Facebook is banning leftwing users like me – and it’s going largely unnoticed
Facebook placed a number of leftwing organizers on a restricted list during Biden’s inauguration. It’s part of a much bigger problem
Facebook removes Save Our Rights UK Covid denial videos
Social media site pulls videos by group that Tory MP told to persist with its anti-lockdown activities
Apple and Facebook at odds over privacy move that will hit online ads
Tim Cook lambasts firms ‘built on misleading users, data exploitation, on choices that are not choices at all’
Facebook board set to rule on Trump ban reverses four content removal cases
Cases included content on Covid misinformation and hate speech, and panel will rule soon on the decision to suspend Trump
Too rude for Facebook: the ban on Britain’s historic place names
The social network’s oversensitive hate speech filters have made it impossible to mention respectable locations like Devil’s Dyke and Plymouth Hoe. The residents are not amused …
Facebook apologises for flagging Plymouth Hoe as offensive term
Social media site mistakenly labels posts referring to the seafaring landmark in Devon as misogynistic
UK regulator to write to WhatsApp over Facebook data sharing
Information commissioner says the chat app committed in 2017 not to share contact and user information
WhatsApp loses millions of users after terms update
Poorly-executed change of terms of service sends messaging app’s subscribers flocking to competitors
Is it time to leave WhatsApp – and is Signal the answer?
The Facebook-owned messaging service has been hit by a global backlash over privacy. Many users are migrating to Signal or Telegram. Should you join them?
‘Inevitable’ Google and Facebook will pay for Australian news, treasurer says
Josh Frydenberg says tech companies’ threats to pull services out of Australia did them a ‘big disservice’
Can facial recognition technology really reveal political orientation?
The author of a peer-reviewed study says ‘yes it can’ and if he’s right, it has frightening implications
Facebook admits encryption will harm efforts to prevent child exploitation
British MP asks firm why it is introducing end-to-end encryption that will ‘put more children at risk’
Von der Leyen: big tech firms need to be reined in despite Trump’s exit
Internet giants that spread hate speech and conspiracy theories should face ‘democratic limits’, says European commission president
Facebook under pressure to resume scanning messages for child abuse in EU
Half of referrals for child sexual abuse material could be falling under the radar after changes to EU e-privacy directive
Far-right extremists take over UK land sales Facebook page
A Facebook page with 40,000 members created for people buying plots of land has been taken over by rightwing conspiracy theorists