Australian media companies face defamation liability for comments on Facebook after court dismisses appeal

NSW court of appeal upholds ruling in Dylan Voller case that media companies can be held responsible for defamatory comments under stories they post on Facebook

Covid-19 misinformation: pro-Trump and QAnon Twitter bots found to be worst culprits

Researchers find coordinated effort to promote conspiracy theory that coronavirus is a bioweapon engineered by China

In a polarised world, even checking facts on Twitter becomes politicised

Trump wants to stifle critics. But his battle with social media giants throws up real free speech issues

Facebook declines to take action against Trump statements

Twitter responded to the president’s post, which suggested violence against protesters, by hiding it behind a warning label

The rot in Australian media is already advanced. We need to understand the damage wrought in 2020

What happens when local news disappears, and entire communities are left without newsrooms? A bloom of misinformation, fertilised by social media

The Chaser goes viral with provocative post mocking Zuckerberg’s position on Facebook factchecking

Australian comedy team’s satirical and deliberately untrue post was viewed by 1.2 million people in less than 12 hours

Most online grooming offences in UK committed on Facebook-owned apps

Data shows 55% of offences where the means of communication was given involved firm’s apps

Trump expected to sign executive order in bid to target Twitter and Facebook

Move could erode legal protections for social media platforms, and comes after Twitter placed warning on Trump tweets that spread falsehoods

Zuckerberg says Facebook won’t be ‘arbiters of truth’ after Trump threat

President announced plan to strip social media companies of liability protections after Twitter factchecked his posts

Donald Trump’s move against Twitter factchecking could backfire

President’s planned weakening of social media law may not have effect he thinks it will

How the ‘Plandemic’ conspiracy theory took hold

In just a few days, the bogus Covid-19 claims of a discredited research scientist spread to millions via YouTube, Facebook and other video-sharing sites

Facebook expects half of employees to work remotely over next five to 10 years

Mark Zuckerberg says company will embrace permanent remote work after lockdowns lift

Facebook launches shopping feature as pandemic pushes businesses online

Businesses will be able to sell to customers through Shops, potentially posing a challenge to commerce rivals such as Amazon

Facebook’s ‘oversight board’ is proof that it wants to be regulated – by itself

The latest attempt by the social media giant to act as a sovereign power is breathtaking in its sheer effrontery

Facebook to pay $52m for failing to protect moderators from ‘horrors’ of graphic content

Each worker will get $1,000, more if they were diagnosed with a disorder as a result of the material they viewed