Subterms
The Observer
Interview
Ian Tucker
The ex-CIA officer on why she lasted only six months at the tech giant and her fears about its role in the forthcoming US election
John Naughton on how Facebook could stop Biden’s progress to the White House
Q&A with early Facebook investor Roger McNamee
Carole Cadwalladr: If you’re not terrified about Facebook, you haven’t been paying attention More
In every political debate since Facebook began to dominate democracy, the company has placed itself on the wrong side of history. The social media firm cannot be reformed from within because its business model profits from hosting bomb-throwing circuses of hate, humbug and hogwash. The platform harvests users’ personal data to algorithmically recommend content but […] More
Twitter, Reddit and other platforms are taking action against the president’s rhetoric. The alternatives have far less reach More
Down the rabbit hole: how QAnon conspiracies thrive on Facebook Guardian investigation finds more than 3m aggregate followers and members support QAnon on Facebook, and their numbers are growing QAnon is a movement of people who interpret as a kind of gospel the online messages of the anonymous figure, ‘Q’. Illustration: Eric Pratt/The Guardian In […] More
Facebook employees are staging a rebellion over Mark Zuckerberg’s refusal to act against Donald Trump, expressing their dissatisfaction with their boss on social media in a rare public display of dissent and, in some cases, staging a “virtual” walkout. Disagreement came from employees at all levels of the company, including some senior staff. Particular criticism […] More
President’s planned weakening of social media law may not have effect he thinks it will Donald Trump in the White House, Washington DC. Photograph: Alex Brandon/AP Donald Trump’s apparent plans to punish Twitter for appending a factcheck to his claims that mail-in ballots would be “substantially fraudulent” could reshape the web – but not necessarily in […] More
Fake social media accounts also used to support Ron Paul’s presidential bid and the Occupy movement A handful of fake accounts posted content including several cartoons portraying then prime minister David Cameron as ‘the embodiment of English oppression’. Photograph: Murdo MacLeod/The Guardian Iran’s state broadcaster experimented with using fake social media accounts to influence the […] More
Donald Trump Campaign ads continue to focus on the southern border even as pandemic has killed hundreds of Americans Coronavirus – latest US updates Coronavirus – latest global updates See all our coronavirus coverage A Trump campaign ad featuring the Indian prime minister, Narendra Modi. Photograph: Facebook As the reality of the coronavirus crisis took […] More
