Duopoly: Facebook told bank it can target ‘insecure’ children as it made £21bn from advertising last year
Facebook studies the communications of children on its network so advertisers can target them when they are feeling “worthless” and…
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MPs accuse social media giants of ‘shameful’ failure to halt online abuse and extremism
MPs have accused social media giants of a “shameful” failure to tackle online terrorist propaganda and hate speech. A hard-hitting…
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Local news publishers teaming up to fight fake news in run up to general election
Local press publishers are joining together to tackle fake news with the launch of a new print and digital campaign…
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Facebook and Twitter should have legal obligations to act on flagged up content, MPs say
A proposed code of conduct for social media giants to tackle fake news and illicit material should be enshrined in…
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Guardian pulls out of Facebook Instant Articles over ‘woeful’ return as UK ad revenue for US giant booms
The Guardian has stopped publishing content directly into Facebook via its “Instant Articles” project after chief executive David Pemsel revealed…
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Regional press online ad revenue fell in 2016 despite 40 per cent digital audience growth as Google/Facebook cashed in
Regional UK newspaper websites saw a decline in online advertising revenue last year despite huge growth in readership. According to…
By ITN on Facebook and fake news: Fairer online revenue share needed to protect public service journalism
ITN has warned that fake news is a “powerful and dangerous force in our online ecosystem” as part of its submission to a…
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Facebook chief says ‘decreasing financial incentives for false news’ is focus but ‘we don’t want to be arbiter of truth’
Facebook takes its responsibilities over fake news “very seriously” and is “focused” on removing the financial incentives for peddling false…
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