Mark Zuckerberg

Given its harmful effects, social media simply cannot be allowed to continue in its current form (Picture: Spencer Platt)

How to launch social media revolution to strip Musk and co of power Ian Johnston

TikTok's algorithm decides what material you see and your poor brain is then left to sift the good from the bad and the ugly (Picture: Sebastien Bozon)

Highly addictive TikTok is allowed in UK but banned in China Stephen Jardine

Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg, journalist Lauren Sanchez, Amazon's Jeff Bezos, Google chief executive Sundar Pichai, and SpaceX boss Elon Musk attended the inauguration of US President Donald Trump on Monday (Picture: Julia Demaree Nikhinson/pool)

Andrew Carnegie has lessons for today’s oligarchs about vast wealth Tobias Jung

Kirsteen MacDonald is founder and director, Mac Media Law

Meta weighs in on the free speech versus censorship debate

Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids, Michigan on November 5 2024.

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Mark Elliot Zuckerberg is the co-founder, executive chairman and CEO of Meta Platforms (previously Facebook, Inc.)

Meta announces plans for AI chatbots to be used on their platforms

Business tycoon Elon Musk has big plans for his social media arm, X, previously known as Twitter (Picture: Britta Pedersen-Pool/Getty Images)

Twitter's 'dead parrot' could still lead way to Holy Grail of 'everything app'

“I like the letter X,” Elon Musk tweeted last Sunday along with a selfie of him gesturing the letter X with his arms.

Elon Musk reveals new X logo for a Twitter which ‘no longer exists’

Are Twitter and Threads really the right forums for public debate? Laura Waddell

Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk are involved in a social media fight and will possibly have a real one (Picture: Mandel Ngan and Alain Jocard/AFP via Getty Images)

Elon Musk vs Mark Zuckerberg: After some trash talk, round one has begun

More than 10 million people sign up to Meta's Twitter alternative Threads

WhatsApp rolls out new feature as ‘sneaky’ group chat change teased

New WhatsApp feature lets you message thousands of people at once

Mr Zuckerberg has been asked not to proceed until he can guarantee childrens safety will not be compromised picture: GettyImages

Mark Zuckerberg warned encryption plans for Facebook could pose child risk

Mark Zuckerberg said it is a "very complex issue" and believes people should be able to see what politicians have to say.

Mark Zuckerberg continues to defend Facebook's stance on political advertising

Sacha Baron Cohen called for a "fundamental rethink of social media and how it spreads hate, conspiracies and lies." Pictures: Joella Marano/Wikicommons/https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/

Sacha Baron Cohen: Social media is 'greatest propaganda machine in history'

The growing popularity of cryptocurrency prompted the installation of a Bitcoin vending machine in Glasgow. Picture: John Devlin.

The encroachment of cryptocurrency gains pace - Jim Duffy

Mark Zuckerberg. Picture: PA

Facebook staff urge company to reverse policy allowing politicians to make false...

Donald Trump's puppet is one of the first to be revealed by the team behind the Spitting Image reboot.

New Spitting Image puppets revealed as reboot plans are confirmed

Instagram will now show twice as many adverts - here's why

Lucas' songs are clever but her crowd work fizzles

Comedy review: Kate Lucas is Selling Herself, The Tron, Edinburgh

F.Off is a Big Short-style medley of frightening factuality and wild comedy

Theatre Review: F. Off, Underbelly - Cowgate, Edinburgh

Under such a broad definition, we could perhaps think of Lloyds as Scotlands largest fintech, Richard Braidwood tells Freer. Picture: Stewart Attwood

Nick Freer comment: Is ‘disruptive’ language misrepresenting fintechs?

Rufus Pollock launched the Open Knowledge Foundation in 2004

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Facebook is looking to liven up your love life with new dating feature (Photo: Shutterstock)

Facebook is launching a ‘Secret Crush’ feature to help you date your friends

TV personality Kylie Jenner. Picture: Angela Weiss/Getty Images

Kylie Jenner becomes world’s youngest self-made billionaire

MPs condemned the 'malicious and relentless' targeting of disinformation and adverts from social media

Social media giants are branded ‘digital gangsters’ as more regulation is urged

Advertising is coming to Whatsapp.

WhatsApp ads: Can I avoid them, when are they coming, how will they work?

Nick Clegg. Picture: Leon Neal/Getty Images

Former Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg given top job at Facebook

Alex Jones being escorted by police out of a crowd of protesters outside a Republican convention in Cleveland. Picture:
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Dani Garavelli: Free speech '˜martyrs' don't need publicity

Facebook knows how many times you've searched for your ex

A graphic from the Cambridge Analytica website. Picture: AP

Under fire Cambridge Analytica bosses could still face sanctions

Facebook to add dating features focusing on '˜meaningful relationships'

A Mark Zuckerberg figure with people in angry emoji masks outside Portcullis House in Westminster, London. Picture: PA Wire

Fresh call for Mark Zuckerberg to appear before parliament

If it's free online, you are the product

Some Facebook users in Illinois could receive compensation over the company's use of facial recognition software (Photo: Shutterstock)

Why Facebook is being sued for billions over photo tagging

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Picture: AFP/Getty

Mark Zuckerberg's own data shared with Cambridge Analytica

Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Facebook. Picture: Josh Edelson/AFP/Getty

Facebook to alert users affected by data breach

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Picture: AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh

Facebook admits secretly deleting Mark Zuckerberg messages

Nicola Sturgeon takes a selfie at a post-general election event in 2015, when her party returned 56 MPs. Picture: Alistair Pryde/JP Resell

Facebook deletes SNP general election victory boast

Only one in ten workers still wears a suit to work as smart casual takes over

John McLellan is director of the Scottish Newspaper Society

Comment: Reputation becomes a vital weapon in the age of social media

Just 42 people have as much wealth as half of the world, says Oxfam

Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg is hiring an extra 3,000 people to review violent videos and other inappropriate material on the social network. Picture: Noah Berger/AP

Facebook tackles violent videos as profit soars 76%

Nick Freer ponders the race to put Scotland on the global tech map. Picture: Stewart Attwood

Nick Freer: Running to keep ahead in the tech marathon

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Scotland has failed to meet its latest target for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, the latest official figures show. Picture: John Giles/PA Wire

Fail: Scotland misses climate target

Pro-independence protesters with Scottish Saltire flags (top) march for Scottish independence. Picture: Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images

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