The big idea: should we keep politics out of social media? Where is the line between raising awareness and feeding polarisation?
Digital afterlife – how to deal with social media accounts when someone dies Dealing with a departed loved one’s digital life can be complicated and time consuming but there are some shortcuts
‘Very scary’: Mark Zuckerberg’s pledge to build advanced AI alarms experts Meta CEO accused of being ‘irresponsible’ by considering making tools on par with human intelligence open source
Meta documents show 100,000 children sexually harassed daily on its platforms Employees fretted over company’s ‘negligible’ response to child grooming, according to internal documents made public in lawsuit
$2bn woman: how Sheryl Sandberg became one of tech’s most successful bosses Sandberg was once considered so critical to Facebook’s success that her exit was seen as potential risk to investors’ money
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
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 ...
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