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Why have two US commentators been banned from entering the UK?

Cenk Uygur and Hasan Piker were supposed to address events at SXSW London before their ETAs were cancelled

Free speech activists condemn UK entry ban for Hasan Piker and Cenk Uygur

Two leftwing US commentators, who have both been accused of propagating antisemitism, barred from visiting for event

Trump proposes ‘wild’ rally instead of concerts after artists back out of series

US president also decries judge’s ruling on Kennedy Center and praises progress on reflecting pool in posting spree

‘Nature’s soap opera’: how a wildlife artist’s nestboxes became a YouTube hit

The births, fledgling flights and even first dates on Robert Fuller’s site are about to hit a million global subscribers

Much of what Blair said in essay criticising Labour was wrong, says Starmer – as it happened

Starmer launches long defence of his record when asked about former PM’s essay critiquing current government

If you’re still on Elon Musk’s X, ask yourself this: why?

Some argue that quitting the platform formerly known as Twitter cedes the space to malign actors. But it’s an open sewer, beyond redemption, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Liew

The strange surveilled life of Piper Rockelle: why did a former child influencer decide to go on OnlyFans?

She made millions as a tween and teenager by posting clips of herself and her friends on YouTube. Then the business collapsed amid acrimony. What does her success in the adult industry, at 18, say about surveillance, social media and sexualisation?

‘Hello ladies and sons of ladies’: women are using ‘microfeminisms’ to flip the gender script

The practice is not entirely serious – but it raises awareness of the many sexist tropes built into everyday life

Mother of boy who may have died in TikTok challenge urges No 10 to ban social media

Ellen Roome, whose son, Jools Sweeney, was 14 when he died, wants a ban put in place for under-16s

‘Like tobacco’: Wes Streeting calls for partial social media ban for under-16s

Exclusive: Former health secretary’s intervention comes as government closes consultation on age limits for platforms

Martin Lister obituary

Other lives: Clear-thinking writer and professor of photography and new media

Screentime swaps: how to quit doomscrolling without quitting your phone

Addicted to your devices? According to experts, not all screen time is created equal. Here are some healthier ways to spend time online

Meta and Snapchat blocking Saudi dissidents’ accounts

US social media firms acting on orders from Middle East kingdom accused of being ‘instruments of repression’

‘He’s a natural’: Andy Burnham’s allies give his social media style a thumbs-up

Labour MPs and PR experts praise his refreshingly forthright replies that are a marked contrast to Keir Starmer

Guardian journalists win across categories at Press Awards in London

Political editor Pippa Crerar and features writer Simon Hattenstone top major categories and Malak A Tantesh wins for Gaza reporting

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  • Trump touts ‘great meeting’ with Xi at White House – as it happened
  • ‘Cracking auction, Gromit!’ Original Aardman puppets go under the hammer
  • Russia could attack a Nato country within months, Danish intelligence says
  • Parents and carers: how has your view on your children’s use of social media or AI changed?
  • TikTok drops appeal against £12.7m fine for not keeping under-13s off platform
  • Price hikes, ads and lower quality: has ‘streamflation’ ruined the TV experience?
  • ‘Eat the rich, save the planet’: climate protesters call out big tech’s disconnect from reality
  • Tom Watson’s move to Palantir is the latest sign of how far the rot has spread in UK politics
  • Flash sale: AO snaps up camera seller Jessops from Dragons’ Den star Peter Jones
  • Post your questions for Zach Braff
  • Nick Clegg plays down fears ‘godlike’ AI could exterminate humanity
  • ‘This gap opens up of doubt and scepticism about everything’: Jess and Morgs confront the politics of deepfakes
  • Greek epics, gory obsessions and awkward invites: where does this year’s Oscars race stand?
  • We’re in a crisis of loneliness – but is buying friends on an app likely to help solve it?
  • ‘I’m a writer but then nobody’s perfect’: how Billy Wilder conquered Hollywood
  • OpenAI’s Medicare hack is a bleak opportunity for Australia to address its security shortcomings post-haste
  • Forgotten Island review – best friends forever trapped in frantic DreamWorks animation
  • An OpenAI agent infiltrated Medicare – and Australia only found out months later. Here’s what we know so far
  • Australia launches investigation after OpenAI agent hacked healthcare database
  • Meta debuts no-camera smart glasses and virtual reality spectacles
  • Twenty years after An Inconvenient Truth, Al Gore still believes in the climate fight: ‘We are going to win this’
  • OpenAI’s Altman and Anthropic’s Amodei address UN security council
  • ‘I miss old Google’: readers tell us how they search the internet in the age of AI
  • How the ‘poisonous tide’ of disinformation spreads division and despair
  • UK politics: PM’s new anti-disinformation unit gets cross-party backing, as Farage declares it an attack on free speech – as it happened
  • Criminals recruiting students on social media to be ‘parcel mules’, say police
  • My (complicated) relationship with AI: often seductive, occasionally frustrating and always demanding vigilance
  • ‘He made something every single day’: David Lynch’s inscrutable photography celebrated in LA show
  • The living dead: we can watch ‘Janis Joplin’ perform or reunite the Beatles, but who are the real winners here?
  • John Green got an astronomical following from his books. What came next? ‘I’m still competing for clicks’

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