Trump’s vote fraud claims go viral on social media despite curbs

President’s posts are top on Facebook as efforts to stop misinformation about election prove ineffective

Trump backers tricked into joining ‘Gay Communists for Socialism’ on Facebook

‘Stop the Steal’ group acquired 40,000 members after a similar group was shut down, then changed its name without explanation

Hasty ban of political group raised questions about consistency and transparency of Facebook’s content moderation

Feature on Facebook-owned app is designed to help people cut their digital footprint

Two tech platforms counter misinformation with statements that votes are still being counted

Australian conservatives rebuked for ‘making comments that aren’t thought through’

New York University research into who sees the messages is laudable but its collection of personal data isn’t

Moderators had to manually intervene to limit distribution of Hunter Biden report

Tech platforms have an increased responsibility with increasing threats from conspiracy theories, the government – and even the president

Google, Facebook and Amazon rally in third-quarter earnings reports

In rare appearance days before election, Mark Zuckerberg, Jack Dorsey and Sundar Pichai defend law as critical to free speech

Hearing with Twitter, Facebook and Google CEOs was meant to focus on section 230, a law that protects internet companies

Facebook, Twitter and Google chiefs to argue against law’s repeal amid unsubstantiated claims of anti-conservative bias

The Kazakh American Association has released a letter on social media accusing Sacha Baron Cohen’s latest Borat film of ‘justifying harassment’

Ex-moderators tell the Guardian Facebook underpays and mistreats contractors responsible for policing hate speech