Australia’s election watchdog lacks power to investigate who is paying for Facebook political ads
Electoral commission admits it doesn’t have the resources to scrutinise covert campaigns to influence voters
Facebook is part of a toxic ecosystem of hate – it should be regulated or shut down
Facebook will never effectively regulate itself so we must consider drastic remedies
Facebook took action on a fake story on white vans – but what about these hoaxes?
The platform has come under fire after an unsubstantiated story about women being abducted in white vans went viral – but these stories still remain on Facebook
Inside the hate factory: how Facebook fuels far-right profit
Guardian investigation reveals a covert plot to control some of Facebook’s largest far-right pages and harvest Islamophobic hate for profit
Monetising hate: covert enterprise co-opts far-right Facebook pages to churn out anti-Islamic posts
Exclusive: Israel-based group has gained access to at least 21 pages, using them to launch coordinated false stories to their 1 million followers around the world
Revealed: Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib targeted in far-right fake news operation
Israeli-based group uses Facebook to spread disinformation to more than a million followers around the world, singling out Muslim US congresswomen
UK could drop plans to tax tech firms in rush to secure US trade deal
Trade experts raise doubts about digital sales tax aimed at companies such as Google
Ex-Facebook worker claims disturbing content led to PTSD
Former moderator suing social network in Ireland over health impact of scouring website
Digital election: what demographics are the parties targeting?
Labour use a broad brush to target the many, while the Tories get dirty on Facebook
Leaked NHS papers ‘put online by posters using Russian methods’
Questions about dissemination of documents do not mean they are fake, but pose new puzzle
Defiant Mark Zuckerberg defends Facebook policy to allow false ads
Zuckerberg says ‘people should be able to judge for themselves the character of politicians’ and compares alternative to censorship
Of course Facebook and Google want to ‘solve’ social problems. They’re hungry for our data
Giving big tech companies power over the NHS or the climate crisis won’t build a fairer world. But public ownership would, says author Nathalie Olah
New study deems Amazon worst for ‘aggressive’ tax avoidance
Transparency campaign Fair Tax Mark says big six tech firms have paid a fraction of headline tax rate for 10 years
From Google-jacking to dead squirrels: the online tricks of electioneering
With the election nearly upon us, here’s a handy guide to the tactics employed by politicians to influence voters
BBC tells Tories to take down Facebook ad featuring its presenters
Laura Kuenssberg and Huw Edwards footage could damage perception of impartiality, says corporation