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Facebook cryptocurrency: dawn of the corporation-government

If it gets the green light from regulators, Facebook is on its way to creating its own currency – a prospect that should alarm us

Is Facebook’s Libra currency a case of corporate megalomania?

The planned cryptocurrency has big questions to answer, not least on transparency and trust

What is Libra? All you need to know about Facebook’s new cryptocurrency

Facebook claims it wants to reach people without access to a bank account, and that Libra is the best way

Libra: Facebook launches cryptocurrency in bid to shake up global finance

Digital currency will let billions of users make transactions, but is already facing opposition from US lawmakers amid privacy concerns

Facebook’s Libra launch will extend its global domination

Cryptocurrency could wipe out many businesses and further concentrate corporate power

Crypto is coming: get ready to spend Facebook’s money

The social network is likely to release details of its cryptocurrency this week: and it won’t be much like Bitcoin

How Silicon Valley’s whiz-kids finally ran out of friends

The tech founders said they were not like the evil capitalists of old. We should have known better

Let’s get real before deepfake videos corrupt our democracy

As Mark Zuckerberg has discovered, you can make anyone say anything, says Guardian columnist Hannah Jane Parkinson

Facebook emails seem to show Zuckerberg knew of privacy issues, report claims

Firm has uncovered emails that appear to show chief executive’s connection to potentially problematic practices, WSJ reports

Doctored video of sinister Mark Zuckerberg puts Facebook to the test

Last month Facebook declined to remove a manipulated video of Nancy Pelosi even after it was viewed millions of times

Facebook launches app that will pay users for their data

New app comes months after Apple cracked down on Facebook for similar apps that paid users for extensive data on phone usage

Google made $4.7bn from news sites in 2018, study claims

According to report by the News Media Alliance, revenue was almost as much as that of the entire online news industry

Huawei security threat derives from its sheer scale, says analysis

Cybersecurity report warns Chinese tech firm’s breadth exposes customers to risk

Liberal party also beat Labor on Facebook in 2019 Australian federal election

Liberal videos on Facebook watched three times as much as Labor’s

Tech monopoly? Facebook, Google and Amazon face increased scrutiny

Congress to investigate whether giant tech firms are guilty of ‘anti-competitive conduct’ as markets see tech stocks plummet

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  • Screen time can damage under-twos’ development, landmark study suggests
  • Brassed Off review – stirring tale of coal and cornets moves Yorkshire audience to tears
  • Watching Brokeback Mountain kept me in the closet
  • Social media bans go global: big tech faces a reckoning after Australia’s crackdown
  • From Supergirl to Muse: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead
  • Hikers lost in Kosciuszko national park rescued within five hours by AI drone
  • How Australian hero Karl Stefanovic took a sharp turn to the right – and fell from TV stardom
  • OpenAI staggers AI model release after Trump administration request
  • ‘Fork in the road’: CEO of Amazon-backed Rivian on why carmakers need to invest in EVs
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  • O what a tangled web: unweaving the weirdest fan rumours surrounding Spider-Man: Brand New Day
  • The best fans to keep you cool in 2026 – tried and tested
  • Outrage as woman jailed for three years after criticising Somali government online
  • ‘I’m a soldier. I don’t have a gun, but I have a pen and a camera’: Mahnaz Mohammadi on fighting the Iranian regime
  • As billionaires’ wealth soars, US workers struggle: ‘The rich keep getting richer for no good reason’
  • Enola Holmes 3 to Bang My Box: The Robin Byrd Story – the seven best films to watch on TV this week
  • Glastonbury the Movie review – thirty years on, the sunset of a hippy dream in all its glory
  • Wanted: a new PM, a new James Bond, a new Doctor – and a UK that can agree on its leading characters
  • Strung review – far-fetched thriller awkwardly mixes Blumhouse and Tyler Perry
  • A little bird told her: scientist wins $100,000 prize for decoding birdsong
  • The Mission review – a surgeon saves lives in war-torn Gaza in a visceral portrait of human endurance
  • Australians to pay at least 20% more for iPads and Macbooks after Apple hikes prices citing AI
  • California billionaire tax will appear on ballot after deadline for deal passes
  • Apple raises iPad and MacBook prices, blaming cost of chips amid AI boom
  • Pride review – solidarity between gay activists and miners in a magnificent musical
  • Little Brother review – Netflix comedy is neither weird or funny enough for star Eric André
  • Whistleblower Sarah Wynn-Williams sues Meta over attempts to ‘silence’ her
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