Facebook blocks access to group criticising Thailand’s monarchy
Curb on 1m-member ‘Royalist Marketplace’ comes after legal threat from Thai government
Google protests ‘unworkable’ ACCC code for digital platforms to pay news media companies
The tech giant has used a blog post to attack the watchdog’s proposal, but also admitted that it was unlikely to escape the code’s effects
Treasury denies it plans to drop ‘Facebook tax’ in favour of trade deal
Recently introduced tax expected to raise £500m, helping to reduce Britain’s huge Covid bill
Labour ramps up Facebook advertising in wake of exams fiasco
Party ran thousands of ads on social media platform in bid to overhaul its digital operations
Ed Sheeran: where is the shame in being a teenage busker?
In an era when every embarrassing antic lasts forever on the internet, he can count himself lucky that it’s just a demo CD
Facebook’s latest purge of QAnon conspiracy theory pages unlikely to affect growing Australian following
Measures include removal from algorithm recommendations but experts say it may not affect boom in Australian supporters
Facebook restricts more than 10,000 QAnon and US militia groups
Move is part of a broad Facebook policy shift toward movements with links to violence such as baseless internet conspiracy Qanon
Facebook funnelling readers towards Covid misinformation – study
Research findings undermine firm’s claims it is cracking down on inaccurate news
Fights, camera, action: the beginner’s guide to streaming video games
Streaming is big business on game platforms such as Twitch, so how do you start? Five experts reveal the knowledge, the kit and the attitude gamers need to find their audience
Fortnite maker Epic plays David to Apple’s Goliath in App Store showdown
Games firm launches perfectly stage-managed attack just as tech giants’ detente is fracturing
The Guardian is most trusted by its readers among UK newspapers, finds Ofcom
Observer also scores highly but trust in social media is down, with Facebook coming bottom
Facebook and Instagram ban antisemitic conspiracy theories and blackface
Decision comes after criticism of slow reaction to Wiley’s antisemitic posts
Facebook struggled to remove sensitive content under Covid lockdown
Fewer pieces of suicide, child nudity and exploitation content were removed after staff were sent home
Facebook and other tech giants ‘too big to fail’
Researchers call for new regulations to protect users, and society, in case of collapse
Why would anyone argue against billionaires paying more tax? Just see Useful Idiot theory
Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg have both made tens of billions of dollars during the pandemic. Yet many people still defend the super-rich