Facebook removes over 16,000 groups trading fake reviews
Firm takes action after criticism by UK competitions regulator for failing to clamp down on illegal trade
Rangers join Swansea’s social media boycott over online abuse
Championship clubs are pushing for EFL teams to adopt a powerful collective approach to tackling online discrimination after Swansea announced a social media boycott
Facebook will not notify more than 530m users exposed in 2019 breach
Company spokesperson said Facebook was not confident it had full visibility on which users would need to be alerted
Facebook says a breach that hit 533m is old news. Experts disagree
Regardless of when it was leaked, user data ‘is never really old’ – it’s still valuable to cybercriminals, analysts say
On Facebook Marketplace I found preloved baby items and a community that touched my heart
Maggie Kelly went looking for secondhand clothes and a crib and found the mother tribe
Facebook data leak: Australians urged to check and secure social media accounts
Experts urge users to secure accounts and passwords after breach exposes personal details of more than 500 million people
How past tech floats fared, and upcoming IPOs in London
Even Facebook and Google had their troubles when they first went public, so Deliveroo’s bad experience is far from unique
UK watchdog to investigate Facebook takeover of Giphy
CMA concerned acquisition could lessen competition for creation of gifs popular on social media
UK may force Facebook services to allow backdoor police access
End-to-end encryption could be challenged with security agencies enabled to monitor user messages
Donald Trump video clip removed from Facebook ‘in line with block’
Former US president has been banned from the platform since early January after the violent insurrection of the Capitol
How many anti-vaxxers does it take to misinform the world? Just twelve
A majority of anti-vaccine propaganda can apparently be traced back to a handful of people. While de-platforming them is sometimes appropriate, there is a bigger, better solution, says Guardian columnist Arwa Mahdawi
Web giants must stop cashing in on pension scam misery, say MPs
Law must address profits made by companies from fraudsters’ advertisements
My charity Easter egg post was dairy shamed: what happened to the milk of human kindness?
As far as I can see, my critics only seem to be solidifying the opinion that we vegans are a humourless bunch of sanctimonious twats
Tech CEOs grilled over role in Capitol attack as protesters mock them with giant cutouts
Protesters outside the Capitol denounced the platforms as Facebook, Twitter and Google heads questioned by Congress
Zuckerberg and tech CEOs challenged over misinformation: ‘You do it because you make money’ – as it happened
Mark Zuckerberg, Jack Dorsey and Sundar Pichai called to answer for the role of tech and social media in fueling Capitol violence and extremism