Is Facebook a publisher? In public it says no, but in court it says yes In its defense against a former app startup, Facebook is contradicting its long-held claim to be simply a neutral platform
Facebook reveals it gave 61 companies access to widely blocked user data Company tells Congress it provided Nike, Spotify, a dating app and other services with special rights to information
Facebook patents system that can use your phone’s mic to monitor TV habits System would allow Facebook to identify what adults and children are watching based on ambient noise
Facebook scraps plans to build drone to deliver internet access Facebook will not build its own aircraft due to aerospace companies’ competition
UK democracy under threat and need for reform is urgent, says regulator Electoral Commission asks government to change law after series of online political campaign scandals
Anti-Social Media: How Facebook Disconnects Us and Undermines Democracy by Siva Vaidhyanathan – review An excellent critique of the social media giant underlines the threat it poses to us all – and suggests how it can be tamed
Facebook’s Grow magazine – for the business leader who wants to be cool as well as rich The semi-evil social network has launched its latest venture, a lifestyle magazine for the elite. Just don’t call it a publisher ...
Facebook creates Orwellian headache as news is labelled politics Archive of political content becomes battleground between publishers and platforms
‘Facebook is taking everything’: rising rents drive out Silicon Valley families Property companies advertising their proximity to Facebook’s campus are giving low-income residents a choice: pay a huge rent increase or move out
Facebook campaign to help separated children seeks $1,500 but gets $7.5m Texas-based campaign to provide legal advice to families becomes Facebook’s largest ever single fundraiser
Cambridge Analytica-linked academic spurns idea Facebook swayed election Aleksandr Kogan, who harvested Facebook profiles, dismisses idea as ‘science fiction’ during Senate hearing
‘Tone deaf!’: state department offers poorly-timed tips on traveling with kids Amid outrage over family separations, state department hosted #FamilyTravelHacks on Facebook Live
Facebook and Twitter: we can do more to protect disabled people MPs question social media giants following criticism from Katie Price over abuse of son
Could this be the end of Facebook controlling news? Two reports show signs of a shift in the wake of electoral and data misuse scandals
‘It’s a misperception that we track people when the Strava app is not open’ James Quarles, head of social network Strava, responds to issues surrounding his company’s fitness tracking app