Facebook to restore chronological feed of posts from friends
Firm is splitting its News Feed over two tabs on its apps, separating its algorithmic curation
Five dating app dilemmas answered by experts
Striking a balance between protecting your data, ensuring your personal security and getting the most out of dating apps can be tricky. Here’ some advice on the dos and don’ts
Can Elon Musk really walk away from $44bn Twitter takeover?
World’s richest man is arguing that Twitter has more spam accounts than it claims, lowering its value
TechScape: Can the UK create a safer internet?
In this week’s newsletter: Much-contested online safety legislation is about to get its day in parliament – but MPs are still fighting over who gets control
UK could force messaging apps to adopt new technology to tackle abuse images
Home secretary says new powers to require tech firms to remove encrypted abuse material would bring privacy and security
Facebook and Instagram removing posts with mentions of abortion pills
In light of the supreme court’s verdict, memes and status updates on social media on how to access the medicines have exploded
I saw first-hand how US tech giants seduced the EU – and undermined democracy
Silicon Valley used opaque lobbying to weaken crucial new regulations. Firms like Google and Meta must be held to account
How TikTok is turning a generation of video addicts into a data goldmine
The Chinese tech giant is taking surveillance capitalism to a new level. It’s almost enough to make you feel sorry for Zuckerberg
‘Want to review this?’: Twitter’s niceness prompts do alter behaviour, study finds
Social network uses algorithm to spot posts that appear aggressive, and asks users to be more considerate
Local papers lose out to Facebook as UK towns become ‘news deserts’
Report says people often find online groups more informative than underfunded traditional media
Sheryl Sandberg’s influence reaches all of us. But it’s a troubling legacy
From epic data mining to shocking failures of content moderation, Meta’s COO passes on a vast clean-up job
US supreme court blocks Texas law targeting social media rules
Measure passed by Republican-led legislature seeks to bar platforms from removing user posts based on ‘viewpoint’
Deliberate ploy: whistleblowers reveal why Facebook’s Australia news ban included non-news sites
Employees within Meta say the move amid the standoff with the Morrison government was no accident
Facebook whistleblowers allege Meta may have breached Australia’s foreign interference laws
Company accused of deliberately blocking Australian government pages as a negotiating tactic during debate over news media laws
Rod Sims says Facebook should be forced to negotiate with SBS under news media bargaining code
Despite dozens of deals to pay Australian news publishers for content, social media company has left out SBS and the Conversation