Debate rages as Facebook prepares to say whether Trump can return

Controversy over former president’s ban has prompted letters from activists and record 9,000 comments

Google and Facebook: the landmark Australian law that will make them pay for news content

Despite protestations from both companies, the Australian parliament is set to pass legislation it says is needed to boost public interest journalism

Facebook moderators ‘told not to discuss working conditions’

Workers in Dublin office claim US company used NDAs to try to stop them talking to Leo Varadkar

‘I get better sleep’: the people who quit social media

Soo Youn is considering giving up the apps. She speaks to those who have already taken the plunge – with liberating results

Rise in child abuse online threatens to overwhelm UK police, officers warn

Exclusive: Sheer quantity of abusive material hindering detection while Facebook move to greater encryption is a further blow

Google and Facebook using lobbyists with close ties to Morrison government to fight media code

Former prime ministerial staffers among those working for influential lobbying firms used by digital giants to try to quash proposed legislation

Is big tech now just too big to stomach?

The Covid crisis has turbo-charged profits and share prices. But are the big six now too powerful for regulators to ignore?

Chris Whitty’s abuse is a symptom of social media out of control

Debate only works if it is disciplined by ethics. The failure to regulate the digital revolution is the great mistake of our age, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

‘It let white supremacists organize’: the toxic legacy of Facebook’s Groups

Facebook has said it will no longer algorithmically recommend political groups to users, but experts warn that isn’t enough

What a great shot! Vaccination selfies become the latest social media hit

A new trend has emerged – public figures posting ‘vaxxies’ showing the moment they received their jab

Will Google and Facebook really axe some services in Australia and what will that mean?

Explainer: the tech giants are far from happy with a new Australian code that could cost them when it comes to news content

Facebook ‘still making money from anti-vax sites’

Social network allowing dangerous Covid theories to be shared, says Bureau of Investigative Journalism

Forget the furore over Trump – Facebook is interested only in maintaining its monopoly

The social network’s ‘supreme court’ of 40 assorted academics, politicians and journalists to oversee the site’s content is little more than a PR exercise