UKIP fights disclosure of information about role of ‘dark’ Facebook ads in EU referendum campaign
UKIP is fighting the Information Commissioner over disclosure of information about the role of ‘dark’ Facebook advertising in last year’s…
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Culture Committee chairman says Twitter response to ‘fake news’ inquiry probe ‘completely inadequate’
The head of the UK’s inquiry into ‘fake news’ has told Twitter that its response to a call for information…
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Former Facebook executive warns social media is ‘destroying how society works’ but web giant claims it has changed
Facebook says it is a different company to the one described by a former executive as ripping apart society. Former…
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MPs say Facebook could take legal responsibility as a publisher post Brexit as US giant promises to pay more UK tax
Brexit could make it easier to ensure online media companies take more legal responsibility for curbing “persistent, vile and shocking…
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Facebook and Twitter to respond to UK fake news inquiry amid concerns of foreign interference in UK politics
Facebook and Twitter have said they will respond to the parliamentary inquiry into fake news as part of a wider…
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Facebook pilot scheme removing news stories from main feed looks like shot across bows of grumbling news publishers
Facebook’s experiment at clearing everything but content from friends and sponsored posts from its main news feed will alarm publishers.…
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Small businesses in communities now spend more with Facebook than local press, Journalism Summit told
Small and medium size businesses are now spending more with Facebook than they are with local newspapers, according to the…
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Digital Summit: News industry has been ‘too slow to move from burning platforms’, claims agency boss
The news industry has been “too slow to move away from the burning platforms on which they were sitting” as…
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