Why Facebook has abandoned news for the important business of trivia

Mark Zuckerberg has clearly decided that real news has become too troublesome to bother with any more

Social media firms warned of new type of online extremism at Senate hearing

Facebook, YouTube and Twitter, as well as lawmakers, urged to prepare for foreign actors using US citizens to carry out violence

Facebook to expand inquiry into Russian influence of Brexit

Tech giant looks into spreading of disinformation after MPs criticised scope of first investigation

Inside Britain’s meme factory

If you think things go viral on the internet by luck, think again: there’s an industry gaming the system and Manchester’s Social Chain is leading the way

I was Mark Zuckerberg’s mentor. Today I would tell him: your users are in peril

Facebook is a big part of my portfolio, and I fear the dangers of tech addiction. While investors’ recent open letter to Apple is significant, more need to speak up

Facebook warned it faces legal action from ‘revenge porn’ victims

Settlement with teenager over naked images of her posted online on networking site has ‘moved goalposts’, say lawyers

Why Facebook’s news feed is changing – and how it will affect you

The social media site wants its users to ‘have more meaningful interactions’, but what does that mean in practice?

Facebook overhauls News Feed in favor of ‘meaningful social interactions’

Refresh of the News Feed algorithm will de-prioritize content shared by media and businesses in favor of that produced by friends and family, Zuckerberg says

Facebook, Google and Twitter to testify in Congress over extremist content

Firms to give evidence in Senate on combating spread of extremist propaganda, while Twitter misses Russian election interference information deadline

Take it from the insiders: Silicon Valley is eating your soul

Former Google and Facebook executives are sounding the alarm about the pervasive power of tech, writes Guardian columnist John Harris

From the future of bitcoin to Facebook, 2018 in technology

Social networks and politics, the still unfulfilled promise of augmented reality, pay-to-play games: what might change in the year ahead

Can Facebook win its battle against election interference in 2018?

Claims of Russian meddling dominated 2017. The US midterm elections will be first big test of Facebook’s effort to stamp it out

The Guardian view on capitalism without capital

An idea whose time has come: Over the holiday season the Guardian is examining themes that have emerged to give shape to 2018. Today we look at intangible economies