BBC tells Tories to take down Facebook ad featuring its presenters

Laura Kuenssberg and Huw Edwards footage could damage perception of impartiality, says corporation

A Facebook war in Rose Bay has destroyed my anarchist idealism

It’s a human instinct to regain community spaces, at least virtually. But even the internet’s perceived democracy is not without hierarchy

‘Final straw’ was refusal to allow partner to mark dubious claims by far-right parties

Our Digital dashboard team looks at how the main parties tout their policies online

After a decade of shallow proclamations of their democratic potential, it’s clear that Facebook, Twitter and Google are major threats to democracy

Facebook claims its data collection is inherent to the way the internet works. The internet didn’t have to be this way

Company’s sponsorship of Federalist Society gala prompts action from singer who says site ‘confuses readers regarding truthfulness’

The Facebook CEO views all politics as merely instrumental to the fortunes of his company

Administrator closes the Rose Bay community group after acrimonious dispute forced her to spend $9,000 in legal fees

Guardian analysis finds VDare and Red Ice TV among several outlets that are still on the platform despite Facebook’s promised ban

Google to bar political advertisers from targeting voters based on affiliation and tighten ban on ‘demonstrably false claims’

The digital dashboard: how parties’ spending adds up across social media

Some call it toxic, but a lively local Facebook group has brought young and old together to trade memes and debate

The digital dashboard: the first of a twice-weekly guide to the social media campaigns