Facebook recrafts ‘like’ button with Reactions, complete with an angry face
People will now be able to use a variety of faces and a heart – named Love, Haha, Wow, Sad or Angry – on friends’ posts, but not comments
Play nice! How the internet is trying to design out toxic behaviour
Online abuse can be cruel – but for some tech companies it is an existential threat. Can giants such as Facebook use behavioural psychology and persuasive design to tame the trolls?
Facebook sets up ‘social VR’ team to explore virtual reality beyond games
Mark Zuckerberg surprises Samsung Mobile World Congress event to reveal that ‘people have already watched more than a million hours of video in Gear VR’
Facebook apologises for blocking Viz magazine’s page
Satirical comic insists ‘we’re not going to tone anything down’ after social network removes its page ‘in error’
Why is Silicon Valley so ‘tone deaf’ to India?
A offensive remark about colonialism by a Facebook board member hit a nerve with those who feel the tech industry is dominated by an out of touch elite
Mark Zuckerberg chides board member over ‘deeply upsetting’ India comments
The Facebook board member lashed out with a poor-taste tweet that appeared to back colonialism, following India’s decision to ban Facebook’s limited free mobile internet
Twitter wants you to see the ‘best’ tweets first
Twitter hopes a small change to its timeline will make a big difference to its future – so get ready for algorithmic tweets at the top of your timeline
Twitter deletes 125,000 Isis accounts and expands anti-terror teams
Building confidence in its anti-terror policies, the social media company is expanding its specialist teams in the US and Ireland to monitor extremist content
The uber-loneliness of the sharing economy driver
The alienated workers behind Uber’s app are using other networks to communicate, saying they need the companionship
Facebook banning private sale of firearms on social network
Licensed firearm retailers will still be able to advertise on the site, but updated policy will forbid individual users from coordinating peer-to-peer sales of guns
Twitter’s US users fall by a third in two years – report
Social network has suffered from stagnating users, according to figures it publically reveals, but third-party data suggests that the real story is worse still
How Facebook tracks and profits from voters in a $10bn US election
Social network lets campaigns match profiles with political habits and contact info, as Silicon Valley influence becomes ‘game-changer’ for targeted ads
Mark Zuckerberg’s back-to-work wardrobe – stylewatch
It’s hoodies and T-shirts in 50 shades of grey for the Facebook founder
Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg: ‘likes’ can help stop Isis recruiters
Speaking at Davos, Facebook’s COO said the company believes ‘counterspeech’ by the online community is the best way to combat propaganda
How apps are evolving: from Facebook and Spotify to taxis and shopping
Analytics firm App Annie outlines the big trends in the Android and iOS world, as Apple and Google continue to do battle