What makes me thankful? I grew up in a world before Instagram

Facebook may have shelved its plans for an ‘Instagram for Kids’, but the photo-sharing app will continue to prompt complaints that it causes anxiety, depression and body image issues in teenage girls, writes the Guardian columnist Arwa Mahdawi

Facebook pauses work on Instagram Kids after teen mental health concerns

Move follows WSJ revelations that Facebook-commissioned research showed Instagram could affect girls’ mental health

More public figures expected to turn off Facebook comments after Australian defamation ruling

Other politicians and high-profile people likely considering following Tasmanian premier in switching off comments, defamation law professor says

Is Facebook leading us on a journey to the metaverse?

Nick Clegg will on Monday set out the tech giant’s vision of a virtual world where you can work, shop and ‘live’. But the move is prompting new fears over privacy

Has Mark Zuckerberg’s total control of Facebook turned into a liability?

Congressional anger at damaging new revelations and a legal action resulting from the Cambridge Analytica affair have put the social media giant’s founder under renewed pressure

Facebook ‘overpaid in data settlement to avoid naming Zuckerberg’

Lawsuit alleges settlement in Cambridge Analytica case driven by desire to protect founder

Flash in the pan or money-spinner? Murdoch pins hopes on news streaming service

Foxtel cannibalisation continues with News Corp adding news service Flash to streaming apps Binge and Kayo. Plus: newshounds or booze hounds?

Facebook and Twitter should use volunteer moderators, says Wikipedia founder

Jimmy Wales says social media companies should follow the digital encyclopedia’s approach

Leaks just exposed how toxic Facebook and Instagram are to teen girls and, well, everyone

The company’s own research reveals that, in short, the problem with Facebook is Facebook

Teenage girls, body image and Instagram’s ‘perfect storm’

The suffering of the photo-sharing app’s users came into focus this week with the leak of Facebook’s internal research

Facebook steps up fight against climate misinformation – but critics say effort falls short

New efforts will let vast amounts of false material slip through the cracks, according to climate advocates

MP calls for Facebook to be punished if it holds back evidence of harm to users

Social media giant is under pressure over revelations it knew Instagram was harming girls’ mental health

Facebook and Google condemned over ads for ‘abortion pill reversal’

Adverts promoting ‘dangerous, unproven and unethical’ procedure shown millions of times, study finds

Britney Spears ‘taking a break’ from social media after engagement

Singer posts clarifying message on Twitter after fan confusion over why her Instagram account had disappeared

Facebook aware of Instagram’s harmful effect on teenage girls, leak reveals

Social media firm reportedly kept own research secret that suggests app worsens body image issues