- NewsJames Morris
Boris Johnson has posted 'get Brexit done' over 350 times on social media since start of election campaign
'The message really resonates with people,' a leading political sociologist told Yahoo News UK.
- NewsRob Waugh
Here’s why fake news spreads so quickly (even when it’s not believable)
People who repeatedly see the same fake news item repeatedly feel less and less "wrong" about sharing it -–even when they don’t believe it’s true.
- NewsAndy Wells
Nottinghamshire Police apologise for ‘victim-blaming’ in ‘sexist’ Facebook post
The post received a fierce backlash.
- NewsRoss McGuinness
Web founder Sir Tim Berners-Lee criticises Tories and calls on Facebook to ban political adverts
The World Wide Web founder also accused the Conservative Party of spreading misinformation by rebranding one of its Twitter accounts 'factcheckuk'.
- NewsRoss McGuinness
Mother posts heartbreaking Facebook photo of two children before they were killed by drink-driver
Sarah Jane Pascoe-Hudson lost her son Matthew, 12, and daughter Lucy, 10, in the crash in 1996.
- NewsYahoo News UK
Facebook app has been secretly accessing users' cameras while they read news feed
A bug in the latest version of the Facebook iOS app has alarmed users - but there's a simple fix if you're concerned.
- NewsYahoo News UK
Madeleine McCann’s parents ‘shocked’ after Facebook troll takes picture of couple
Kate and Gerry McCann were at a restaurant in Scotland when they were photographed, it was reported.
- NewsRoss McGuinness
Hong Kong protester shot by police in another day of violence during morning rush hour
The police shooting of the protester in Hong Kong was livestreamed on Facebook.
- NewsRoss McGuinness
Man arrested on suspicion of murdering young mother, 26, after ‘altercation’ in Halifax town centre
A man has been arrested on suspicion of murdering a young mother, 26, in Halifax town centre.
- NewsEllen Manning
Family of Amelia Bambridge left horrified after pictures of her dead body are shared on Instagram and Facebook
Amelia Bambridge's brother Harry urged people not to share images of her body as Facebook stressed it has 'clear rules against posting graphic content'.
- NewsReuters
Four killed in Bangladesh over Facebook post
At least four people were killed and about 50 injured on Sunday in clashes with police in Bangladesh over a Facebook post that offended Muslims, officials said. The clashes in the southern district of Bhola, 195 km (120 miles) from the capital Dhaka, broke out when angry crowds protested against a Facebook post in which a Hindu reportedly made derogatory remarks about Prophet Mohammad. Police said the Facebook had actually been hacked and all the hackers had been detained.
- NewsRoss McGuinness
BBC presenter Nick Robinson compares Boris Johnson to a ‘dictator’ over use of social media
The BBC journalist said the Prime Minister's use of social media was a 'form of propaganda'.
- NewsJimmy Nsubuga
Billionaire Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has admitted it is not fair he has so much money
He said no-one deserves the amount of money he has.
- CelebrityJayne Cherrington-Cook
Love Island’s Alex Bowen reveals the dad he’s never met called him ‘son’ on Facebook
It was the Facebook post he never wanted to read…
- NewsJimmy Nsubuga
Facebook says posts by politicians won't be subject to fact-checking
Politicians will also be allowed to break rules regarding hate speech and other topics if the risk of harm is not significant.
- NewsRob Waugh
Instagram to become a bigger source of fake news than Facebook, new report warns
The front line is shifting in the battle against fake news, a report has warned
- NewsRob Waugh
Facebook considers hiding ‘Likes’ from people’s news feeds
The ‘Like’ is one of Facebook’s most iconic features.
- NewsRoss McGuinness
Father of daughters murdered by mother to make time for sex work pays Facebook funeral tribute
Louise Porton, 23, murdered her two children, aged 1 and 3, because they got in the way of her sex work.
- NewsRob Waugh
Don’t share this hoax about ‘new Instagram rules’, it’s completely fake
Thousands of Instagram users - including the politician in charge of America’s nuclear weapons - have shared an Instagram scam
- NewsRob Waugh
How to make your Facebook account more private using new activity tool
Users will be able to select an option to remove ‘Off-Facebook Activity’ information about themselves that has been sent to the social network by partners.
- CelebrityGreer McNally
Lady Gaga: 'Don’t be scared to ask for help, I beg you'
The Shallow singer asked her fans to be brave and reach out to people struggling.
- NewsAndy Wells
Boy, 17, ‘stabbed to death by a teenager with combat knife after Facebook row'
Louis-Ryan Menezes died after having a large blade plunged through his heart
- NewsRob Waugh
Facebook ‘used secret tools’ to deal with fake news... about Facebook
Facebook has had a series of scandals related to ‘fake news’ on the network, and in particular its effect on elections around the world. Staff used the tools to track down and deal with hoaxes including posts which claimed that Facebook would start charging people to use the service. Other hoaxes dealt with by the team centred on the popular myth that Facebook ‘listens to’ users via their microphones - or that Mark Zuckerberg is an alien.
- NewsRoss McGuinness
Father issues Facebook warning after musician son, 21, dies of caffeine overdose from drinking protein shake
Lachlan Foote, 21, from the Blue Mountains, Australia, was found dead on New Year's Day last year after drinking a protein shake.
- NewsRob Waugh
Facebook cracks down on bogus ‘health cures’ after anti-vax purge
In recent years, Facebook has become notorious for misleading health content
