‘Our kids are suffering’: calls for ban on social media to protect under-16s
Instagram and Facebook delete the accounts of Iran’s supreme leader
When dead children are just the price of doing business, Zuckerberg’s apology is empty
Carole Cadwalladr
Meta revenue soars as it pivots to AI and announces dividends for investors
January 2024
Instagram to scan under-18s’ messages to protect against ‘inappropriate images’
Digital afterlife – how to deal with social media accounts when someone dies
Meta documents show 100,000 children sexually harassed daily on its platforms
$2bn woman: how Sheryl Sandberg became one of tech’s most successful bosses
Slew of deepfake video adverts of Sunak on Facebook raises alarm over AI risk to election
TV review
Zuckerberg: King of the Metaverse review – it will make you even more terrified of the internet
Facebook and Instagram ran content sexualizing minors next to corporate ads, lawsuit says
Instagram and Facebook will hide more harmful content from teenagers
December 2023
Meta censors pro-Palestinian views on a global scale, report claims
Rights group says Facebook and Instagram routinely engage in ‘six key patterns of undue censorship’ of content supporting Palestine
TechScape newsletter
TechScape: Will Meta’s encryption plans be a ‘devastating blow’ to child safety online?
The Facebook and Instagram owner is miles ahead of the competition, say regulators, who suggest that could change when it rolls out default end-to-end encryption for Messenger
Child safety groups and prosecutors criticize encryption of Facebook and Messenger
Rights and freedom
Meta platforms are marketplaces for child predators claims lawsuit
TechScape newsletter
Is Meta’s ad-free service just another way to make people pay for privacy?
November 2023
Scammer paid Facebook 7c per view to circulate video of deepfake Jim Chalmers and Gina Rinehart
Video is designed to appear like A Current Affair interview and features altered versions of treasurer and rich listers
Meta closes nearly 4,800 fake accounts in China that tried to polarize US voters
Tech company said accounts impersonating Americans spread political content aiming to divide country ahead of election year
Dick Smith criticises Facebook after scammers circulate deepfake video ad
Businessman warns people to ‘never ever’ purchase from advertisers on Facebook and Instagram after ‘totally fraudulent’ video appears