facebook