Facebook moderators ‘told not to discuss working conditions’
Workers in Dublin office claim US company used NDAs to try to stop them talking to Leo Varadkar
It’s taken Donald Trump to show social media giants the meaning of moderation
Twitter and Facebook need to be more transparent about how they choose who gets censored, says technology author Jillian C York
Instagram vows to shut accounts after racist abuse of footballers
Instagram has announced measures to tackle online abuse in the wake of the latest spate of racist messages directed at footballers
Facebook under fire over encryption plans as man is jailed for abusing 52 children
Police say they would not have caught David Wilson, who admitted 96 offences, if Facebook end-to-end encryption was in place
‘I get better sleep’: the people who quit social media
Soo Youn is considering giving up the apps. She speaks to those who have already taken the plunge – with liberating results
Rise in child abuse online threatens to overwhelm UK police, officers warn
Exclusive: Sheer quantity of abusive material hindering detection while Facebook move to greater encryption is a further blow
Google and Facebook using lobbyists with close ties to Morrison government to fight media code
Former prime ministerial staffers among those working for influential lobbying firms used by digital giants to try to quash proposed legislation
Facebook bans misinformation about all vaccines after years of controversy
Company will remove posts with false claims about vaccines on Facebook and Instagram
Forget Zuckerberg and Cook’s hypocrisy – it’s their companies that are the real problem
We are all in thrall to the corporate giants that control digital technology. Only by seeing that can we hope to change them
Is big tech now just too big to stomach?
The Covid crisis has turbo-charged profits and share prices. But are the big six now too powerful for regulators to ignore?
Chris Whitty’s abuse is a symptom of social media out of control
Debate only works if it is disciplined by ethics. The failure to regulate the digital revolution is the great mistake of our age, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins
Craig Kelly’s Facebook posts are mysteriously disappearing – and no one can explain it
Liberal MP insists he has not deleted any posts, and Facebook says it is not responsible and can’t account for their disappearance
‘It let white supremacists organize’: the toxic legacy of Facebook’s Groups
Facebook has said it will no longer algorithmically recommend political groups to users, but experts warn that isn’t enough
Sam Taunton: the 10 funniest things I have ever seen (on the internet)
The internet might not be as funny as real life but it is funny. We ask comedians to tell us how funny
Claim of anti-conservative bias by social media firms is baseless, report finds
Twitter, Facebook and YouTube banned Trump for incitement but New York University study finds algorithms amplify rightwing voices