The Guardian view on the politics of street confrontation: a dangerous trend

Editorial: Brexiters’ casual denigration of remainers as ‘traitors’ and ‘enemies of the people’ has helped fertilise political ground where violent extremism grows

Apple reportedly hires Facebook critic in privacy role

Sandy Parakilas, who worked at Facebook before opposing its use of personal data, ‘to work on data protection’

Facebook’s burnt-out moderators are proof that it is broken

Despite employing a small army of contractors to monitor posts, it’s clear the company is no longer fit for purpose

Seven ways technology will change in 2019

Facebook’s fall from grace, Bitcoin’s crash and the Gatwick drone fiasco were all tech nightmares last year. Our expert looks out for trouble in 2019…

Sir Martin Sorrell: Facebook row hasn’t deterred advertisers

Ex-WPP chief says marketers are turning to Instagram and predicts more digital growth

It’s complicated: Facebook’s terrible 2018

Privacy scandals, congressional hearings, and PR disasters: a timeline of a long and difficult year for Mark Zuckerberg

Yuletide log-off: are people really taking a break from Twitter over Christmas?

Arguments around the family Christmas table may make up for the lack of social media bashing

Why Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook’s ‘adult in the room’, may pay the price for its failings

After months of revelations about the firm, the executive is being talked of as a sacrifice, not founder Mark Zuckerberg

Is 2019 the year you should finally quit Facebook?

Deleting your Facebook account isn’t a bad New Year resolution – the company has proven yet again it violated public trust

Facebook users cannot avoid location-based ads, investigation finds

No combination of settings can stop location data being used by advertisers, says report

Facebook has built a Frankenstein’s monster. When will it admit that?

In the wake of the latest reports criticising Facebook and Google, maybe it’s time for the tech giants to relinquish their hold over our lives