When to unfriend: ‘I just got so sick of seeing these stupid opinions on my feeds’
The corrosive aspects of social media have become particularly stark in 2020 – but does cutting out those you disagree with just exacerbate the problem?
Tech giants may face billions of pounds in fines from new UK watchdog
Competition regulator wants new Digital Markets Unit to have power to levy huge penalties if firms abuse code of conduct
ABC can keep Google and Facebook payments for news, Coalition says
Government won’t reduce public broadcaster’s funding over potential windfall from new media code, communications minister vows
Encrypted messaging putting children at risk of abuse, says watchdog
Children’s commissioner for England says tech giants are failing to keep children safe
Australian MP targeted by conspiracy posts calls for Facebook to be treated as publisher
Exclusive: Nationals’ Anne Webster reveals she is pressing for legislation to hold social media platforms to account for content they publish
‘Dirty methods’ in Brexit vote cited in push for new laws on Europe’s elections
Sites such as Facebook will have to publicly disclose identity of people and entities funding such advertising
Facebook to remove false claims about Covid vaccines
Move marks strongest move yet to prevent platform being used for anti-vaccination rhetoric
Post-Brexit Britain will have to do better than this to curb the power of big tech
Does the government grasp the scale of the challenge of digital regulation?, asks competition lawyer Michelle Meagher
Facebook and YouTube accused of complicity in Vietnam repression
Amnesty report accuses sites of openly signalling they will bow to authoritarian regimes
Facebook to pay UK media millions to license news stories
Social network agrees deal with mainstream outlets in face of government crackdown on its dominance of advertising
Digital Markets Unit: what powers will new UK tech regulator have?
Key questions answered about the new technology industry watchdog
New UK tech regulator to limit power of Google and Facebook
Alok Sharma says dominance of a few big companies hurts innovation and curtails customer choice
‘Antiquated process’: data regulator on obtaining Cambridge Analytica warrant
UK information commissioner calls for international approach to emerging threat
Facebook’s encryption plans could help child abusers escape justice, NCA warns
Warning comes as man admits using Messenger to coerce children into sending explicit pictures
Facebook condemned for hosting neo-Nazi network with UK links
Tech giant criticised for failing to act after being told two years ago about extremist activity on its platform