Facebook says it may quit Europe over ban on sharing data with US EU court in July ruled there were insufficient safeguards against snooping by US intelligence agencies
Facebook suspends environmental groups despite vow to fight misinformation Facebook blames mistake in system for restrictions on groups including Greenpeace USA
The Social Dilemma: a wake-up call for a world drunk on dopamine? The new Netflix docudrama is a valiant if flawed attempt to address our complacency about surveillance capitalism
Medical experts v anti-vaxxers: the Covid-19 information battle Scientists face potential struggle to convince people of vaccine safety as celebrities join misinformation chorus
Twitter and Google join Facebook in tightening rules on US election claims Platforms will target unverified claims of election rigging and premature results declarations
Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook won’t remove anti-vaccine posts despite Covid concerns Social media chief denies Facebook’s algorithms are designed to push viewpoints ‘that are going to kind of enrage people’
‘A climate change-scale problem’: how the internet is destroying us The Social Dilemma, a new Netflix film, meets former tech executives and developers who helped build the online world – and think it’s causing serious harm
Morrison warns Facebook and Google he won’t respond well to any threats over news code PM says he supports ACCC over paying for news content amid escalating campaign by big tech companies
Facebook removes Patriot Prayer pages in bid to halt ‘violent social militias’ Joey Gibson, founder of group with 45,000 followers accuses Facebook of double standard
I’m a freelance writer. A Russian media operation targeted and used me PeaceData, seemingly a leftwing news outlet, offered me a column. I should have known it was too good to be true
Facebook says it will flag any Trump effort to declare premature victory Network, which has been condemned for failing to police propaganda, to also ban political ads in final week of 2020 race
Regional publishers hit back at Facebook’s ‘inflammatory’ threat to ban news sharing in Australia The president of Country Press Australia, Bruce Ellen, says the social media giant’s response is ‘preemptive’ of the negotiation process
Facebook faces grilling by MPs in India over anti-Muslim hate speech Social media site denies any bias towards ruling Hindu nationalist BJP party
Google and Facebook should pay to use ABC and SBS content, ACCC told Advocates say funds collected from tech giants should be used to set up an independent public interest journalism fund
Zuckerberg blames contractors for failing to remove Kenosha militia’s ‘call to arms’ Facebook CEO points to ‘operational mistake’ by teams meant to bar organizations deemed dangerous