Fake social media posts on Burning Man festival stir conspiracy theory frenzy

Rumors and fake posts about an Ebola outbreak posted on TikTok and Twitter led to a rapid spread of misinformation

China dodges western 5G chip embargo with new Huawei Mate 60 phone

Mate 60 Pro mobile phone is said to use chip made in China that was thought impossible without access to restricted western technology

Australia’s e-safety regulator warned Twitter about rise in online hate speech during voice debate

FoI request reveals watchdog approached platform – now known as X – to discuss voice to parliament referendum but it did not substantially respond

Social media firms risk ‘humongous’ fines if they grant access to under-13s

Technology secretary Michelle Donelan says online safety bill will enable Ofcom to fine firms up to 10% of their global turnover

Elon Musk threatens to sue Anti-Defamation League over lost X revenue

World’s richest man claims civil rights group has falsely accused site formerly known as Twitter of being antisemitic

TikTok opens datacentre in Dublin in bid to combat European privacy concerns

The Chinese-owned app also announced a UK-based cybersecurity company will independently audit data controls and protections

UK chip designer Arm seeks $52bn valuation in New York listing

Stock exchange float will raise less than owner SoftBank hoped, but could still be biggest IPO of year

TechScape: As the US election campaign heats up, so could the market for misinformation

Twitter is not the only platform inviting political adverts back, as tech giants from Meta to YouTube compete for marketing money and eyeballs

Revealed: how US immigration uses fake social media profiles across investigations

Records from the Department of Homeland Security show it sought to expand undercover operations online despite pushback from Facebook

Help us monitor campaign ads and misinformation in the Indigenous voice referendum

By reporting ads – on TV, in print, online and on social media – you can help make campaign advertising more transparent and disrupt misinformation

TissuPath hack: patient data possibly exposed in cyber-attack on Melbourne pathology clinic

Company says it is investigating the potential exposure of referral letters, patient names, contact details and Medicare numbers

Venice’s brave new world: my cosmic trip to Immersion Island and back

On the Lazzaretto Vecchio, the small island home of Venice film festival’s Immersive section, I donned an XR headset and boldly went where most festivalgoers don’t

Twitter accused of helping Saudi Arabia commit human rights abuses

Lawsuit says network discloses user data at request of Saudi authorities at much higher rate than for US, UK and Canada

No More Bets review – Chinese Wolf of Wall Street aims to teach moral lesson

With its exposé of digital scammers, fraud farms and gangmasters, Ao Shen’s thriller is inventive and snappily directed. A shame, then, that it morphs into a public health warning

‘A big shock’: the Israeli startup helping ultra-Orthodox Jews enter world of hi-tech work

Entrepreneurs want Haredi men, many of whom live in poverty, to have access to the opportunities of Tel Aviv