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In July protesters in Washington DC demonstrated against the spread of disinformation on Facebook

Facebook's move to fight climate disinformation 'too little, too late'

People take part in a protest against the use of Bitcoin as legal tender and legal reforms to extend president Nayib Bukele's term in San Salvador, September 15, 2021.

Tech this week: El Salvador court looks at Bitcoin complaints

Facebook bans German accounts under new 'social harm' policy

Three UK brings back roaming charges in the wake of Brexit.

Tech this week: Brexit bites again and Amazon’s big rewards

One of the designs of Facebook and Ray Ban's smart glasses.

Italy's data authority seeks assurances over Facebook smart glasses

A woman models the new glasses made by Facebook and Ray Ban.

Facebook unveils its Ray Ban smart glasses amid concerns over privacy

Instagram is demanding to know how old its users are so it can implement new features aimed at boosting privacy for children

Why Instagram could block you if you don’t tell it how old you are

Search giant Google spent more on lobbying the EU than any other firm, the study said

Big tech spends big money lobbying EU, new report shows

31/08/2021

Ivermectin is commonly used for treating parasites in animals like horses, cows and dogs

Facebook paid ads are promoting a horse drug as a COVID cure

25/08/2021

Elon Musk and Facebook were in the news this week.

Tech this week: Could Facebook sell Instagram and WhatsApp?

22/08/2021

Is Facebook’s virtual reality app the future of work meetings?

19/08/2021

The Taliban have used social media as a communication tool throughout their campaign to take control of Afghanistan

Facebook 'banned' the Taliban from WhatsApp. They kept using it

18/08/2021

his Oct. 2, 2020 file photo shows an iPhone screen with Apple's privacy policy reflected on a laptop screen in Los Angeles.

Privacy watchdog files more than 400 complaints related to cookies

12/08/2021

Hundreds of Facebook acocunts were engaged in a coordinated campaign to spread falsehoods about two COVID-19 vaccines, the company said

Facebook takes down anti-vaccine campaign that targeted influencers

11/08/2021

Facebook has come under fire from US officials after closing the accounts of disinformation researchers

Facebook shuts down academics researching fake news adverts

09/08/2021

Apple is tackling child abuse images, Virgin Galactic starts selling tickets and Ray-Ban plans to make smart sunglasses.

Tech this week: Apple abuse crackdown and Virgin's $450k space flights

08/08/2021

The French finance minister's phone is being investigated for a Pegasus spyware hack.

Tech this week: Pegasus saga, big tech small fines, Facebook in court

01/08/2021

The court found that Facebook wasn’t entitled to delete posts and suspend accounts under their policies.

Facebook has mishandled hate speech content, says German court

29/07/2021

Mark Zuckerberg (centre) and others wear VR headsets at an event in 2016

Zuckerberg: The metaverse is the 'ultimate social technology'

29/07/2021

Alphabet, Apple, Facebook, Amazon and Microsoft are all announcing quarterly financial results this week

Apple, Microsoft and Google make record profits

28/07/2021

Twitter and Facebook were both fined by Russian authorities for failing to delete "illegal content".

Tech this week: Social media fines and offence scales, Kaseya's key

25/07/2021

Woman using smartphone sending emojis

WhatsApp goes phoneless, Microsoft gatecrashes World Emoji Day party

17/07/2021

Street artist Akse P19 repairs a mural of Manchester United striker and England player Marcus Rashford in Withington, Manchester.

UK government warns social media companies over England racist abuse

13/07/2021

WhatsApp is under fire over a controversial new privacy policy.

WhatsApp faces EU consumer complaints over privacy changes

12/07/2021

Pepper the robot is no more after its maker Softbank halted production this week.

Tech this week: Goodbye Pepper and Facebook extremists

04/07/2021

Interview with Maxine Williams, Chief Diversity Officer at Facebook

Facebook says key to creating great products is having diverse teams

21/06/2021

EU lawmakers want to prevent killer acquistions by Big Tech.

Big Tech buyouts should face tougher scrutiny, say EU ministers

11/06/2021

Facebook says it could pay more tax after G7 deal

Facebook welcomes global minimum tax rate announced by G7 today

05/06/2021

WhatsApp and Facebook app icons

Germany bans Facebook from handling WhatsApp data

11/05/2021

Singapore is experiencing a tech boom - but has a huge deficit when it comes to finding talent to fill jobs.

This country is having a major tech boom - and wants to give you a job

07/05/2021