Australian election: Facebook restricts foreign ‘political’ ads but resists further transparency Facebook will not be rolling out transparency features it introduced in the UK, US, EU, India, Israel and Ukraine
Hundreds of millions of Facebook records exposed on public servers – report Material discovered on Amazon cloud servers in latest example of Facebook letting third parties extract user data
IMF warning might turn government attention to big tech Threat to innovation could spark action against giants such as Facebook and Google
Mark Zuckerberg says he wants to fix the internet. Don’t take him seriously The Facebook founder’s proposals for how to regulate the social media platform are self-serving and cynical
Why am I seeing this?: New Facebook tool to demystify news feed Facebook attempts to assure users it’s not spying on them with their phone’s mic
Facebook considering hiring editors to pick quality news for users Mark Zuckerberg also said he is weighing up paying publishers for use of their journalism
Government can’t regulate Facebook – it’s up to all of us Mark Zuckerberg is right to call for government regulation. But social media users and firms also have to police the web, says Carys Afoko, director of Level Up
Facebook finally responds to New Zealand on Christchurch attack After two weeks of criticism, Sheryl Sandberg published a letter saying the company is exploring live stream video restrictions
Facebook tightens up rules for political advertisers Verifiable contact details will be required to run campaigns on site ahead of EU elections
Facebook to ban white nationalism and separatism content Company previously allowed such material even though it has long banned white supremacists
What do major copyright changes mean for internet freedom? Will we still be able to upload online content and news – and what about memes?
Facebook stored hundreds of millions of passwords unprotected Company admits to mistake and says it has no evidence of abuse – but the risk was huge
Instagram users will be able to buy from brands on platform ‘Checkout on Instagram’ is new e-commerce service available to US customers
Mark Zuckerberg, four days on, your silence on Christchurch is deafening In New Zealand we’re waiting to see if the all-powerful Facebook boss means what he says about ‘moral responsibility’
The Internet’s Dirtiest Secrets review – the human toll of detoxifying social media A masterful edition of Storyville exposed the awful plight of the moderators tasked with purging tech platforms of violent and sexually abusive images