UK publishers losing digital ad revenue due to content ‘blacklists’
Technology to stop ads running in stories about terrorism, for example, is blocking them from ‘safe’ stories too
Hypocrisy is at the heart of Facebook’s refusal to ban false political advertising
Executive Andrew Bosworth’s handwringing about the company’s stance should not blind us to the fact that doing nothing is extremely lucrative for it
Social media firms ‘should hand over data amid suicide risk’
Royal College of Psychiatrists hope research will shine light on how young people use platforms
France’s digital minister says tax on big tech is just the start
Cédric O says French will not back down on levy despite US threats of trade war
Facebook’s refusal to fact-check political ads is reckless
The social network’s bosses hail the power of targeted campaigns, but won’t take responsibility
If you thought Zuckerberg would ever rein in rightwing demagogues, think again
Mark Zuckerberg’s new year’s resolutions show Facebook has no plans to change its ways. At least the lip service is over
Facebook and eBay promise to crack down on fake reviews
Platforms take steps to block misleading content as market for fake online reviews grows
Facebook bans ‘deepfake’ videos in run-up to US election
Critics say policy does not cover ‘shallow fakes’ – videos made using conventional editing tools
Facebook removes false HIV-prevention ads after LGBTQ+ outcry
The ads, which were on Facebook for months before the company acted, contained false claims about side effects of anti-HIV drugs
Thousands of children under 14 have been investigated by police for sexting
Critics say children are being given police records for behaviour they do not fully understand
A brutal year: how the ‘techlash’ caught up with Facebook, Google and Amazon
Privacy scandals and antitrust issues dogged Facebook and Google and Amazon saw a rise in employee organizing
Too big to fail? Tech’s decade of scale and impunity
Big tech behaves as though power absolves them of responsibility. Have we learned nothing since the financial crash?
The tech giants dominated the decade. But there’s still time to rein them in
Google, Amazon and Facebook moved at a scale and speed governments couldn’t match. Now regulators are trying to catch up, says writer and researcher Jay Owens
‘I am going to say quiet words in your face just like I did with Trump’: a conversation with the Zuckerbot
Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg won’t talk to the Guardian. So we fed everything he says into an algorithm, built a Zuckerbot, and interviewed it
The dark side of tech: why the Guardian asks tough questions about Silicon Valley
Since we opened our west coast bureau in 2016, we’ve worked to expose the truth about how tech companies are reshaping society and democracy