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Facebook are ‘morally bankrupt liars’ says New Zealand’s privacy commissioner

John Edwards calls out social media giant after Christchurch attack for refusing to accept responsibility for harm

Facebook is asking to be regulated but wants to choose how

Three years on from the US election, tech firms are seeking rules that won’t hit their profits

Plan to crack down on social media firms is ‘massive step’, say MPs

White paper proposes making executives liable for harmful content on their platforms

Inquiry launched into data use from no-deal Brexit ads on Facebook

Investigation follows revelations of Lynton Crosby firm running ad campaign calling voters to lobby MPs

Online harms white paper: could regulation kill innovation?

Government wants UK to be safest place to go online and also best place to grow a digital business

Social media bosses could be liable for harmful content, leaked UK plan reveals

Long-awaited government white paper proposes regulator to enforce duty of care and fine offenders

Australian election: Facebook restricts foreign ‘political’ ads but resists further transparency

Facebook will not be rolling out transparency features it introduced in the UK, US, EU, India, Israel and Ukraine

Australia passes social media law penalising platforms for violent content

Labor supports legislation in response to Christchurch shooting that threatens jail for executives, despite media companies’ concerns

Hundreds of millions of Facebook records exposed on public servers – report

Material discovered on Amazon cloud servers in latest example of Facebook letting third parties extract user data

IMF warning might turn government attention to big tech

Threat to innovation could spark action against giants such as Facebook and Google

IMF warns that tech giants stifle innovation and threaten stability

Fund report calls for profits to be targeted by a tougher international tax regime

Street battle: the activists fighting to save their neighbourhood from the tech giants

Facebook, Google and Amazon have not just colonised the internet: their hubs, campuses and offices are taking over huge sections of cities around the world. But campaigners from New York to Toronto and Berlin are fighting back

Mark Zuckerberg says he wants to fix the internet. Don’t take him seriously

The Facebook founder’s proposals for how to regulate the social media platform are self-serving and cynical

Why am I seeing this?: New Facebook tool to demystify news feed

Facebook attempts to assure users it’s not spying on them with their phone’s mic

Facebook considering hiring editors to pick quality news for users

Mark Zuckerberg also said he is weighing up paying publishers for use of their journalism

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  • Tearing up the screen: BFI’s Rip It Up season rebels against tired teen stereotypes
  • Australia to double penalty for social media ban breaches to $99m as tech giants accused of ‘not doing enough’
  • 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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