Capitol attack panel subpoenas Google, Facebook and Twitter for digital records
Select committee seeks records from social media giants related to insurrection that could potentially incriminate the Trump White House
‘A banana, concrete – those are good gifts’: the recycling group turning strangers into friends
There are 7,000 Buy Nothing groups with more than 5 million members worldwide. But their appeal goes beyond the chance to swap everything from nettles to power tools
Lawsuit aiming to break up Facebook group Meta can go ahead, US court rules
The Federal Trade Commission wants to force sale of Instagram and WhatsApp
France fines Google and Facebook €210m over user tracking
Data privacy watchdog says websites make it difficult for users to refuse cookies
TechScape: Elizabeth Holmes is far from the only tech leader overpromising and underdelivering
In this week’s newsletter: the Theranos founder’s conviction shows healthy scepticism about promises to radically rewrite our future is no bad thing
Kirat Assi: ‘Bobby tried to destroy my hopes, my dreams, every part of my life’
She had been ‘catfished’ for years, and now her hit podcast tells the story of tracing the scammer and her quest for justice
As a new year dawns, expect a fresh assault on big tech
Democracies have finally begun to confront the internet giants and their unrivalled and untrammelled power
Social media is a bad feelings machine. Why can’t we just turn it off for good?
I owe my career to Twitter, but two years reporting on the pandemic has made me realise disinformation costs lives, says Guardian journalist Sirin Kale
‘I do surfing’: an AI-generated Mark Zuckerberg on Facebook’s bad year
The Facebook CEO won’t talk to the Guardian. So we built a Zuckerbot and interviewed it instead
Regulate, break up, open up: how to fix Facebook in 2022
After another disastrous year for the company, experts and activists see clear ways to tackle its problems
UK criminal sanctions for tech bosses ‘could be copied by non-democracies’
Technology industry issues warning before MPs and peers publish report on online safety bill
Cyberwarfare report: Australia’s democracy faces existential threat from ‘mass influence’ of foreign powers and social media
Department of defence commissioned research as it prepares its counter-influence strategy
WhatsApp criticised for plan to let messages disappear after 24 hours
Children’s charities say change creates a ‘toxic cocktail of risk’ by making detection of abuse more difficult
Rohingya sue Facebook for £150bn over Myanmar genocide
Victims in US and UK legal action accuse social media firm of failing to prevent incitement of violence
Does the Twitter CEO’s departure signal a platform identity crisis?
Jack Dorsey will no longer steer the company he founded, but is this due to stagnating profits or a more fundamental change of direction?