Far-right ‘hate factory’ still active on Facebook despite pledge to stop it

A network of profit-driven pages fuelling anti-Islamic sentiment was exposed two months ago but is still operating

Algorithms on social media need regulation, says UK’s AI adviser

Report also urges government to consider making firms such as Facebook share their data

CEO defended Facebook’s decision not to ban political ads and said company will ‘stand up for free expression’

Facebook’s CEO says, ominously, that he will be making unpopular decisions because he believes them to be right

Tag Suggest feature broke rules by storing facial recognition imagery without permission from users

Country on frontline of information war teaches everyone from school pupils to politicians how to spot slippery information

A Guardian investigation of 218,100 ads reveals how the campaign’s sophisticated social media machine targets conservative voters

Amount of clean energy bought by companies triples in two years, with Google biggest buyer

Tesla, recent recruit to the $100bn club, must be hoping it will become as unassailable as the likes of Amazon and Apple

Joining France in delaying tax would be a manifesto U-turn by Javid, but not a screeching one

Margrethe Vestager says EU will also tax tech firms who ‘create value but do not pay taxes’

Sajid Javid, on a Davos panel with his US counterpart, says tax will be imposed in April

BoE one of central banks weighing potential benefits amid decline of cash and emergence of Facebook’s libra

Talks in Davos raise hope of agreement to find multilateral solution to taxing digital firms

The internet giant has exempted politics from regulations on falsehood. Good news for a candidacy built on lies, says Guardian columnist John Harris