Twitter users: young, metropolitan and angry about civil liberties

YouGov survey examines differences between users of social networking site and the wider population

Orange strikes Twitter TV deal

Orange, which runs TV services in France, Spain and Poland, is to offer tweet-as-you-watch service and integrated mobile features. By Mark Sweney

My media

The former PCC chair Sir Christopher Meyer shares his media choices

Bebo cuts UK jobs and freezes web TV commissioning

Social networking site puts brake on groundbreaking web TV production team behind KateModern and Sofia's Diary. By Mark Sweney and Mercedes Bunz

Playfish sells to Electronic Arts in deal worth up to $400m

London-based social gaming startup Playfish is celebrating after striking a deal to join the world's biggest games publisher, Electronic Arts

Burberry checks out crowdsourcing with The Art of the Trench

UK fashion brand launches social media project mixing curated and crowdsourced content. By Mercedes Bunz

Bid to block paedophiles from Facebook fails

Government plan to stop sex offenders using social networking sites would breach human rights law

Internet provider is latest Twitter hack victim

A Twitter account belonging to Australian ISP BigPond was hijacked by hackers, as a new wave of phishing attacks hits social networking sites

The power of tweets

What have Jan Moir, AA Gill and Jimmy Carr got in common? They have all provoked storms of protest on microblogging website Twitter. But is this a new age of democracy, or a danger to free speech?

Facebook wins $711m in spam lawsuit

Social networking site secures payout from internet marketer nicknamed 'Spamford'. By Mark Sweney

Facebook project gives world peace a chance

Ambitious online project aims to encourage friendships between Jews and Muslims, US liberals and conservatives and Turks and Greeks

Media140: How Twitter has affected brands

Media140: Social media can be both a threat and an opportunity, conference told