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Facebook should guard against revealing private addresses, board recommends

Oversight Board of Meta recommends exception to privacy rules should be removed

Meta to bring in mandatory distances between virtual reality avatars

Move follows warnings Mark Zuckerberg’s plan for metaverse could lead to increased online harassment

Teenager seeks $50k from Elon Musk to delete Twitter bot tracking private jet

In DM exchange Tesla boss offers $5,000 for takedown but 19-year-old replies: ‘Any chance to up that to $50K?’

What your smart TV knows about you – and how to stop it harvesting data

Modern TVs gather data that can be monetised. How much of this surveillance can you avoid without turning your smart TV dumb?

Cabbage the Twitter-famous lost-and-found dog dies at 15

Collie cross of former BBC journalist Rory Cellan-Jones became trending topic when she was stolen last year

I’ve seen the metaverse – and I don’t want it

The tech world has been overtaken by the seductive idea of a virtual utopia, but what’s on offer looks more like a late-capitalist technocratic nightmare

Campaign aims to stop Facebook encryption plans over child abuse fears

No Place to Hide drive funded by Home Office to warn social media firms over dangers of end-to-end encryption

Lawsuit claims Facebook and Google CEOs were aware of deal to control advertising sales

Newly revealed documents from the complaint against Google shed light on potential advertising sales manipulation

YouTube is major conduit of fake news, factcheckers say

Platform is not doing enough to tackle spread of falsehoods, claims letter signed by 80 groups

UK data watchdog seeks talks with Meta over child protection concerns

Campaigners say lack of parental controls on Oculus Quest 2 virtual reality headset could breach children’s safety code

Nilüfer Yanya: ‘I wasn’t thinking: how am I going to make this a TikTok hit’

The Londoner reflects on her old-school ascent to jazzy indie greatness, her Turkish heritage and reaching out to refugee kids

France fines Google and Facebook €210m over user tracking

Data privacy watchdog says websites make it difficult for users to refuse cookies

Facebook’s very bad year. No, really, it might be the worst yet

From repeated accusations of fostering misinformation to multiple whistleblowers, the company weathered some battles in 2021

‘Please don’t feel alone’: people self-isolating connect on social media

Comedian Sarah Millican keeps Christmas spirits up with Twitter hashtag #JoinIn

Instagram disabled artist’s @metaverse handle after Facebook rebranded to Meta

Thea-Mai Baumann had used the account for more than a decade but it suddenly vanished, taking all her work with it

The Guardian view on online safety: holding big tech to account | Editorial

Regulation of the social media businesses that have changed our world is overdue. Children in particular need protecting

Tech bros have been feeding the trolls – and women are paying the price

Misogynistic abuse is rife online but women don’t bother to report it because nothing gets done. Why? Tech companies just don’t care

Facebook put profit before Rohingya lives. Now it must pay its dues | Jason McCue and James Libson

Courts in the global north have a duty to protect citizens of developing countries from plunder by corporations

Senate panel interrogates Instagram CEO on how platform protects children

Adam Mosseri defends platform and calls for creation of body to determine best practices to help keep young people safe online

‘So vague, it invites abuse’: Twitter reviews controversial new privacy policy

The policy meant to tackle doxxing on the platform was weaponized by the far-right, leaving many anti-fascist activists locked out of their accounts

Google’s 2021 search list: Bernie Sanders’ mittens and Squid Game top the trends

Annual list reveals most searched-for terms globally related to sports, investing, Covid and skinny jeans

Facebook and TikTok urged to reveal how many children use their platforms

Britain’s culture and education secretaries demand transparency in advance of online safety bill

Jack Dorsey steps down as Twitter chief executive

Dorsey co-founded site in 2006 and posted world’s first tweetParag Agrawal, chief technology officer, to replace Dorsey

Lush quits Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and Snapchat over safety concerns

Beauty retailer says it has had enough of social media after allegations of whistleblower Frances Haugen

UK trio sends ideas to UN on how social media firms can protect minorities

Hiring more non-English language moderators and safety testing algorithms among UK trio’s proposals

Meta delays encrypted messages on Facebook and Instagram to 2023

Move comes as child safety campaigners express concern plans could shield abusers from detection

Facebook tests tool to allow users to manage content they see

Social media platform has been accused of not doing enough to curb inflammatory posts

US states investigate Instagram for ‘wreaking havoc’ on teens’ mental health

Attorneys general launch bipartisan inquiry after company’s own research showed platform harmed children

Social media creating virus of lies, says Nobel winner Maria Ressa

Filipino journalist and peace prize laureate says sites are biased against facts and in need of overhaul

Facebook demands LAPD end social media surveillance and use of fake accounts

Company’s letter to LA police chief comes after the Guardian revealed that the department partnered with a tech firm that enables undercover spyingHow LAPD partnered with tech firm that enables spyingThe software that studies your Facebook friends to predict crimesFacebook is demanding that the Los Angeles police department cease all use of “dummy” accounts on its platforms and stop collecting data on users for surveillance.

Unlikely allies: Rupert Murdoch and Maria Ressa take aim at social media’s ‘virus of lies’ | The Weekly Beast

The media mogul and the Nobel laureate both want social media reined in, albeit for very different reasons. Plus, Ita Buttrose strikes back at Coalition ‘interference’

Social media helped me face cancer, says Chocolat author Joanne Harris

Writer tells Lauren Laverne on Desert Island Discs how she felt ‘connected to the world’ when discussing her breast cancer

Social media fuels narcissists’ worst desires, making reasoned debate near impossible | Sonia Sodha

Online victory is often about abusing others rather than winning hearts and mindsIf you could press a button and eliminate social media platforms from the world, would you do it? Listen to the testimony of Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen over the last month and it might appear that turning back the clock is a no-brainer.

How can we tame the tech giants now that they control society’s infrastructure? | John Naughton

It’s hard to see how the ‘platform power’ of the likes of Amazon can be curbed, given that they are running vital cloud services

Mark Zuckerberg and the tech bros are still on top – but their grip is loosening | Jane Martinson

Facebook’s woes cast a long shadow at a European tech summit this week, and it will take more than rebranding to mend them

‘People believe people like themselves’: meet the shop-floor TikTok stars

Marks & Spencer, John Lewis and Superdrug have influencer store staff who outshine corporate social media

Social media companies ‘make money from hate’, says Thierry Henry

Ex-Arsenal star says he will continue boycott of online platforms because they are ‘not really trying’ to tackle online abuse

You can’t escape your past by changing your name, as Mark Zuckerberg will discover | Kenan Malik

Facebook becomes Meta, colleges are rebranded, but a new tag is no substitute for historyIt’s easy to mock the Corporation Formerly Known As Facebook.

Facebook trained its AI to block violent live streams after Christchurch attacks

Leaked papers detail emergency exercise that followed 2019 mass murder in New Zealand

Mocking Meta: Facebook’s virtual reality name change prompts backlash

The rebrand comes as the company faces a series of public relations crises

The Guardian view on regulating social media: necessary but risky | Editorial

Big tech self-regulation is not working. But measures to curb online harm must be carefully thought through

Facebook has ruined our reality, now it’s coming for the metaverse too | Imogen West-Knights

Mark Zuckerberg’s latest Meta morphosis fills me with a deep sense of dread. And some companies are too toxic to rebrand

Facebook tells staff to preserve documents amid heated inquiries

Several agencies are investigating the company’s workings post former employee Frances Haugen’s extensive document leak

Frances Haugen to testify to MPs about Facebook and online harm

Whistleblower and critic of Mark Zuckerberg will give evidence to MPs scrutinising online safety bill

Social media giants face $10m fines for privacy breaches under proposed government reform

Tech giants to verify users’ ages, get parental consent for children under draft bills before parliamentGet our free news app; get our morning email briefingSocial media giants will face fines of up to $10m for serious privacy breaches, under reforms proposed by the Australian government.

Social media ‘emboldens’ stalkers to take action, warns expert

Unemployment, lockdowns and social media forms ‘recipe for action’ among potential offenders

Twitter admits bias in algorithm for rightwing politicians and news outlets

Home feed promotes rightwing tweets over those from the left, internal research finds

France hails victory as Facebook agrees to pay newspapers for content

Social media firm announces deal after long-running battle with national and regional newspapers

Finally, Facebook can say it’s not the most toxic social network | Marina Hyde

Donald Trump’s plans to launch a platform are good news for Mark Zuckerberg, who’ll be busy prebutting the next damning exposé of his company

Facebook plans to change its name as part of company rebrand – report

Rebrand could position tech giant’s social media app as one of many products under a parent company which oversees the likes of Instagram, WhatsApp and Oculus

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