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Economy

Facebook caves under pressure from governments to change tax structure

Public criticism of the company has mounted in the UK after it was revealed to have paid just over £4,000 in tax in 2014

USA

Facebook trials asking users for nude photos to combat revenge porn

Technology being piloted in Australia will require users to send the images to themselves via messenger

USA

Russia, the US election and the tech companies: What we know so far

What Facebook, Twitter and Google have revealed about the extent of Russian meddling in the US election

Israel

Erroneous translation of Palestinian man's Facebook post gets him arrested

A Palestinian man was arrested by mistake last week after Facebook’s automatic translation software wrongly translated a post on his page.

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USA

Social media giants called to testify by US Congress

Google, Facebook & Twitter gave been called to testify by the Congressional Investigation into alleged Russian interference in the 2016 US presidential election.

World News

Internauts experiencing problems accessing social media network Facebook

United Kingdom

UK crackdown on social media hate crime

The Crown Prosecution Service says online hate crime must be dealt with just as seriously as face to face abuse.

Cult

'Sunflowers' reunited: Van Gogh works get virtual reality treatment

A virtual exhibition and Facebook Live link-up have given global art lovers a fresh look at the artist's 'Sunflowers' series

World News

Euroviews. Social Media: the Faustian deal

Social media are not one phenomenon. They raise issues for privacy, for freedom of expression, innovation, competition and, for all of these reasons, for democracy.

United Kingdom

May Day on twitter

How has twitter responded to an election result widely considered to be a catastrophic failure for Theresa May?

USA

Zuckerberg "likes" this: Facebook chief finally gets Harvard degree

USA

Facebook and its secret rules over what users can post

Facebook and its internal rule book designed to guide moderators over content reflects increasing pressure on social media giant

World News

Facebook fined by EU over Whatsapp deal

Facebook has been fined €110 million by European Commission anti-trust regulators during a review of its 2014 purchase of messaging service Whatsapp.

France

Facebook fined by France's data protection agency

Facebook has been fined 150,000 euros for breaching data protection rules in France.

Ukraine

Ukraine blocks Russia's answer to Facebook and Google

Russia's Facebook and Google equivalents have been banned in Ukraine - hitting millions of web surfers.

Business Series

Facebook profit surges, closing in on two billion monthly users

Facebook has reported surging quarterly profit and revenue but its shares dipped due to nervousness about future earnings.

Business Series

Facebook to hire 3,000 more monitors to block violent videos

Facebook says it is hiring 3,000 additional workers to block live streams of violence and respond more swiftly to reports of inappropriate material.

Thailand

Violent crime videos pile pressure on Facebook

Never before has it been so easy to put pictures and video on the internet.

Thailand

Thai man kills baby on Facebook Live before taking his own life

Wuttisan Wongtalay filmed himself killing his 11-month-old daughter in Phuket

World News

Silicon revolt as big US tech firms say no to Trump's visa crackdown

A gaggle of America's biggest hi-tech companies have called for a silicon veto of President Trump's tightening of controls on HB1 visas, saying they threaten jobs and competitivity.