Facebook has good reasons for blocking research into political ad targeting
New York University research into who sees the messages is laudable but its collection of personal data isn’t
Facebook leak reveals policies on restricting New York Post’s Biden story
Moderators had to manually intervene to limit distribution of Hunter Biden report
Republicans use congressional hearing to berate tech CEOs and claim Trump is ‘censored’
Hearing with Twitter, Facebook and Google CEOs was meant to focus on section 230, a law that protects internet companies
Kazakh-American group claims Borat Subsequent Moviefilm ‘incites violence’
The Kazakh American Association has released a letter on social media accusing Sacha Baron Cohen’s latest Borat film of ‘justifying harassment’
Former Facebook moderators sound alarm over treatment of workers ahead of US election
Ex-moderators tell the Guardian Facebook underpays and mistreats contractors responsible for policing hate speech
Why can’t questions be asked of Facebook’s ads?
Researchers have every right to investigate how the company’s data is used by advertisers
Facebook moderators forced to work in Dublin office despite high-tier lockdown
Exclusive: Contract staff deemed essential workers as firm’s own employees work from home
The Hunter Biden story was a test for tech platforms. They barely passed
Facebook and Twitter are trying to avoid repeating the 2016 misinformation disaster, but haven’t totally figured out how
Europe and America are taking on the tech giants. Britain needs to join the fight
The government is a bystander to attempts to break up the Facebook, Amazon, Google and Apple monopolies
Biden article row shows how US election is testing Facebook and Twitter
Online giants felt forced to take unprecedented action as they struggle with role during divisive presidential battle
Behind Cambridge Analytica lay a bigger threat to our democracy: Facebook
More needs to be done to clamp down on big tech’s nefarious methods of influencing our politics and culture, says technology lecturer Jennifer Cobbe
Facebook and Twitter restrict controversial New York Post story on Joe Biden
Social media platforms move to limit spread of article amid questions over its veracity
Facebook to ban ads discouraging vaccination
Site will still allow ads focused on vaccine policy as it launches campaign to provide flu vaccine information
Screen time is as addictive as junk food – how do we wean children off?
Social media addiction isn’t a failure of parenting. It’s a feature of the tech industry, says campaigner Belinda Parmar
The Observer view on the information commissioner’s Cambridge Analytica investigation
This newspaper’s exposé of the exploitation of private data has been vindicated