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The Guardian view on content moderation: Meta did far too little. Now it wants to do even less

Editorial: Loosening already limited safeguards on social media platforms is not just damaging. It could ultimately prove deadly

Tory and Reform MPs accused of ‘weaponising trauma’ of grooming victims, as Farage calls for inquiry to focus on Pakistani men – as it happened

Prime minister told Commons any new inquiry into child abuse would delay progress however spokesperson says he has not ruled one out

Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez denounces Elon Musk at Franco anniversary event

Sánchez accuses X owner of inciting hatred as country marks 50 years since start of its return to democracy

Meta is getting rid of factchecking. Should you leave Instagram – and what are the alternatives?

Decision relates to just the US so far but it may affect users in Australia who follow a lot of US-based sources

Meta scrapped factcheckers ‘because systems were too complex’

Comments by co-chair of oversight board Helle Thorning-Schmidt come as X CEO welcomes rival’s move

A new era of lies: Mark Zuckerberg has just ushered in an extinction-level event for truth on social media

The Meta boss’s decision to drastically change Facebook and Instagram’s factchecking programme has set the stage for a fact-free four years online, says author Chris Stokel-Walker

Ditching of Facebook factcheckers a ‘major step back’ for public discourse, critics say

Mark Zuckerberg’s decision regarding Meta platforms condemned as ‘a full bending of the knee’ to Donald Trump

My petty gripe: thumbs-up emojis say ‘I don’t care’ – please stop using them on my big news

It doesn’t matter if it’s Mario Party or my fictional promotion to junior regional manager, my texts deserve more than a digital eff-off

Meta to get rid of factcheckers and recommend more political content

Mark Zuckerberg says company will ‘dramatically reduce censorship’ across Facebook, Instagram and Threads

Apple says it will update AI feature after inaccurate news alerts

One alert claimed BBC story said Luigi Mangione, alleged murderer of US healthcare CEO, had killed himself

UK politics: Yvette Cooper says victims and survivors panel being set up after child abuse inquiry recommendations – as it happened

Home secretary tells MPs that three recommendations by independent inquiry into child sexual abuse are being acted on by the government

I was lost in the cesspit of social media. Then Jane Austen showed me the way out

Why spend every evening fighting trolls on X when you could be working your way through the greats of literature? No more online rage, recriminations, doom-scrolling …

Elon Musk turns on Nigel Farage and calls for new leader of Reform

It is unclear what prompted Musk to write on X that Farage ‘doesn’t have what it takes’ to be Reform UK’s leader

I’ve been waging war on my phone addiction

My progress has been painfully slow, but at last I think I’m winning

Nick Clegg has sold almost $19m in Meta shares since joining Facebook in 2018

Former UK deputy prime minister, who still has about $21m worth, is leaving role as president of global affairs

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  • Melania film earns $7m in US, strongest documentary debut in over a decade
  • ‘It’s really sad’: US TikTok users rethink app over concerns about privacy and censorship
  • Dozens of historic Maseratis recreated for movie about Italian car company
  • ‘Coffee is just the excuse’: the deaf-run cafe where hearing people sign to order
  • Catherine O’Hara obituary
  • Why TikTok’s first week of American ownership was a disaster
  • ‘Menopause gold rush’? Boom in hi-tech products as stigma starts to recede
  • How the left can win back the internet – and rise again
  • ‘One of the greatest comic talents’: tributes paid to actor Catherine O’Hara
  • US authorities reportedly investigate claims that Meta can read encrypted WhatsApp messages
  • Melania Trump documentary opens to underwhelming reception: ‘It’s not a gripping film’
  • ‘Here we go again’: $75m Melania film embodies venal spirit of Trump 2.0
  • Will corporate America finally stand up to the Trump administration?
  • What to know about the jury trials of Meta, Snap, TikTok and YouTube
  • How the right won the internet
  • Alarm raised over Chinese CCTV cameras guarding ‘symbol of democracy’ Magna Carta
  • Ulez bomber: the retired electrician who turned bomb-making extremist
  • We have lost so much of ourselves to smartphones: can we get it back?
  • From Nouvelle Vague to Mock the Week: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead
  • Can you guess our screen time? A priest, pensioner, tech CEO and teenager reveal all
  • ‘I never imagined this!’ How KPop Demon Hunters could make history at the Grammys and the Oscars
  • I endured the Melania film so you don’t have to – my only regret is not buying popcorn so one of my senses was entertained
  • Once Upon a Time in Harlem review – remarkable Harlem Renaissance documentary
  • Elon Musk had more extensive ties to Epstein than previously known, emails show
  • Catherine O’Hara managed to make difficult characters utterly delightful
  • Catherine O’Hara, actor known for Home Alone and Schitt’s Creek, dies aged 71
  • Melania review – Trump film is a gilded trash remake of The Zone of Interest
  • Jayasree Kabir obituary
  • Displacement Film Fund review – Cate Blanchett masterminds short film collection that brims with life and intensity
  • ‘Innovating weather science’: Met Office launches new two-week forecast

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