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The privacy paradox: why do people keep using tech firms that abuse their data?

Despite privacy scandals, Facebook is more profitable than ever

Britons less trusting of social media than other major nations

Majority in UK favour stronger regulation of tech companies such as Facebook and Twitter

Facebook bans Alex Jones, Milo Yiannopoulos and other far-right figures

The company has struggled to control far-right hate speech on the platform in recent years

Twitter and Facebook told they must do more to protect female MPs

Parliamentary committee grills company representatives over violent and misogynistic abuse

Will Facebook’s Secret Crush end the unbearable pain of unrequited love?

The social media giant’s latest plan is to use its huge user base to help us find love – and it just might work

Australian election campaign: database of political Facebook advertising

Search and view all the ads from the major parties, independents, politicians and a variety of lobby groups and other third over the course of the election campaign

Facebook’s Zuckerberg announces privacy overhaul: ‘We don’t have the strongest reputation’

At annual F8 developer conference, CEO focuses on ‘sense of intimacy’ and unveils plans for payments tools

Facebook could have 4.9bn dead users by 2100, study finds

Deceased may outnumber the living if current growth rates continue, raising questions about what happens to our data

Police Scotland warns of rise in teens targeted as money mules

Gangs recruit schoolchildren to move the proceeds of crime through their own accounts

Regulating Facebook will be one of the greatest challenges in human history

Countries will need a creative and bold approach to address the social media giant with the power and money to absorb meager fines.

What happens to our data when we die? Elaine Kasket on a digital dilemma

The counselling psychologist and author of All the Ghosts in the Machine discusses one of the most contentious issues of our age

Facebook takes down far-right groups days before Spanish election

Investigation uncovered networks reaching 1.7m people that were spreading fake news

Facebook expects FTC fine of up to $5bn in privacy investigation

Company makes revelation in financial reports showing first-quarter revenue growth to more than $15bn

MPs criticise social media firms for failure to report criminal posts

Facebook, Google and Twitter condemned for not telling police about crimes on their platforms

Innovate? Big tech would rather throw us a broken Samsung Galaxy Fold

Again and again, technology companies show a peculiar disregard for users, writes author Charles Arthur

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  • Today programme suffers ‘body blow’ as BBC prioritises social and digital content
  • 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
  • Prime Day ends today – here are the 52 best deals to scoop up before they’re gone
  • 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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