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Google’s new social networking project aims to move people away from global leader Facebook, but does it do the job?

A self-proclaimed former computer hacker talks to Channel 4 News about cyber crime in 2011, the role social media is playing and why he thinks hackers could become “more dangerous than al-Qaeda”.

Joanne Fraill is jailed for eight months for contacting a defendant through Facebook. The Solicitor General tells Channel 4 News the case had to go to trial to protect jury integrity.

A juror who allegedly contacted a defendant through Facebook, leading to the collapse of a £6m drugs trial, faces contempt of court charges.

US Congressman Anthony Weiner admits to having inappropriate online relationships with women and to sending a photo of his crotch to one on Twitter – but says he will not resign.

Twitter users are warned they could face legal action if they breach privacy injunctions. The Attorney General says tweeters in England and Wales are not exempt from the law.

Channel 4 News looks at the fall-out in the United States of Congressman Anthony Weiner’s online indiscretions – and whether he can survive the political storm.

US Congressman Anthony Weiner says he is the victim of hacking after a photo of his crotch was sent from his Twitter account to a college student whom he follows.

As another faceless Twitter user posts alleged details of privacy injunctions involving the rich and famous, a media lawyer and tech expert argue for and against freedoms like this on social media.

G8 leaders are expected to approve a multi-billion dollar aid package to support Tunisia and Egypt, and will discuss issues ranging from the IMF leadership to global internet regulation.

Six cars belonging to press photographers were vandalised and had their tyres slashed outside the home of Ryan Giggs by masked men.

Ryan Giggs has been named as the footballer at the centre of the super-injunction row by MP John Hemming, a move which Lord Prescott has told Channel 4 News is an “abuse” of parliamentary privilege.

Judges again refuse to allow journalists to name a footballer at the centre of a privacy storm. Meanwhile the player has been named by an MP, protected by parliamentary privilege in the Commons.

Ryan Giggs is the most successful footballer in UK history but on the eve of what could be the crowning glory of his career – a third Champions League win – he is mired in personal and legal drama.

Twitter only makes the law an ass once the story gets onto it. Generally the only people who know about a story are the journalists and lawyers involved or the people linked to the story themselves, blogs Krishnan Guru-Murthy.