Twitter ‘considering legal options’ over US government data requests

The latest transparency report by the social network shows a 66% increase in government requests, but the company claims government restrictions ‘seriously undermine the objective of transparency’. By Samuel Gibbs

Twitter share price tumbles further after news of slowing growth

Shares down over 20% Thursday after quarterly results show network is not adding users as fast as it once did

Facebook’s 10th birthday: from college dorm to 1.23 billion users

Mark Zuckerberg's social network has straddled the planet in its short life – and plans many more big strides

NekNomination webpage closed on Facebook after Ireland drinking death

Family of Jonny Byrne, 19, lead calls for end to web binge drinking craze after youth drowned in river

Facebook’s first 10 years: is it now in danger of swallowing the web?

Facebook celebrates its first decade this week. Its success is remarkable – but what about the changes it has made to our society, asks John Naughton

Facebook posts record quarterly results and reports $1.5bn profit for 2013

Social network beats expectations with quarterly revenues up 63% from last year thanks to solid mobile ad business

Candy Crush Saga maker King’s parent company reveals 2012 financial results

€26.6m turnover and €5.3m profit recorded before Midasplayer.com’s mobile gaming business really took off. By Stuart Dredge

‘Daddy, who are all these poor people?’ How Anton Casey’s Facebook comments dissed Singapore

The expat British fund manager sneered at users on public transport – and provoked a torrent of abuse

Facebook will lose 80% of users by 2017, say Princeton researchers

Forecast of social network's impending doom comes from comparing its growth curve to that of an infectious disease

Is this white-van man the new Van Gogh?

Paula Cocozza: White-van man Rick Minns began drawing on the side of his florist's delivery vehicle to pass the time. Now growing numbers of people are following his art on his Facebook site

Mark Zuckerberg says connectivity is a basic human right – do you agree?

Amid a year of online innovations, the Facebook founder says a better-connected world benefits local economies. Is he right? Maeve Shearlaw investigates

The rise of collaborative consumption and the experience economy

An economy that values access and experience could mark the end of the age of ownership and hyper-consumption, argues entrepreneur Xavier de Lecaros Aquise

Let’s Play – the YouTube phenomenon that’s bigger than One Direction

Posting clips of yourself playing video games can bring in big ad revenues – John Green uses his to sponsor AFC Wimbledon

Online sales of coloured and print dresses eclipse the little black dress

Matchesfashion.com and Asos report rise in sales of bright dresses driven by attractiveness on Instagram or Facebook

Teenagers migrate from Facebook as parents send them friend requests

Comprehensive European research has found that teens are leaving the service in droves - and the biggest deterrent is their parents. By Jemima Kiss