Facebook removes ‘feeling fat’ status option and emoji after campaign

Social network responds to petition from anti-body shaming group to get rid of status option and double-chin emoji

Twitter bans revenge porn in user policy sharpening

Social network revises usage policy to ban users from posting nude or sexual images without the subject’s consent

Is Facebook’s ‘Zee Town’ more than just a Mark Zuckerberg vanity project?

The Facebook mogul is following a long line of entrepreneurs from Walt Disney to George Cadbury in creating a 200-acre, 10,000-strong private municipality for his staff. Adam Greenfield asks whether company towns are ever a good idea

Experience: my face was stolen online

‘I went to the police and waited four hours to speak to someone, but they weren’t interested. The law doesn’t cover you to protect your face’

Storyful: Rebekah Brooks’s new job

The former chief executive of News International is taking up a position at the Dublin-based company where she’ll be helping them to geolocate data. Probably

Isis threatens Twitter employees over blocked accounts

Terror group supporters threaten social network, as well as co-founder Jack Dorsey specifically

Facebook rolls out new suicide prevention and support tools

Social network adds a report button that flags suicidal content for review by a dedicated team to try and help

‘Pics or it didn’t happen’ – the mantra of the Instagram era

The long read: How sharing our every moment on social media became the new living

Mark Zuckerberg ‘not sure’ about Internet.org advertising

Initiative to bring internet access to emerging markets focused on getting people online, but not (yet) on advertising to them

China’s internet crackdown turns to rousing chorus

Beijing web watchdog celebrates ‘cyber sovereignty’ with video anthem, aiming to drum up support for restrictions

Facebook, Twitter and other web firms battle botnets with ThreatExchange

Pinterest, Tumblr, Dropbox, Yahoo and Bitly also on board for new platform to share information on security threats

The great internet swindle: ever get the feeling you’ve been cheated?

The internet was meant to liberate and empower its users. But the real effect has been to create vast monopolies and turn us into victims, argues web sceptic Andrew Keen in his controversial new book The Internet is Not the Answer

Italian policeman ‘used Couchsurfing website to drug and assault travellers’

Trial for alleged rape of 16-year-old visitor from Australia prompts claims from other women who stayed with suspect in Padua

Facebook to prompt all UK users to register to vote in general election

The social network will encourage users to register to vote on Thursday, in conjunction with the Electoral Commission