From Anita Dump to Paula Roid: how a Facebook group about drag names became my favourite place online
Every day, members dig deep into their sick and twisted minds to unearth linguistic miracles. It’s both delightful and deranged
‘I didn’t eat or sleep’: a Meta moderator on his breakdown after seeing beheadings and child abuse
Solomon says the scale and depravity of what he was exposed to was far darker than he had ever imagined
Meta ‘hastily’ changed moderation policy with little regard to impact, says oversight board
Facebook and Instagram owner also criticised for leaving up posts inciting violence during UK riots
With ‘AI slop’ distorting our reality, the world is sleepwalking into disaster
A perverse information ecosystem is being mined by big tech for profit, fooling the unwary and sending algorithms crazy, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
Meta faces antitrust claims at trial over Instagram and WhatsApp ownership
Facebook parent faces threats of illegal social media monopoly after spending billions to acquire two platforms
Meta blocks livestreaming by teenagers on Instagram
Under-16s will be barred from using the app’s Live feature unless they have parental permission
Meta faces £1.8bn lawsuit over claims it inflamed violence in Ethiopia
Son of murdered academic calls on Facebook owner to ‘radically change how it moderates dangerous content’
One brave woman wrenched back control of her data from the tech giants. Now, go and do the same
News that Meta – under legal challenge – will stop targeting ads based on a user’s personal data is huge, says former attorney general Dominic Grieve
‘No consent’: Australian authors ‘livid’ that Meta may have used their books to train AI
A searchable database showed titles from former prime ministers Malcolm Turnbull and John Howard, as well as journalist Tracey Spicer
The Guardian view on social networks: the friendships that can change your life
Editorial: Whether forged in neighbourhoods, clubs or universities, cross-class links can boost social mobility and break down divides
Meta to stop targeting UK citizen with personalised ads after settling privacy case
Facebook and Instagram owner reaches legal agreement with human rights campaigner in case that could set precedent for millions
Duterte’s arrest gives ‘a sense impunity ends’, says Nobel peace prize winner
Maria Ressa says rules-based order ‘can perhaps still exist’ but social media is being used to undermine democracy around the world
Careless People: A Story of Where I Used to Work by Sarah Wynn-Williams review – a former disciple unfriends Facebook
This account of working life at Mark Zuckerberg’s tech giant organisation describes a ‘diabolical cult’ able to swing elections and profit at the expense of the world’s vulnerable
Whistleblower’s exposé of the cult of Zuckerberg reveals peril of power-crazy tech bros
Meta’s attempt to silence ex-employee Sarah Wynn-Williams has drawn attention to its work on stifling freedom of expression in China
Amazing: of all the books in all the world Mr Free Speech Zuckerberg wants to ban, it’s the one about him
Whether the Meta boss and his ex-lieutenant Sheryl Sandberg are truly beyond awful is neither here nor there. I thought he was done with factchecking, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde