Online politics needs to be cleaned up – but not just by Facebook and Twitter

Social media platforms do have a role to play, but real change requires political parties to take responsibility, say Lisa-Maria Neudert and Phil Howard of the Oxford Technology and Elections Commission

Voters ‘used as lab rats’ in political Facebook adverts, warn analysts

Parties are all involved in a targeted experiment that campaigners warn lacks transparency and could harm democracy

Facebook: we would let Tories run ‘doctored’ Starmer video as ad

Social network says scrutiny that followed edited clip serves accountability

Google and Facebook ‘considering ban on micro-targeted political ads’

Reports say firms may act over concerns that practice risks damaging democratic norms

Media plans drawn: the battle to influence the UK electorate

From Facebook to WhatsApp and viral soundbites, the 2019 campaigns are as much about algorithms as policies

Facebook sold a rival-squashing move as privacy policy, documents reveal

Documents from a 2015 lawsuit allege that the tech giant’s policies were anticompetitive and misrepresented to the public

Targeted ads are one of the world’s most destructive trends. Here’s why

They have led to a proliferation of fake news and clickbait, fuelled surveillance capitalism and normalised pervasive tracking and data-mining. Then there’s their effect on democracy ...

Ex-Johnson aide behind banned Facebook ad worked on fake grassroots campaign

Alex Crowley worked on ‘Mainstream Network’ campaign pushing for no-deal Brexit

Hillary Clinton: Zuckerberg should pay price for damage to democracy

Former presidential candidate criticises Facebook’s decision to let politicians lie in adverts

Tory candidate wrote people on Benefits Street should be ‘put down’

Exclusive: prospective Gower MP Francesca O’Brien made comments on Facebook in 2014

Telegraph buyers circle, but real political clout now lies with Facebook

The Barclay brothers are offering a trophy of sorts, even though newspapers no longer hold such sway over voters

How key Republicans inside Facebook are shifting its politics to the right

Company has been accused of pro-Republican bias, in both policy and personnel, amid fears it could be broken up if a Democrat wins in 2020

Facebook and Twitter spread Trump’s lies, so we must break them up

The social media giants have a monopoly on news but no interest in protecting democracy

The Guardian view on political advertising: time to regulate it, Mr Zuckerberg

Editorial: The Guardian view on political advertising: time to regulate it, Mr Zuckerberg

WhatsApp ‘hack’ is serious rights violation, say alleged victims

Activists speak out after being warned of alleged cyberattack to infiltrate mobile phones