China is cutting its tech giants down to size. Should the west learn from this?

Xi Jinping has grasped a fundamental truth in his quest to win the technology race – that internet companies are all ultimately disposable

Facebook is ‘biased against facts’, says Nobel prize winner

Philippines journalist Maria Ressa says social media firm is threat to democracy and failing to halt spread of misinformation

Is Facebook the tobacco industry of the 21st century?

Despite the evidence of its own research, the company cannot be trusted to stop the harm its products cause, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

‘I might delete it’: Facebook’s problem with younger users

According to leaked research, the firm has found engagement among a key demographic is in decline

Facebook has just suffered its most devastating PR catastrophe yet

We must demand that Facebook tell the full, unvarnished truth. Fortunately for us, the public, the truth tends to come through despite Facebook officials’ best efforts to obscure it

The Guardian view on Facebook: the anti-social network

Editorial: The era when tech giants could amass vast power without responsibility is thankfully drawing to a close

For millions, the WhatsApp outage could have been a matter of life and death

Social media is a lifeline in many countries, and Facebook must do more to protect its systems from routine failures, says Project Lifeline leader Humza Jilani

Facebook’s role in Myanmar and Ethiopia under new scrutiny

Whistleblower Frances Haugen adds to long-held concerns that social media site is fuelling violence and instability

Facebook whistleblower’s testimony could finally spark action in Congress

Despite years of hearings, the company has long seemed untouchable. But Frances Haugen appears to have inspired rare bipartisanship

Telegram says it added 70m new users during Facebook outage

Instant messaging app experiences one-day surge in signups and tops the US iPhone download chart

Tell us: are you considering leaving Facebook’s platforms?

We’d like to hear from social media users about how recent developments have affected them

TechScape: Was this the worst week in Facebook’s history?

Up for discussion in the Guardian tech newsletter: Zuckerberg forced to deal with crashes, leaks and ‘destabilising democracy’

Mark Zuckerberg hits back at Facebook whistleblower claims

Frances Haugen’s testimony that social networking company puts profit before people ‘just not true’

Facebook is a harmful presence in our lives. It’s not too late to pull the plug on it

The company plans to tighten its grip on our everyday activities. We don’t have to just submit, says emerging technologies research fellow Jathan Sadowski

Facebook harms children and is damaging democracy, claims whistleblower

Frances Haugen says in congressional testimony Facebook puts ‘astronomical profits before people’