Google should be forced to censor search results, say MPs

Report by MPs criticises Google for its 'totally unconvincing' objection to requests to filter its search results

Pass notes No 3,145: F******

Which F-word has China banned from social networking sites after a fatal car crash in Beijing?

Draw Something becomes an iPhone and Android games phenomenon

Stuart Dredge: 30m downloads later, OMGPOP's social drawing game sparks Zynga acquisition rumours

Facebook’s ‘dark side’: study finds link to socially aggressive narcissism

Psychology paper finds Facebook and other social media offer platform for obsessions with self-image and shallow friendships

Yahoo files lawsuit against Facebook

Internet company claims Facebook infringes patents covering advertising, privacy controls and social networking

Come sit with me: should theatres let you choose your seatmates?

Kelly Nestruck: An airline is road-testing a seat-selection system that allows passengers to pick their neighbours using social networking profiles. Could such a scheme work in the theatre?

Channel 5’s Big Brother Facebook vote criticised by regulator

Broadcaster used live final to allow viewers to vote with Facebook Credits but server crash left fans frustrated. By Mark Sweney

Could your Facebook page ruin your job prospects?

Terrified of employers scouring their Facebook pages for signs of fecklessness, students have started deleting content and hiding their identity. Are they over-reacting?

Facebook: you don’t have to like it

Antonia Senior: The site is undergoing a marketing gold rush as brands compete for our attentions – and our willingness to project a very public image

Google’s privacy settings – controlling your information

There are ways to control what information Google records, or opting out altogether. Your personal information is valuable

Steve Purdham: ‘Music is so powerful a song can chemically change people’

The boss of We7 reveals how he co-created the online jukebox with Peter Gabriel and why he believes it is the future of radio. By Josh Halliday

Tech giants have power to be political masters as well as our web ones

The Arab spring showed how multinationals can wield power without responsibility by controlling internet access

Gregg Jevin: imaginary comic’s ‘death’ tops Twitter trends

Twittersphere dominated by tributes to fictional character killed off by his creator, comedian Michael Legge

Jane Austen signed up for Facebook game

Author's fictional universe is the setting for Rogues and Romance, due out in beta next month

Twitter co-founder says users shouldn’t spend hours tweeting

Biz Stone, the micro-blogging site's creative director, said users should not spend too long on the site as it is 'unhealthy'. By David Batty