UK fines Facebook £500,000 for failing to protect user data

Decision by information commissioner comes after Cambridge Analytica scandal

European elections ‘face growing threat of manipulation’

Commission says Facebook scandal is ‘wake-up call’ as it calls for monitoring network

Jeffrey Sachs warns AI could lead to wealth being concentrated in the hands of a few thousand people

Regulation is needed to make the tech industry act in line with the public good and not just its CEOs’ stock options

Editorial: Technology’s power to manipulate minds and emotions may be too much for society

Former Lib Dem leader Paddy Ashdown says ex-colleague should changes firm’s culture

When you take the Zuckerberg shilling, you’re leaving your principles behind you

Anonymously run campaign on Facebook urges voters to ‘tell your MP to bin Chequers’

It’s time we harnessed big tech to the cause of progress and optimism. Facebook can lead the way, says Nick Clegg, former UK deputy prime minister

Former UK deputy PM says he ‘will no longer seek to play a public role’ in Brexit debate

Corporation shows off room of engineers, data scientists and other experts but offers reporters few new specifics

Connecting developed nations was relatively easy, but getting the rest of the world online will be far more difficult

The removal of 800 pages and accounts came as a shock to many on both the left and right

Social network hopes launch of transparency tools will restore trust after series of scandals