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Swear, self-promote and pretend you’re on a first date: a celebrities’ guide to Letterboxd’s Four Favourites

From Kristen Stewart to Willem Dafoe, everyone is telling the site their top four movies – but here are unwritten rules that will make sure you stand out

Social media misinformation driving men to seek unneeded NHS testosterone therapy, doctors say

Endocrinologists warn taking testosterone unnecessarily can suppress natural hormone production

Joey Barton found guilty of sending offensive posts on social media

Former footballer guilty over posts directed at football pundits Lucy Ward and Eni Aluko, and broadcaster Jeremy Vine

EU plans hub to tackle disinformation threat from Russia and others

Move follows ‘escalating hybrid attacks’ by Russia and other foreign powers spreading fake articles across social media

Meet gen X: middle-aged, enraged and radicalised by internet bile

Who is driving the populist insurgency? It’s not grumpy pensioners or vulnerable teenagers – it’s my generation, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

BBC must change or be ‘a Titanic’, says manager of the Sidemen YouTubers

Jordan Schwarzenberger says BBC is becoming irrelevant to gen Z and risks crashing unless it attracts younger viewers

‘The chilling effect’: how fear of ‘nudify’ apps and AI deepfakes is keeping Indian women off the internet

Widespread adoption of artificial intelligence has been accompanied by new ways to harass women online

Am I a type A personality – and should I care?

Videos about personality science are going viral on social media, but beware of giving them credence, writes Arwa Mahdawi

The one change that worked: I adopted a one-in, one-out wardrobe policy and rediscovered my love of clothes

Online shopping made buying so easy that every time I picked up my phone I was in danger of adding to my outfits – and shrinking my bank account

The one change that worked: I had terrible insomnia – until I hit upon a gory solution

I had tried elaborate mind games, herbal teas and even a military method. Nothing worked. So I gave in, tuned into some macabre podcasts and had a very surprising reaction

Bereaved families call for inquiry into UK failure to act on pro-suicide forum

Report found coroners raised concerns over suicide forums at least 65 times to three government departments since 2019

UK MPs warn of repeat of 2024 riots unless online misinformation is tackled

Science and technology select committee says complacency over social media content puts public at risk

Laurence Fox’s libel claim over racism accusations to go to retrial

Court of appeal rules in former actor’s favour after finding tweets calling him racist did cause harm to his reputation

‘It’s about weaponising opinion’: the power of Topjaw’s online foodie show

Restaurants can see bookings surge by hundreds after a feature by Jesse Burgess. But is it just hype?

‘Gruesome videos’: social media pushes distressing news to children, experts say

Survey by Internet Matters finds children being left worried and upset by content showing shootings, stabbings and war

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  • ‘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
  • First stills from Sam Mendes’ four-part Beatles film released in Liverpool
  • Groundbreaking director Reginald Hudlin: ‘It’s taken a lot of effort but the reward is always worth it’
  • Eggs, hats and unfettered ambition: what we learned about Melania Trump from her documentary
  • This isn’t the film you are looking for: the Star Wars franchise is hamstrung by a massive identity crisis
  • Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù: ’If the west doesn’t say a film is good, that doesn’t mean it’s no good’
  • One adult for the 9.40am in Sittingbourne: a front row seat for Melania’s ominous UK opening
  • ‘Begging my boyfriend to get one’: Paul Mescal inspires yet another fashion craze with Hamnet earring
  • Reality winners: the rise and rise of the ‘verbatim’ movie

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