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Advert attacking Scottish media banned by Glasgow underground system

Wings over Scotland website ad contravened rules forbidding political advertising, says Strathclyde Passenger Transport

Danny Dyer’s Twitter rows land him in Barney Rubble with the BBC

Media Monkey: The EastEnders actor has been warned about his online activities, but claims it's because he's not a posh boy

Grant Shapps: I love bingo and beer just like other hardworking people

Tory party chairman responds to criticism of his 'condescending' tweeted poster publicising beer and bingo tax cuts

‘Beer and bingo’ row shows how social media have become key battleground

Growing trend sees parties responding to events with immediate graphics and slogans to be spread over social media

Former Microsoft employee arrested over Windows 8 leaks

Alex Kibkalo accused of leaking Windows 8 and anti-piracy code to a blogger. By Alex Hern

Tony Benn, Bob Crow: the true mark of greatness is to avoid Twitter’s death ritual

John Harris: These Diana levels of praise were absurd. Today, with a limit of 140 characters, silliness and cant have gone nuclear

Who needs bossy bloggers advising women on school-gate chic?

I have nothing against mothers who want to look fabulously smart on the school run, brandishing their exquisitely beautiful babies and toddlers, but please leave the rest of us alone

Laura Lippman’s selfie ‘in solidarity’ with Kim Novak sets off tweet trend

Novelist inundated with similarly 'raw' self-portraits after posting unflattering self-portrait in response to derision of film star's appearance

Annie remake: casting of black lead provokes negative Twitter posts

Oscar-nominated Quvenzhané Wallis stars in the new film version of the musical. Cue Twitter comments that all begin: 'I'm not racist, but …'

Ellen’s Oscars selfie most retweeted ever – and more of us are taking them

Picture is forwarded over 2m times on Twitter, highlighting a phenomenon becoming increasingly popular in Britain

Photographers warn of ‘cynical’ move by Getty to provide free pictures

Getty Images attempts to seize its place in the social web – to the chagrin of its photographers, writes Alex Hern

What are the most popular swearwords on Twitter?

Leo Benedictus: One in every 13 tweets contains a rude word. But what are people's favourites – and which ones do women use more than men?

James Corden’s Brit Awards performance ruffles feathers on Twitter

Media Monkey: The host's jokes, japes and general conduct didn't go down well with some tweeters

Brit Awards was most tweeted about television show in UK

ITV show notched up 4.17m Twitter comments with One Direction's Harry Styles getting 155,000 retweets. By Mark Sweney

Jack Monroe enjoys the taste of success but she won’t let it go to her head

Food blogger who won fame with her cheap recipes speaks about why she resisted the overtures of Hollywood

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  • How Refugee Week film festival brings migrants’ experience home
  • Avatar: Fire and Ash to Project Hail Mary – the seven best films to watch on TV this week
  • You can handle the truth! Why cinema suddenly loves conspiracy theories
  • On the trail of the dotcom queen: how Julie Meyer left a pattern of unpaid bills, missing funds and broken dreams in her wake
  • Telegram questioned by Ofcom after arsonist who targeted Starmer-linked properties recruited on app
  • In the Hand of Dante review – Gerard Butler is jaw-dropping in bizarre Renaissance mafia reverie
  • The Crunch: Climate refugees, visualising Elon Musk’s wealth, and the many ways to analyse the World Cup
  • California ‘billionaire tax’ makes ballot despite opposition from tech moguls
  • Voicemails for Isabelle review – Netflix romcom picks creepy over cute
  • The Guardian view on OnlyFans: revelations of abusive middlemen merit MPs’ attention
  • Attorney general tells department to stop using X amid UK disinformation concerns
  • ‘Ordinary people are being erased’: one director’s audacious fightback against AI – featuring Frinton
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  • Aardman exhibition marks animation studio’s half a century in Bristol
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  • We must be alive to the dangers of a UK social media ban – and the way to really help young people
  • Girls Like Girls review – Sapphic teen romance is a precious and predictable yawn-a-thon
  • Farage trying to block ‘Britcoin’ plans that could be costly for billionaire donor
  • The best LED face masks in the UK, tested: 11 light therapy devices that are worth the hype
  • ‘It’s where the poetry is written in cinema language’: the female editors behind cinema’s masterpieces
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  • ‘The masturbation scene wasn’t a big deal’: Théodore Pellerin on tackling his new film Nino’s challenges
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  • Inspired by Ukraine, and worried by China: Taiwan teaches its citizens how to fly drones
  • Daveigh Chase, child star known for Lilo & Stitch and The Ring, dies aged 35

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