Politics, Society
Facebook bans Scots far right group linked to neo-Nazis and terrorism
A far right group with links to neo-Nazis, a convicted paedophile and a jailed bomb-maker has been banned from Facebook for hate speech, The Ferret can reveal.
Politics
Revealed: The dark-money Brexit ads flooding social media
Facebook has new transparency rules on political ads. But in the last week pro-Brexit groups have spent tens of thousands pushing No Deal - without having to explain who pays for them.
Politics
Scotland Office used tax-payer funded Facebook ads to ‘manipulate voters’
Campaigners said the Scotland Office could be using taxpayer funded Facebook ads to “manipulate potential voters for party political purposes.”
Privacy and surveillance
UK spy agencies share social media data with foreign governments, say critics
Millions of Facebook and Twitter accounts may have been analysed by UK intelligence agencies and personal data shared with foreign governments and corporations, according to privacy campaigners.
Politics
Angry far right posts are dominating political Facebook
Facebook data shows that right wing groups are adept at using anger as a means of outperforming their rivals on the social media platform.
Environment
Exposed: the abusive pirates trying to avoid fishing laws
An intelligence network aimed at helping hundreds of fishermen avoid getting caught fishing illegally has been condemned as “blatant piracy”.
International
Facebook cracks down on Kurdish content
Facebook has banned Glasgow Girl Roza Salih from the social network for posting a photo of imprisoned Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan
Environment, Fracking
Ministers drop consultant exposed as pro fracking
The Scottish Government awarded a £36,000 contract to investigate the environmental impact of fracking to a vocal supporter of the technology – and then hastily dropped it under questioning.